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Gees, todays not my day, the recipe is missing the 6lb of strawberries, sorry

Lets start over, it was 8lb sugar and I put in only 8 cups...Sorry about my mistake.. Well, wife just left with my notes in car but if I remember right SG now is .994, taste is really dry and a bit of acidic but not bad. I usually sweeten which takes the acidity away. All around is not bad, I...

Hi Again, I feel like the scarecrow in the wizard of oz...If I Only Had A Brain.... I just racked my strawberry/rhubarb for the 3rd time and looks good, but the alcohol level is not there, so checked my notes and recipe, Damn, instead of 15lb sugar, I put in only 15 cups. The primary will be...

Been looking for kits also, but not sure what to get, seen some for $10 and others for $100, maybe its the amount of chemicals in the kit..hope you find what your looking for and it works, nothing worse than getting something in the mail and its not even close to what you thought..

I'm not sure why it called for it, I put it in because thats what the recipe called for.. go figure,, This confuses me.. Anyway, does anyone recommend test kits for test all these acids??? Thanks

Hi, made 5 gal tomato wine and have some questions. this is the recipe x 5. 3 1/2 quarts of water 2 lbs of sugar 4 lbs of ripe tomatoes 2 tsp acid blend 1/8 tsp tannin (used some really strong black tea) 1 tsp yeast nutrient 1 campden tablet 1/2 tsp pectic enzyme 1 packet Champagne or...

Thanks Ron, I did mix all together last Saturday with some raisins, grape juice and lemon juice, this stuff was all getting close to outdated so got rid of it anyway and also used up the berries. Ended up at 1.109 Might be good enough to drink, time will tell I guess. Thanks again, T

WOW... no ideas.. and thanks TasunkaWitko

Hello, I have 18lb Aronia, 6lb Chokecherry, 8lb Rowan Berry. I already have 5 gallons Aronia wine, but trying to figure out what berries I could mix together (above) to get a decent/different wine flavor with out it tasting real earthy.:confused: Thanks, T

Hi, couldnt find any type of strawberry concentrate so used strawberry daqari mix, after 6 weeks it taste pretty good, at least good enough to keep and get a good zip, Cheers, Tim

Boy, this was a close call, my job today was to dump wine,,,,,:( SG .998 Good ideas here, from everyone.:rockin: Now I have options that I never would have thought of..:D Really appreciate it :) Thanks Again...:tank: I'll sure let you know how it turn out. :mug: Tim

Everything was the same except the different yeast, and maybe I didnt add the right amount of sugar. I do keep notes, thats how I knew I used a different yeast. It seemed to tasted good at bottling time. More rhubarb flavor than strawberry, just like 2015, then more of the strawberry...

Hello, this is my second year of wine making. 2015 the strawberry/rhubarb was excellent, great flavor, even had that little zip that my wife really enjoyed. Not sure what I did wrong this time around, 2016, strawberry/rhubarb is flat with just a little rhubarb flavor, and no hint of any...