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I'm not sure about sour and letting it sit for 6 months? I have had wines come out really green tasting from grapes that may have been too green.

WHITE WINE! My last batch was mostly white wine concentrate, but two of the of the frozen mixtures were white grape/peach. This resulted in a very clear albeit slightly yellow wine with a sweet peach component. Some people call this wine many things and you can find many recipes. I prefer red...

I racked this today and the raisins made it a little sweet. After soaking the raisins in Vodka for a few days I added them to the fermenting wine. It finished after five weeks at 1.026 or 9.5% ish. I stabilized with Sorbate and Meta and added Sparkolloid that had been dissolved in a couple cups...

very very common

Got around to this today. 9 cans white grape 3 cans white grape/peach 7 lbs white table sugar 3 tsp acid blend 2 tsp yeast energizer 3 tsp pectin enzyme 5/8 tsp tannin Filled water to five gallons In 24 hours I'll pitch LALVIN-1118 Champange yeast Will fix the air lock then OG =...

Be careful with the back sweetening thing. It will carbonate and you could blow your corks, trust me. Cold crashing a couple weeks prior could help prevent that. As for the grape juice concentrate, I use Great Value Walmart brand. For around $15 you can make 5 gallons of good table wine. Cheers

These old threads are priceless. I just ran a 6 lb grain mash to produce 3 gallons of beer. Decided to experiment, so along with the dregs of misc. grain around the house for a total grain bill under 7 lb and 4 oz of molassas and 2 oz DME, I hit a 1.05 OG This way 1 hour 153 degree F mash...

One bottle left:confused :( saving for Easter but it looks really good sitting there ice cold in the fridge. Guess I'll do pale ale and Stout half and half.

Farewell Wes, we East Coasters won't soon forget the spark plug in the middle of it all.

can't help but wonder what the DME would do to the flavor of the fruit profile?

If it starts "FINE" if it seams dormat then you may need to place it where it is a little warmer. Or you may want to wait untill it slows then get it to 69 -70 for a dryer result. What variety of yeast was it?

I have made this a little sweet to get a high FG. then reserve a bottle to add to Grape concentrate wine that i finish dry. resulting in Champagne. use heavy bottles and keep an eye on. Tart carbonated ice cold fun

I would give em a soak in a cordial of vodka over night prior to adding after fermentation slows some. then drink the vodka!

Hop combinations have really suprised me in that flavor profile are unique for the same hops by changing the amounts and hop addition timing to include pre- boil 150 degree wort addition while waiting for the second run on the grain. The subtle combinations of two of three different types of...

I detox every Feb. for the entire month, for decades now. It gives me self control and the knowledge that I can accomplish what I put my mind to. 1000 calories a day no caffeine, nicoteine, salt, sugar or animal fat. The food at the end of the month is amazing. You taste all the subtleties...

Ya fasting for 9 more days so no beer but the pre bottle taste was mandatory tonight. Put up 3 cases. Same brew from Feb 11th. First run an APA finished at 1.035 and when I racked it to the bottling bucket tonight it was crystal clear 6.5% ABV. Second run of the same grains plus steeped...

Made a gallon of this yesterday, well pitched the LALVIN 71B-1122 I let it sit over night for about 14 hours then pitched the yeast after rehydrating at 105 degrees. Today, some 28 hours later I have zero activity at 69 - 70 degrees F I presume it will take off eventually, just a little on the...

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Wow 250 pages of 1 gal posts. Gonna take a while. Can't help but think a gallon can be knocked out with a third wash of the 5 gal mash plus a little DME and perhaps a modest amount of steeped grain to try another washed yeast and even toss in the five minute hop sock used in the 5 gal batch for...

S-04 worked well for me. This recipe alone must be responsible for major depletion of these wonderful Citra hops. Can't think of a better use. Primary 1 American Pale Ale - 1st run - 3 gal - OG 1.06 Primary 2 Special Stout -2nd run plus DME, Steeped Grains - 4.5 gal - OG 1.07