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    Pear wine

    Well I bottled my pear wine today and for my first try at make pear wine it came out pretty dam good and clear. Came out with 28 bottles. And yes I squeezed my pears after fermination was complete. Than after several week I added kieselsol clearing agent. A few weeks later racked and filtered...
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    How does aging make wine better?

    Why the older wine get the better it taste, what happens to the wine to make it taste better?
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    Why corks?

    If you still have some gas in the bottle and it doesn't bust or blow the cork. What will happen? Will you have sparkling wine lol... or will it eventually go away?
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    Why corks?

    Why do they use corks in wine bottles? Does it let any excess gas release?
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    Pear wine

    Thanks I'll try that I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks again
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    Pear wine

    They were really fresh pear that we pick from the tree, you're right they probly weren't completely ripe. I start the batch 3 day after I picked them. I did use some pectic enzyme, I can add more if you think it will help..
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    Pear wine

    Yes I am stiring once a day. In the afternoon. And it's loose not in a bag. It's still bubbling pretty good.
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    Pear wine

    60 days Some YouTube videos say 50 to 60 days. I guess that what I'll do...
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    apple wine. hows this looks?

    What about the sugar? Did you add sugar?
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    Pear wine

    I just started a 5 gallon batch of pear wine. My question is how long should I wait before racking for the first time? I didn't cook them, I used fresh pears from the backyard, I cut them up with a knife. I didn't blend them up. Some recipes say 5 to 7 days. It has been about 7 days, but the...
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    Rubber stoppers

    Thanks I'll try that..
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    Rubber stoppers

    Should I be worried about the rubber smell getting into my wine. Should I boil them to help get rid of there smell?? I made a test gallon and I thing I can smell the rubber in the wine.. What should I do??
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    My Root Beer stinks!! I give up.

    Thanks for the tip I'll try again. I'll try some new yeast this weekend I need to make a trip to the wine store anyway. And yes I used the yeast from the store each time, they just keep it on the shelf. Not cold. Hopefully that's the problem, thanks again..
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    My Root Beer stinks!! I give up.

    we used a 16 o z. bottle, that was a fresh bottle of drinking water. 1. 1/4 cup of sugar 2. One eight of a tsp of Fleischmanns Yeast 3. shake it 4. add water half way 5.add a 1/4 tbsp of McCormick Root Beer Concentrate 6. shake it until dissolved Fill bottle with bottled water...
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    Wine Bottles

    Where can I get a really good deal on bottles, I'm going to need about 50 bottles in about a month from now?
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    My Root Beer stinks!! I give up.

    Yes it was tap, I'll try again, thanks
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    My Root Beer stinks!! I give up.

    I can't make it come out rite, it has this horrible smell everytime I don't know what I'm doing wrong.... I quiet...
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    How many gallons of Skeeter Pee have been made.

    What is it? never heard of this before..
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    Merlot

    Thanks everyone...sorry for the dum questions, I'm new to this and want to get all the fact before I get started.. I know I'll have to get my hand dirty and learn from my mistakes, but I want to try and avoid them from the start. Thanks again, Mike from Louisiana
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