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I just lost a batch of strawberry wine to poor quality equipment and also my time line was rushed just take your time or you'll end up like me wasting a gallon of hard work. Lol ;(

I'm currently in the process of making wine out of a 20L pail of grape juice. I'm of the understanding Ec-1118 the same strain as premier cuvée has already been added to the pail. Am I free to add my preferred yeast strain as well? I'm looking for an opinion on this, the instructions say to...

Thanks for the advice I've currently got a blueberry on the go as per jack kellers recipe 2 lb. blueberries 1 lb. raisins 2 lb. granulated sugar 1/2 tsp. pectic enzyme 1-1/2 tsp. acid blend 1/2 tsp. yeast energizer 1 gallon water crushed Campden tablet wine yeast So I've got my hands full ATM...

I've started my blueberry wine today using jack Kellers recipe: 2 lb. blueberries 1 lb. raisins 2 lb. granulated sugar 1/2 tsp. pectic enzyme 1-1/2 tsp. acid blend 1/2 tsp. yeast energizer 1 gallon water crushed Campden tablet wine yeast The only thing I did was use a straining...

That's 9 more batches than I've made lol, my strawberry wines four ingredients berries,water sugar and Ec 1118 but I'm looking to expand my horizon into more complex recipes such as jack kellers new full bodied blue berry :)

Wouldn't the yeast die off at a certain alcohol percentage though? It couldn't possiblly eat forever I was just thinking I'll have a ton of head space and don't want to ruin the batch with water so maby a ton of marbles will do....

Just an update wine is still boiling strong no sign of a slowing down yet, just am unsure what to top it off with when it comes to racking for secondary any ideas? I was thinking frozen apple juice concentrate you guys let me know if this sounds like a decent idea or not and any suggestions very...

Hahahaha almost it's day four and it's boiling so we will see when it slows down how "almost" settled it gets. I thought it had to stay in primary for a week but what do I know, all the little strawberrie bits are turning like a ghostly white and look pretty used up

Am I going to loose a lot of my wine if rack it from the sweet spot lol and the best part is this wine yeast was in my basement since 2014 and expired in November 2014 I didn't realize how badly expired it actually was but it seems to be fine

It's nuts but the mistake a made was turning the berries into purée I thougt it may maximize my flavour but I truly just think it's gonna be an epic issue when it comes to racking :( other than that the gasses smell like a good wine and from what I've read Ec 1118 sucks the life out of...

I'll probably take the raisins back just to be safe, I have a batch of strawberry wine that I made with what I have lol it's been a hassle I'll probably start the blueberry in about 4 or 5 days and I hope the ec-1118

Anyone think it will be an issue to use store bought blueberries and raisins, I just realized I don't have enough blueberries. Do you think it's an issue to use dextrose instead of table sugar. I have great value wild blueberries and great value saltana raisins. I checked the additives and the...

I have never had a fermentation so powerful as this one it's filled the overflow bottle with yeast looking stuff and it's currently boiling like water in a pot, I'm just hoping it's not like a full 20 percent like Ec 1118 is know for! I like my wine kinda sweet :(

Anyone have a nice sweet small batch about (4-4.5 L) blueberry wine using ec1118.I'd like to try it unfortunately I can only get that yeast but I have most other additives, Campden tabs,acid blend, yeast energizer and pectic enzym and dextrose ANY SUGGESTION IS A GOOD ONE IM A COMPLETE NOOB

UPDATE- My wine seems to be doing very well this is day two and I put an overflow tube into it to stop it from going j to the airlock, I'm just not sure when to rack it for the first time p, here's a picture, I want to take a hydrometer reading but don't know how to go about it lol it has this...

Yea I know it's making its way up the air lock now

Hello, I had some strawberrs left over in my freezer from months ago that we're starting to look a little burnt lol, so I decided to dig out an old hobby I had wine making, so I got all my old equipment out and discovered my yeast was two years expired (ec-1118) ;( so I decided to go ahead with...