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Whoo I made it to the last page... What great reading. It only took me 3 days at work :) I have one small quesiton. I was going to do this with fresh pressed cider (since my trees finally have a boat load of apples) I know I need to campden to kill the wild yeast in the beginning and I...

I used 5 campden tabs in the very beginning. I will add some tonight. Will the campden kill the mold?

I don't think it transferred to the new carboy. It is a topped up 5 gal so I will know in a few days or weeks if I did. Do you think it will be fine even if some got in there? I was going to wait a few weeks and then taste. I will say that I bought an auto siphon and used it for the...

I have a batch of blueberry wine that I started on the 12th of Sept. It finished fermenting on the ale pale on the 19th I removed the bags of blueberries on the 24th I left in the ale pale (out of lazieness) Transferred to carboy last night and saw that there were some white spots on the...

How much honey for a 3 gallon batch. I prefer a country cider as opposed to a english, irish, dry cider

thanks What about the sweeting do you know wich works better.

Do I bottle Apfelwein and other ciders in wine bottles with corks or in Beer bottles? This is my first year making cider and I am not sure how to proceed. I don't plan on carbing I was gong to add some campden tabs and potasium sorbate and then back sweeten with either apple juice...

my basement is pretty humid so I guess it is mold. Maybe I should not store my wine there. menschmaschine- (Ich bin Ihre Arbeitskraft) Немецкое traslation русского I am not sure how to PM but...

I use oxyclean also but you have to let them sit. I soak in hot water for 2 hours and all but the sam adams comes off. The key for me is to drain and add more hot water for a minimum of 4 hours.

I have not opened a bottle yet. I wanted to take a pic this morning when I discovered it. I will try some tonight and see how it taste. I am leaning more toward dust since the mass is in the center of the cork and not between the cork and the bottle. or am I way off. Any input is...

I am not sure why the pic didn't show here is a link to the pic if anyone can help me Image of blueberry wine in basement - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

I went to grab a few bottles of my blueberry wine and this was on them All of the bottles except 2 had it on them. Is it mold or some kind of dust build up. It is a grey white color. The bottles are in my basement wich is a little cooler then the reset of the house and maybe a bit humid...

3 gallons here. First 3 and I think I may try and sweeten it a little 7703 total

I am on a cider kick so I decided to try and make some apfelwein. I have a 3 gal batch going 2.5 gal kroger 100% apple juice 1 lb 3 oz table sugar montrachet yeast fermentation is going good. I this cider more like a magners or more like a country cider? How does it compare to a...

Thanks guys for the amazing education. Craig that is a great explination of how it works. I wish I had a local shop that took time to explain things. I forgot to add the campden tabs so I will add them after I rack again.

AWEsome Thanks for the education on how to read the hydrometer that clarifies a lot of confusion with my wine and beer making. I will rack to a carboy tonight. Should I add another couple campden tabs for every other racking too?

I am confused. I added the campden tabs when we crushed the berries. The only think I added seperate was the yeast. If the gravity is 1.00 or under doesn't that mean the alcohol is zero On the hygrometer next to the gravity there is a alcohol scale that says zero. I was planning on...

I have a batch of Raspberry wine that I am not sure about. This is only my second batch of wine so bear with me. Here is the recipe 12 lb raspberry 21 pts water 6 3/4 lbs sugar 1 1/2 tsp acid blend 1 1/2 tsp pectic enzyme 3 tsp nutrient 3 campden tabs 2 pkg wine yeast I crushed...

that would be awesome. I wonder if I could use a wine cork and corker or if the pressure would be to much.

With the bottles. I am talking about the empty ones with the corks. Is there any way to reuse these bottles? Is there a way to cap them?