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I just started 3 gallons of pumpkin wine from Keller's Home Winemaking, but I must have done something wrong. Just pitched yeast took sample to test. SG is 1.066 rather than 1.80. pH is 5.0, which seems dangerously high. I used 17.5# of pumpkin and after adding almost 3 gallons of water the...

I am trying to recreate my grandpa's dandelion wine recipe, for which he used bread yeast, but I don't want to bother with bread yeast's unpredictable performance and poor flocculation. Its a real pain to work with... What wine yeast (or mead yeast??) would be a good replacement? This is a high...

Making this recipe: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/blackberry-wine.31294/ I am on day 4 after pitching yeast. Using k1-v1116. It had smelled pleasant until this morning when I picked up a distinct sulphur smell. I have been stirring twice daily, so it started since last night. My...

Is this legit? Looks like a good deal if it is, but seems too good. https://www.hemlinera.com/blichmann-g2-boilermaker-brew-kettle-15-gal?msclkid=94c5cf35a7201c242b4b910551308bf8

I tried a banana wine recipe Yooper posted. This is my first attempt at a wine. I am over 7 months into the process and getting ready to bottle soon. I checked SO2 last time I racked and it was around 40, which seemed OK until I checked pH and it was 4.1! Is this normal for banana wine? I am a...