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I wanted to try kombucha and bought some from the local health food store- I liked it and felt pretty good after drinking it, but the cost of over $3 a bottle was a bit prohibitive so I decided to "grow" my own scoby. I bought a bottle of the raspberry kombucha (GT Daves) brought it home...

I have two cysers and one white grape/peach mead that have cleared and I have them aging under airlocks in the gallons(all one gallon sized batches) While they taste very good, But hot, there is a bit of a "flat soda/carb taste" will this age out or does it need to be degassed? I am planning on...

I have a batch of white grape/peach with raisins only that has been going since 2-6-10 and the raisins are all sinking to the bottom of the wine- is that normal? This is for the hubby, he wanted a lower alcohol wine so it is just the juice and raisins and yeast and a bit of the yeast nutrient...

I started a apple honey wine in October and it is just starting to clear a bit now and there is an odd problem- it is very sour, but it is a lemon/citric acidy flavor not a vinegar type sour- is there a way to fix a wine that is too acidy? The hydrometer reads about halfway between 1.010 and...

Well after trying to search and read up on SG's and such- I can't find the answer to my question- I just started a white grape/peach mead and took a SG of 1.158 and the temp was just 70 f. Is that kinda high? And will it kill off my yeast? Or have I just made peach flavored jet fuel? one...

I've got all the ingredients for a white grape/peach mead from juices and wonder if there is any thing else I can add to give it a nice rounded mouth feel flavor? I do have a hydrometer and will be checking it this time around! and plan to put this together either today or tomorrow. 2-1/2...

Whoo hoo! I just got a nice little triple scale hydrometer and I have a question about using it. Can I still use it to find out if my wines/meads are done fermenting even tho I didn't have a hydrometer at the beginning to find the SG? I have three different wines/meads going right now and want...

I think I just made a goof up--I just racked my one gallon trial of csyer to a clean sterile gallon jug to get it off the lees and because it was quite clear. Batch was started on 9-20-09, there was quite a space open near the top and I was thinking that instead of diluting it, I would just top...

When you add raisins to your wine to help with the flavor-mouth feel, do you have to put boiling water over them first? Do you leave them whole or chop them up? I want to add some to my next batch of apfelwein and wasn't sure if you just toss them in or do something to them first.:confused:

Hi all I am very new to making wine and have only made so far the famous Edwort's Apfelwein and one 1 gallon batch of cyser. I have a list of ingredients on hand right now and not much spare cash to go and buy anything extra and I want to get some advice on how much of what and in what combo...