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Seems everything was going better this am i counted 3 bubbles per minute so seems racking it just slowed it down for a few hours

by the way..ec-1118 is on the counter really considering dumping it in...that is what i use on my welchs and i never had a problem...this is the first time i used montrachet

yea i was just going by the instructions on the can it says 4-5days or until 1.040 but yesterday it was getting ready to transfer it and checked the sg it was 1.045 so i waited till i got home tonight and checked it and it was 1.040 but i dint notice the stink in the room even right over the...

Hey i started a vinters harvest blue berry kit last thursday and i checked it yesterday it was 1.045 and today it got to 1.040 and i racked it but i noticed no fermenting smell and the airlock hasent even risen to the top in 1 hour ?? what to do this is a 50$ kit og was 1.090 started with...

no the wine has been @ .995 for a while and i did this exact same batch with bentonite and when it was clearing it just moved down (the clear area) everyday until it hit the bottom then i bottled and drank :) but this one like i said got 3/4 of the way down and the last couple nights it got cold...

hi i racked 2 wines one welchs and one apple cider 1 day apart and added bentonite and the welchs was 3/4 of the way down clear..and the apple was about half(about 5 days have passed) and then i started using my wood stove so that room mine wine is in dosent get heat...woodstove is on other side...

oh btw the only thing i have noticed is the alcohol does calm down very quickly when i first bottled it there was a burn going down...after about a month in the bottle its gone.but mine was only 12% my og was 1.090ish but i did no bulk aging once it was done and cleared it got bottled. there was...

Hey i made one 6 gal and got another on the way but it must be good b/c i only have like 8 bottles out of 30 left some ppl like it some dont. i only used half the acid last time and thought it was tart so this time i added none so might be a diffrence might not.. either way its pretty good cant...

Good luck that was what i was gonna start yesterday but i couldnt find it at any stores i guess everybody is making it your holiday drinks or something anyways i picked up 3 gal musselmans apple cider and its already got alittle activity...keep in touch let me know what you think when its done...

Hit it with a full dose of betonite after it stops fermenting then wait a week or two mine turned crystal clear..didnt pack to tightly and was hard to not pick up any when racking..so i sweetened and put it back into the glass for another weeks and went straight into bottles..that is if your...

Perfect!! thank you

I know lots of people use better bottles so i prob will start....the glass 6gal i got is just to damn heavy when full...i have to move my wine from were i make it at to rack it.......so also if there is anything i should know about better bottles you can include that also

My expirence goes as far as 1 failed real peach wine (horrible yeast taste maybe from sitting on lees to long?) and a welchs concord frozen concentrate (that turned out drinkable but not to fine wine)12 bottles out of 30 left so isent to bad so im going to make one more just to make sure i have...

have u noticed a difference in the frozen concentrate or regular unfrozen welchs juice any diffrence in taste/acidity

have u noticed a difference in the frozen concentrate/regular juice which one is better

yea i really want to do one more and if nothing goes wrong then ill go back to fruit again all those peachs going to waste last time killed me i though it was gonna turn out good still havent figured out what happened i still have it 6 gals in 1/2gal jugs has a smell/taste of yeast/lees it was...

thanks no acid blend then..

Hi after failing my first fruit wine (peach) i did a welchs grape concentrate concord and it came out ok..using this recipe (jack kellers) it was kind of acidic and tart tasting even thought i only used 4tsp acidblend instead of the 12tsp(everything ramped up for 6 gal except sugar and...

1.090 og (dont know if thats going to matter)

Hey i found lots of post but none awnsered the question exactly. In one post a guy said he used a 1/2gallon water to top off a mead. Im making a peach wine (6 gal recipe) and my secoundary is a 6gal but after adding fruit(16.5lbs) and everything i could not add enough water to the...