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Different sugars in fermentation Re: health
June 19, 2013, 10:24 am
This discussion below was sent to me. (Starting from the bottom up). Person A is saying it does not matter what sugar is used at the beginning of a brewing process from a health point of view, whi... Read more »
Can a Bad wine turn Good??
May 20, 2013, 1:10 pm
So back in '09 I had lost 45 gallons of cab sav due to some sort of contami nation, I believe. No one could tell me what it was, but it tasted, simply al demijohns, and the bad ones had been toppe... Read more »
Mead
April 7, 2013, 1:44 pm
Gone back to winemaking after a long hiatus. Having a go at a gallon of mead, but after 24hrs no fermentation. Have some ideas but open to suggestions. Read more »
Maximum sugar without choking fermentation?
February 4, 2013, 12:59 pm
Novice has started making ginger beer using this on-line recipe. http://www.channel4.com/4food/recipes/chefs/hugh-fearnley-whittingstall/ginger-beer-recipe He suggests adding a little honey. Would ... Read more »
VERY cheap (UK) strawberry wine recipe.
December 22, 2012, 1:11 pm
This works (for me !) & tastes top quality ! Been experimenting with cheaper ways of making wine, of late, after redundancy meant a lower income. I saw someone mention ( wine-making discussion board ... Read more »
What do you think I can price these home build wood wine racks at?
[ 2 ]December 20, 2012, 5:25 pm
Taking your suggestions, I built a set of light simple yet incredibly strong and rugged rectangular & triangular wine racks in my garage out of hardwood and anodized aluminum that you can stand on ... Read more »
Stabiliser question.
December 14, 2012, 10:48 am
I recently started making cheap wine using large bottles of fruit squash (concentrate), white sugar & a high alcohol yeast. Been succesful, so far. However, I bought a tropical squash today & it has ... Read more »
What fruits are best to ferment
December 2, 2012, 3:59 pm
Complete novice has started fermenting orange juice and a mixture of orange juice and sliced apple. Are these good fruits to go for or would I get better results from other fruits? Also I would be... Read more »
Haze reappears after fining
November 11, 2012, 1:44 pm
I have a white wine that has a haze to it. I tried a standard fining agent = from a local home brew store and it cleared it. I racked it off of the sedi= ment after a few days and the haze reappeared... Read more »
painting my destemmer
October 30, 2012, 4:40 pm
I need to paint the chute my crusher/destemmer is sitting on. What kind of paint are you using and is it FDA approved? Read more »
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Juicing versus boiling vegetables....how to convert?
Alex posted regarding juicing for carrot wine and it leads me to this more general question... Has anyone come up with a rule of thumb quantity conversion for people who are going to juice vegetables... Read more »
Best way to stop fermentation for a sweet wine
I have a white Zinfandel that's at about 1.050 and I'd like to stop it there for a sweeter wine. I've read about a few ways to stop it but wonder what's the best. I have potassium sorbate, potass... Read more »
Gallon Juice Jugs
Greetings all, newbie winemaker in Atlanta here. This may not be news to you folks, but my local brew store can't find a supply of gallon jugs at reasonable costs, so he won't stock them. But whi... Read more »
need novel names for some wine
I have been getting grapes from other friends and thought it would be neat to name them in respect of some of the features of the people who gave them to me. one batch of grapes I recieved came from ... Read more »
high end red wine kits
Anyone done any of the new high end red wine kits. I noticed a few in the local brew-your-own store that were $140-$150 and I wondering if they've finally gotten past the usual weak tasting red probl... Read more »
Removing Impurities in Alcohol
I use rum/vodka to fortify wine and make liqueurs, and I noticed something strange when I shook a bottle of plain white rum. (The same thing happened with vodka.) When I shook the bottle, the liqui... Read more »
A great wine buy
I recently purchased a great red imported Italian wine from a distributor, by the case for only $6 a bottle (750ml bottles) This is a award winning vintage (2008) that turned out to be a great dea... Read more »
racking 1 gallon jugs of wine
Initially I did 5 gallon batches of beer, and wine is a bit new to me. I have a couple of wines beyond primary right now, and need to rack them to leave the sediment behind. My racking cane is stainl... Read more »
stopping fermentation/wine stabilizer
I am going to try a quick way of making of lightly carbonated apple cider and I have a question about adding wine stabilizer at bottling time. With the juice and yeast I use, the cider clears after... Read more »
Yeast Article
Here is a link to an interesting yeast PDF. http://biochemie.web.med.uni-muenchen.de/Yeast_Biol/03%20Yeast%20Metabolism.pdf Joe Read more »
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