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Pectic enzyme perfect temperature
Since pectic enzyme is, obviously, an enzyme, what is the optimal temp for its enzymatic process? Merry xmas one and all sean
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dead bug in the carboy - advice, please
Anyone have experience dealing with a dead bug floating in their carboy? This is a serious one. Ack. It is left over from primary fermentation. Three carboys of Pinot Noir going through Malo right...
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Conditions to make spicy, peppery red wine
I enjoy a robust, spicy finish to my reds. On a recent tour through Washington wine country, I found a malbec and syrah that were fantastically spicy and peppery. The winemaker said that tannins and...
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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 liquid's...
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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...
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Food Grade Barrels
Hi, I've been using plastic pails for my primary, however this year I want to make a larger quantity of red. Where can I get good (used is OK) food grade barrels in Canada (Quebec preffered)? Cheers,...
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MLF in a (mostly) blackberry wine
Hello all, This is my first batch of wine, so I hope you'll excuse a newbie question on MLF in non-grape wines. I went to check on it last night and I found it undergoing malolactic fermentation. From...
 
Loquat wine
I'm looking for detailed recipe for a small quatity of loquat wine. The only wine I've made from the fruit with any success has been citrus (orange and grapefruit) wine. Can you help?
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Mosti Mondiale Wine Kit
I started my first kit last night. Over the past few years I have just used fresh grapes, but this year I did not have the time for all that work (or the money). So, I decided to try out a kit. I...
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Floor corker malfunctioning
I have an Italian floor corker that when compressing a cork one of the irises opens up a 1/16" or so which leaves a crease in synthetic corks and everyone will leak as soon as it's laid on it's side...
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Oily Elderberry
I have a couple of batches of wild elderberry wine that just went into secondary fermentation. While racking, I noticed that the must was very oily, and that it coated my spoon, wine thief hydrometer,...
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HELP! Pushed the rubber stopper into the carboy, now what?
Okay, this is the first batch ever, and we're very stupid, but learning quickly. (Please forgive us if this has been answered before.) We must have filled the carboy too full last night (we were...
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Grape recommendations in central Texas?
Hi, I live outside Austin, TX. This winter/spring I want to plant grapevines to make red dry table wine. I'd like to plant enough vines so that I can make 5 or 6 gallons of wine per year. I've been...
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Cleanest alcohol for fortified wine/liqueur?
I am interested in fortified wine and liqueurs, and I noticed that some recipes say that you can use either grain alcohol or vodka. I've heard that vodka can be made from all sorts of things and the...
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distilled water in kits
When diluting kit concentrate some use distilled water. Others use tap water. Still others use filtered tap water free of chlorine. I have read that distilled water does not provide necessary...
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wierd floaters
I went to pop the cork on the last bottle of my first wine, a concord/niagra Welchs and strawberry wine, and found quite a bit of stuff floating. This stuff didnt show up in any of the other bottles...
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copper and grape vines
I'm designing something for my vineyard trellis. It's rather complicated, and I won't go into detail here. But I need to know how a grape vine might react if the canes and shoots are touching copper...
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Maple wine from half-boiled sap
I was poking around a couple of years ago with this idea, and somebody -- I can't remember who for the life of me -- said that if I knew any maple syrup producers, half-boiled sap (midway between sap...
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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 while...
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Sulphur replacement (No sulphites allowed)
Hey all. Family member is allergic to sulphites. what can I use instead of Campden tabs and metabisulphite?
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