Winemaking Craft Forum

Liquid Sinatin?

Anybody have anything good to say about using liquid oak essence instead of aging? I can see it adding a flavor of oak,...

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posted by mdginzo

2 comments posted 20yrs posted by mdginzo

Blending wine

I have a 5-gallon Concord wine going that I think will be pretty good. I have taken great care with it. I feel I want t...

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posted by mdginzo

3 comments posted 20yrs posted by mdginzo

PERKING UP A BLAND WINE

i made 5 gallons of persimon wine last summer. it has good alcohol content but really not much flavor at all. would it...

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posted by ds549

1 comments posted 20yrs posted by ds549

Clarification question

Hi, Up to now, my orange and orange-tangerine wines have always cleared perfectly using bentonite and isinglass. My las...

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posted by cr-nospam-hoff

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best home winemaking book for fruit and veg focus

So I thought, this is the perfect place to ask, what is your favorite winemaking book for the home winemaker who focuse...

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posted by snpforwine

8 comments posted 20yrs posted by snpforwine

Cool Storage Location Ideas Please

Hello All, I live in Arizona, and have around fifteen one gallon batches of wine in secondary fermenters that I want to...

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posted by snpforwine

4 comments posted 20yrs posted by snpforwine

need a good recipe

does anyone have a good recipe for some high alc quick drinking recipe,with some store bought juice or frozen concentra...

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posted by rhodes_

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RECIPE

does anyone have a recipe for frozen welches concentre for high alc and a quick drinkabe wine for i have screwed up yet...

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posted by rhodes_

2 comments posted 20yrs posted by rhodes_

White ring on top

I have some bottles that I have been bulk ageing and they have developed a white ring of what looks like something grow...

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posted by r

2 comments posted 20yrs posted by r

chocolate wine

Ok, my wife wants me to make a chocolate wine. She was thinking about using a semi-sweet bitter chocolate to add to the...

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posted by knoerdel

8 comments posted 20yrs posted by knoerdel

bad batch

i got 3- 6 gallons of grape( welches)it is done but when i tasted it,it has no flavor at all.my last batch was to sweet...

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posted by rhodes_

9 comments posted 20yrs posted by rhodes_

Crazily sweet maple must

A friend gave me some half-boiled sap to start some maple wine the other day, but I think it was a bit more than half-b...

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posted by mattshepherd

20 comments posted 20yrs posted by mattshepherd

Too Sweet Mead?

I have a mead that I started at SG 1.00 and it is now at .60 and has stopped fermenting after a month.. I tried to re-s...

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posted by mdginzo

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Too Sweet Mead?

I have a mead that I started at SG 1.00 and it is now at .60 and has stopped fermenting after a month.. I tried to re-s...

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posted by mdginzo

0 comments posted 20yrs posted by mdginzo

Residual grape colored stuff on glass/carboy?

I'm just about to bottle a Foch made from 2005 grapes. Two weeks ago I fined with egg whites (10ml in 20 ml warm water...

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posted by krug64

3 comments posted 20yrs posted by krug64