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boiling over( HOLLY CRAP)

just started a batch of concentrate (grape)sg of 1.85 in the primary and rack into the carboy. day 1,2,and 3 all is wel...
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posted by rhodes_
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by rhodes_

MLF - wine kits

In my limited experience, 2 wine kits, they don't do MLF. Wonder what the reason is and wouldn't one help a kit? Maybe t...
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posted by cr-nospam-hoff
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by cr-nospam-hoff

Cranberry wine

I've been thinking about making a cranberry wine but I wasn't thinking about doing it straight from 100% cranberries an...
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posted by benshomebrew
7 comments posted 20yrs posted by benshomebrew

SO2 addition?

Is it better to add a one large does of SO2 after alcoholic fermentation or is it better to add small doses after each r...
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posted by jimrobertson
9 comments posted 20yrs posted by jimrobertson

Cherry Wine

I am thinking of making a cherry melomel this year, but it has been a very long time since I have done so and I don't r...
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posted by veldy71
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by veldy71

dried apricot wine is stinking!

i have made wine from dried (sulphured) apricots. it appears to have finished fermenting but when i giv the demijohn a...
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posted by hardcore_grunt
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just bottled a grape concentrate

i have a wine here that after a glass you cant drink anymore of it for the heartburn is the worse ever,any suggestion t...
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posted by rhodes_
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by rhodes_

Soloman Grundy wine kit

Hi folks I don't usually use kits for winemaking but on this occasion.................the local shop had a sale on so I...
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posted by chrisisnow
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by chrisisnow

concetrate with brix at 22.5-24.5%

i do not have a brix scale,so would this juice need to have water added and if so how much wine can i make from a 55 ga...
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posted by rhodes_
7 comments posted 20yrs posted by rhodes_

NEW WINE BOTTLES FOR SALE

Hello, I have for sale about 100 cases of new wine bottles. The are being sold at $6.95 per case. They are located in S...
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posted by tamuzzavineyards
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by tamuzzavineyards

Reuse leftover lees?

Can you use leftover lees from a 5 gallon batch and some yeast energizer to start a smaller (1 gallon) batch?
7 comments posted 20yrs
posted by dumpster_truck
7 comments posted 20yrs posted by dumpster_truck

bomb making?

recently bottled 5 gallons of petite syrah I made last fall, and opened one up a couple nights ago and it had a pronoun...
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posted by dlowe34731
10 comments posted 20yrs posted by dlowe34731

Stopping fermentation

>From everything I've read, if you add potassium sorbate to a currently fermenting wine it wont do anything to stop it,...
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posted by mr.wolfie
26 comments posted 20yrs posted by mr.wolfie

2 questions

I am making a grape juice wine with 2 pounds of sugar per gallon and a pound of honey per gallon. Is there a name for th...
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posted by mdginzo
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by mdginzo