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Repitching Yeast (Revisited)

Evening- I just racked off 500ml of pure yeast from the bottom of my 15 gallon demi. I've let it settle out in the frid...
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posted by purduephotog
5 comments posted 20yrs posted by purduephotog

i'm sure you've heard this wine question before...

I am a home brewer (all grain beer) and I am venturing into wine making. I doubt I'll go beyond extract kits, but I wan...
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posted by duchockm
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by duchockm

How do you sulfite?

Just want to see how many different ways people deal with keeping up adequate sulfite levels in their wine. I feel like...
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posted by mlracette
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by mlracette

Storing Wine in a Small House

My house is not the big and has no basement. I am having trouble deciding where to store my homemade wines if I go for...
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posted by mdginzo
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by mdginzo

Wine chambers

Thought I'd share this idea with the group. Last year, my first year making wine, I was trying to find a location in th...
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posted by JohnPrice
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by JohnPrice

Wine and Light

I am new to this newsgroup, so I have not seen mentioned anything about protection of the must and the wine from light....
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posted by JohnPrice
11 comments posted 20yrs posted by JohnPrice

grape vine pruning

our grape vines got away from us over the years, and we have three strong canes, but the vines go here, there and up th...
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posted by toubes1
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by toubes1

Recommendation For Next Year's Wine

My wife and I relocated from California to Alabama a couple years ago and this is my first year making wine since leavi...
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posted by nospam
18 comments posted 20yrs posted by nospam

clearing chalk

i am about to add some chalk to a mead which has way 2 much acid. my question is what should i use to clear the cloudin...
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posted by hardcore_grunt
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by hardcore_grunt

Dandelion wine question

Just wondering how long I have to wait for my dandelion wine to start tasting good. I've read that it takes time, but e...
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posted by mlracette
15 comments posted 20yrs posted by mlracette

airlock on primary fermenter?

HI, IWe just started our first batch of wine, a Vintner reserve Merlot kit, last night. When we put the lid on the prim...
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posted by kgdietznospam
11 comments posted 20yrs posted by kgdietznospam

My wine smells fizzy. Is this bad?

Hello. I'm making my first batch of wine and one of my problems is that I don't know what new wine is supossed to smell...
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posted by igorcarajo
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by igorcarajo

Aging in Steel

I would like to age a Sauv Blanc I am planning on making in steel like the New Zealand Nobilo Icon. I just have a few q...
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posted by mdginzo
12 comments posted 20yrs posted by mdginzo

Do I need to rebottle ?

I have the same whitish crystal sediment in my bottled wine that I observed at the bottom of the carboy during the fina...
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posted by helenacrawford
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by helenacrawford

Oily Elderberry

I have a couple of batches of wild elderberry wine that just went into secondary fermentation. While racking, I noticed...
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posted by JohnPrice
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by JohnPrice