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Fermentation slowing
I have tried to make a blueberry wine from blueberry syrup, preservative free. The syrup comes from Croatia and was mixed at 5:1 with boiled water Initial gravity was 1100 and I put it under an...
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To adjust or not to adjust (an acidic issue)
What is your thinking on if and when to adust acid on a red wine (Syrah, Cabernet Sauvugnon, Merlot, Cab Franc, etc). I have a Merlot in secondary / MFL fermentation. pH at time of press is 3.66 (two...
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Where to Obtain fresh Grapes in SoCal
Hi, I'm new to the forum and wanted to obtain fresh grapes for a 5+ gallon batch of Zinfandel. Any help with contact information etc for a late harvest would be great. TIA! Cheers. DV
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Acid Test Kit - Refill
Several months a go I purchased an Acid Test "kit". A few months ago I purchased another Acid Test "kit" from a different retailer. The first one had Sodium Hydroxide solution of N/10 and the...
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Callapsible vessels
I think this has been asked befroe (perhaps by me) but is there any reason not to bulk age in the collapsible fermentation vessels? Is there concern about them being partially porous to oxygen since...
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TOMATO WINE UPDATE
hi guys, i made some tomato wine a couple months ago .its finished fermenting so i bottled it this week. the taste was very unpleasant.goodd alcohol level though..so ill see how it tastes next year...
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a complicated wine math question
This question gets increasingly complicated. I often end up with wines that have pH's that are either too high or too low, and the best solution is to blend the two. My question is how to predict the...
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STRANGE thing w/Welch's!
This is very odd and I realize it probably sounds like a joke, but I just found an unusual bottle of old Welch’s grape juice with foam! (I was cleaning and rearranging things in my room a couple...
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Smell
I was reading the post, "Help! funny smell" and I am wondering about the smell of the first batch of wine I made. The batch is a red or burgundy. I believe the plant is a cross between a Isabella and...
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Inert Gas
Anyone use inert gas in their carboy? I have a 6gal and a 6.5gal carboy that won't be able to fill with wine when I rack it. Store guy suggested I get a 6.5gal. That's a lot of air space and I don't...
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Fruit Fly Trouble
I have a 5 gallon batch of Concord grape wine in the primary right now and for some reason I have a fruit fly problem (first time ever). I have no idea where they came from but every time I think I've...
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kieselsol
I live in the north west and would like to buy 1lite of kieselsol can anyone help me.
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Port/Forified Wine
Hi all :) I have a question that I was hoping you could help me with. I have 1 gallon of good robust (if young) dry red wine (generic red from a kit) that is "surplus" at the moment. I was looking to...
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Help! funny smell
I have 3 batches going, added yeast on Sunday. 1 is a 2gallon apple and pear, using K1-V1116 it is foaming nicely but has a very funny smell. My wife says rotten, I say just a very strong alcohol. 2...
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Presses versus an old washing machine
I am starting to realize that not having a press is costing me money, almost a gallon of usable juice is left in the pomace for each box of grapes after extraction by my current method- squeezing the...
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