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New Barrel Treatment?

Hi Everyone, Well, it looks like my wines are finally ready to go into the barrels. I have never used real barrels so I...
6 comments posted 21yrs
posted by infernot
6 comments posted 21yrs posted by infernot

OH NO! Did I mess up?

I just received a large 5 gallon jug of very excellent 1996 wine made by a friend before his passing. Going to the loca...
4 comments posted 21yrs
posted by Brewhaha
4 comments posted 21yrs posted by Brewhaha

more questions

Hi, Is there a proper way to siphon wine that is full of gas? I find that the gas bubbles form air pockets in the tubin...
7 comments posted 21yrs
posted by alkewiav
7 comments posted 21yrs posted by alkewiav

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...
4 comments posted 21yrs
posted by bsdnfraje
4 comments posted 21yrs posted by bsdnfraje

sanitization question

Hi, I'm new to wine making and I was wondering if folks could recommend a sanitization product. I mainly need to keep f...
28 comments posted 21yrs
posted by dont
28 comments posted 21yrs posted by dont

Maple Wine

I'm looking for feedback from anyone who has experience making Maple Wine. We are sugaring here in NH and have access to...
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by pvtpilot
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by pvtpilot

Orange Muscat Haze Update

After the addition of lysozyme, the wine cleared beautifully. I then stirred the lees (containing bentonite from my ori...
0 comments posted 21yrs
posted by lee-dont
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by lee-dont

Free SO2 Measurement

As I live in Bangkok, Thailand, I do not have access to all of the various test chemicals used in measuring wine parame...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by 4556
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by 4556

Real quick question about fruit wines

I have been making wine for a couple years now, and have always fermented my wines to complete dryness then sweetend. A...
3 comments posted 21yrs
posted by dparker77
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by dparker77

specific gavity dilution calculation

What would be the SG formula for dilution? If I had 5 gallons of 1.050 and added 0.5 gallons of water, how would I calcu...
3 comments posted 21yrs
posted by dshesnicky
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by dshesnicky

Shipping wine

I know this has been beat to death, but I'm hoping someone can quickly answer this: I moved to Georgia about a year ago...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by ldkaplan
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by ldkaplan

pressure release bottle cap

Hi, I would like to be able to bottle fermented beverages in screw cap soda bottles (reusing them after I drink the sod...
7 comments posted 21yrs
posted by s9man3
7 comments posted 21yrs posted by s9man3

Who judges Wine Competitions

OK, BJCP guidelines rule for Beer and Mead. Who rules for Wine Competitions?? Dick
3 comments posted 21yrs
posted by rdadams
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by rdadams

Starter kit fizzes, but no bubbles through airlock

Hi, As a complete beginner to brewing wine my girlfriend has been attempting to use a kit for white wine. We followed t...
6 comments posted 21yrs
posted by paul.richards
6 comments posted 21yrs posted by paul.richards

Cold haze?

I've recently cranked up my fridge to the max setting to get better cold stabilization results and - apart from frozen...
15 comments posted 21yrs
posted by chateau.pp
15 comments posted 21yrs posted by chateau.pp