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newbie question

Have homebrewed beer for several years with good success. I won a wine kit at our club Christmas Party, a nice Shiraz....
6 comments posted 21yrs
posted by bschoolcraftCANTHESPAM
6 comments posted 21yrs posted by bschoolcraftCANTHESPAM

Six weeks in secondary, still lots of activity

Hi everyone. Long time no posts. That's what renovating the whole house will do to other parts of your life - put them...
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posted by C2H5OHeart
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by C2H5OHeart

Freezing temperature of wines

Does anyone know a formula to calculate the freezing temperature of wine given the alcohol content? Or at least a good,...
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posted by robert_woodard
16 comments posted 21yrs posted by robert_woodard

White patched on top of fermenting wine?

Hey... I just took a look at my latest batches of wines and they all seem to have a few white patches on the top of the...
6 comments posted 21yrs
posted by infernot
6 comments posted 21yrs posted by infernot

off season winemaking (newbie)

Hi all, question for the group.... I would like to start a new batch of grape wine. I have read 'supermarket grapes are...
6 comments posted 21yrs
posted by n9ukv
6 comments posted 21yrs posted by n9ukv

Bottle Aging - Long

I thought I would pass this along for all those interested: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++...
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posted by plehmann
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by plehmann

Home Winemaking Competition

HOME WINEMAKING COMPETITION COMING UP SOON! -- 31st Annual U.S. Amateur Winemaking Competition -- Get competition rules...
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posted by dahatethatspam8877
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by dahatethatspam8877

Pumpkin Wine

Back in November I made a batch of pumpkin wine. I have one three gallon and a one gallon. I have not at all racked the...
5 comments posted 21yrs
posted by djones
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by djones

Sake question

Hello, I'm making my first batch(es) of sake. I prepared the koji kome over about 4 days. I then used two different tec...
30 comments posted 21yrs
posted by DONT_SPAM_pnews1
30 comments posted 21yrs posted by DONT_SPAM_pnews1

Cranberry slow start

I started a 3 gallon batch of cranberry Sunday. I pitched a RC212 yeast on monday morning. I did not have any yeast nut...
3 comments posted 21yrs
posted by add
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by add

T-cork for port wine

Hello all, I have a port wine that I would like to bottle in 375 ml standard bordeaux green bottles. I have few questio...
0 comments posted 21yrs
posted by s.mailloux
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by s.mailloux

Questoin on Color extraction

I just made some merlot from grapes and I am disappointed in the color intensity. During the rigorous primary fermentat...
18 comments posted 21yrs
posted by pinodiuva
18 comments posted 21yrs posted by pinodiuva

Can I save this blueberry wine?

I made a big mistake this summer and I wonder if those of you with more experience can advise me. I had 20 lbs of blueb...
4 comments posted 21yrs
posted by pdndr
4 comments posted 21yrs posted by pdndr

Warning re: Wine Expert's new kit

I just returned from my local HBS where I was informed that the new Wine Expert Pinot Noir kits had a problem. Kits wit...
5 comments posted 21yrs
posted by speek
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by speek