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One Good Bump Deserves Another

I was racking my pear juice experiment tonight and had the misfortune of hip checking the table*. The lees was unsettle...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by jmf
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by jmf

Fining agent logistics....somewhat rambling

Does anyone have a preferred method or shortcut for using fining agents on multiple batches? To clarify, I have over 10...
3 comments posted 21yrs
posted by jjdixon1
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by jjdixon1

cold storage fungicides

I orderd one year old rooted Marechal Foch today. Will be picking them out of cold storage in a few months. During the...
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posted by jchorniak
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by jchorniak

Clarification

I have a question about clarifying wine. I have only made wines from kits until now. With kits you use a fining agent s...
16 comments posted 21yrs
posted by djones
16 comments posted 21yrs posted by djones

My Three Sins

This is a repost of a story that I found extremely entertaining. I laughed so hard because this is the way my Portugues...
0 comments posted 21yrs
posted by thriftyis
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by thriftyis

Banana Wine? Anyone have good recipe?

A friend just gave me a huge bunch of bananas, and I would like to try making either some wine or a banana flavored liq...
4 comments posted 21yrs
posted by wdxp
4 comments posted 21yrs posted by wdxp

dormant oil spray on grape vines

I'm planning for spring. Have been reading about dormant oil sprays. Have never applied it myself. Do any of the grape...
7 comments posted 21yrs
posted by jchorniak
7 comments posted 21yrs posted by jchorniak

What is meant by "Hot" wine

All, I hear the term "HOT" used quite frequently when talking about acid, PH, and fermentation completeness of hi brix...
4 comments posted 21yrs
posted by a
4 comments posted 21yrs posted by a

Vinter's Reserve Cabernet Savignon

I just started a batch of the above wine. I set it going last Saturday night and then left town for a week. I can play...
3 comments posted 21yrs
posted by alex-brewer
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by alex-brewer

Winter And Cold Weather Vines

Cuttings cold weather vines started in March of 2002 survived the winter of 2003 and are now about 2-3' long tied to ve...
7 comments posted 21yrs
posted by fudge
7 comments posted 21yrs posted by fudge

Didn't boil my figs or dates (sigh)

I started a fermentation yesterday to build a port-style wine mostly based on the recipe shared by Mr. Eisenman:...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by C2H5OHeart
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by C2H5OHeart

Beano for Vino

Over in the brew world, we are quite familiar with the use of Beano (basically an enzyme that converts complex sugars t...
11 comments posted 21yrs
posted by me
11 comments posted 21yrs posted by me

Newbie Question: SO2, now or later?

I am making a Cabernet Sauvignon. It appears that malolactic fermentation is finished. After racking, I intend to lower...
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by daphne1
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by daphne1

Re: Brew King Chilean Chardonnay

Has anyone tried making the Brew King Chilean Chardonnay? If so, how was it? Thank you, Brandon
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by sweetlovin2day
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by sweetlovin2day