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pure juice, and small quantities?

I've now bottled my second year's Shiraz production, and it raises two related questions: First, all the sources of gra...
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posted by pfeiffer
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by pfeiffer

a persistent white wine haze

I have a persistent haze in a chardonnay, made from frozen juice. The wine was finished too late to put it out for a co...
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posted by lg1111
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by lg1111

AZ Wine Makers Meeting, March 20th, 2011

Given the state of this forum (ads for adidas jeans, sexy videos, etc.) this almost seems off topic, but AZ Wine Makers...
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posted by greg
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by greg

New one on me

Racked our apple wine about Christmas time. Will bottle if the weather ever breaks here. The 3 gallon carboy and gallon...
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posted by kiavan02
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by kiavan02

Aging

Now that I've topped off my orange/blueberry wine with some pure grape juice and it took off fermenting again, the brew...
0 comments posted 15yrs
posted by tkunich
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by tkunich

Apple Wine

While looking through all the home made wine sites one of the things everyone seems to be harping on is how great home m...
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posted by tkunich
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by tkunich

meaning of the term "racking"?

This just came up in alt.usage.english and I want to check my work. AIUI, the term "racking" means transferring liquid...
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posted by a24061
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by a24061

Alcoholic strength

Novice just started making ginger beer. The receipe calls for one cup of sugar ( 200gm or 0.44 lbs )approx to every 2 l...
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posted by bluestar09555
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by bluestar09555

Bottle Corkers

There seems to be several sizes of corks that can be installed into a normal 1/5th wine bottle. If you're only making f...
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posted by tkunich
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by tkunich

Initial Tasting

When I finished the initial fermentation and then the second at which the sedement is mostly left behind and put the wi...
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posted by tkunich
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by tkunich

Orange Wine Super Rapid Fermentation

I've tried a simple recipe off of the net for Orange wine. The first time I tried it, the fermentation bubbled like boi...
2 comments posted 15yrs
posted by tkunich
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by tkunich

Fruit Wine

What fruits have you used to make wine with and how did it turn out? I don't think my Orange wines are going to turn ou...
17 comments posted 15yrs
posted by tkunich
17 comments posted 15yrs posted by tkunich

Temperature Control

How do you keep your brew temperature from cooling down at night time?
7 comments posted 15yrs
posted by tkunich
7 comments posted 15yrs posted by tkunich

Fruit Wine

I was reading an article on fruit wine and it said that you need to drink it young. What is young in this regard and if...
4 comments posted 15yrs
posted by tkunich
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by tkunich