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Very Very Fast
When I was fermenting that orange wine I was rather surprised that it reached it's alcohol level in four days. I had the idea that it would take several weeks to a month but it went from new to lower...
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Amateur Winemakers of Nebraska meeting
The club will meet at James Arthur Vineyards, Lincoln NE, on Feb. 17 at 6 PM to hear Jim Ballard, their winemaker, talk about blending of wine and give a tour of the winery. All members welcome,...
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When is it finished?
How do you tell at what point is the initial fermentation completed and it's time for you to rack the wine into the carboy?
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Fermentation
Can this still be fermenting without the bubbling and frothing?
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What The Heck?
I made some Orange wine according to a recipe on the net. It was bubbling and boiling away merrily for three days and then just stopped. I took a hydrometer reading and it showed nothing at all. The...
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Must
I'm trying to make some Orange wine and it is presently in the fermentation container. The Must is floating to the very top and it does it so rapidly that I would have to keep stirring it if I wanted...
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Question
At night time the house temperature falls to 60 degrees. Will this injure the fermentation process?
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Wine Labels
Can anyone suggest a good source for the wine labels and the software to allow them to be printed up on my HP printer?
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Oranges To Wine
I have an orange tree full of oranges. But in the San Francisco bay area it never gets hot enough for long enough for them to get sweet. Is it still possible to make wine from them?
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another question about fining
I have 2 carboys of fresh white wine. One was fined with bentonite, and the other was left to settle on its own. In each carboy, the top 3-4 inches are completely clear, but there's a clearly defined...
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a question about when to fine
I'm never sure this group is still active, but here goes: When making a white wine from grapes, I find that the SG is down to 0.992, but I'm still slowly bubbling. I'm assuming that this is dissolved...
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winepress.us
Anyone know if the site is down? I can't seem to access it this am.
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Wine in Romania
Wine in Romania, a photo story By Gabriel Petrescu for Southeast European Times in Bucharest
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first racking directly to oak
Hi, Relatively new to winemaking and wonder why first racking is recommended for carboys before going to oak? I have a neutral 20 gallon barrel from repeated uses (from another winemaker).. I have a...
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Tomato wine
I started tomato wine and have question , started at 1.085 with hydrometer as per recipe it has to let ferment 5 to 6 day or at 1.030 then rack, it seems like it quit fermenting it has been about 8...
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