I bought some Del Valle guava nectar yesterday and I'm trying to make some wine from them. Overnight didn't spur any activity in my airlock at all, when I...

Can you use leftover lees from a 5 gallon batch and some yeast energizer to start a smaller (1 gallon) batch?

recently bottled 5 gallons of petite syrah I made last fall, and opened one up a couple nights ago and it had a pronounced pop when the cork came out. I didn't...

greetings ! It seems that a local HBW store is offering vinifera stock for sale. The so-called "hardy" choices we're considering are cab franc (brochure...

Hello, I have for sale about 100 cases of new wine bottles. The are being sold at $6.95 per case. They are located in South Jersey. If interested, send me...

hellllloooo group! here's my latest, long winded conundrum ( I like that word!) I started this peach wine last october using a previously successful...

I am making a grape juice wine with 2 pounds of sugar per gallon and a pound of honey per gallon. Is there a name for this wine/mead combination? Also, are...

Has anyone read or had experience with using activated carbon on red wine samples prior to remove phenols prior to testing residual sugar or when using the...

I've had good luck making wine with Alexanders' Sun Country concentrates, but I have trouble finding a decent selection anywhere. My local homebrew store has...

Hello everybody, beer brewer here moving into wines. My first attempt went wrong, getting infected with a thick, mucus-like membrane on top of the must. If...

The first kit wine seems to be a success, so I'm going to attempt a second. This time a Chardonnay. My wife is a big fan of Chateau San Michelle (WA), JK,...

My friend and I have been home brewing for the last several years. We continuously try new things and push the boundaries (sometimes WAY too far) :) Anyway,...

I have an orange wine that went from 1.095 to 1.000 and stopped. Would you bother to try to get it lower?

i was talking with a friend and he wants to try 50 gallons from a concentrate,is this a fesible way,and if it is would you just time it by 10,the way you would...

I was recently given 2 Cellar Master 28 day kits they are Green Apple Gewurztraminer Mist. After making them I would like to inject them with CO2 and bottle...

Anyone here use these before? (archived posts only brought up one thread where Jack K and Ben from Honeycreek, said they were good - at least juice wise, I...

Today my father happened to be in the basement and heard a funny noise in our wine-room. A bottle of blueberry wine from last summer's batch actually blew...

Just bottled last summer's chokecherry. Crystal clear, no filtration needed. When we finished, were a few clear crystals in the bottom of the carboy. Any...

Date 10/24/2005 SG 1.09 pH 3.22 TA 0.69 2/22/2006 SG 0.995 pH 3.34

Went today to pickup 14 - 6 gallon contains of Regina with my friend. He's making a big batch to put in a 59gallon barrel plus some others. I tested one of...

Sorry guys. The spam stuff was not my intent. I do oppoligies and won't happen again. I have never been on newsgroups before and not sure how to work them....

Man I have found this site that has the cheapest ink for any printer. You can compare prices and then review the companies on service and quality....

My goodness me this NG has gone down hill. It is, however, good to see one or two "oldies" ( not meaning age) like Tom S dishing out very patient advice....

Is it safe to add calcium carbonate after the fermentation has been going a while and has become stuck? I added some energizer yesterday, with little effect.

this rookie is going from the 6-to the 50 gallon,wow wish me luck.