On Feb 1, 3:42 pm, "Sportinus" > wrote:
> On Jan 26, 8:51 pm, "Dar V" > wrote:
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> > Hi,
> > I've made a lot of Terry Garey's wines, in fact that's how I started making
> > wine. Your wine is very, very young (and raw) and really won't taste very
> > good. But it is good to try when it is young just to learn how it does
> > taste, so that you can see how better it can get over time. Patience is the
> > key to making wine. I remember trying my first few wines when they were very
> > young 3-6 months old, and then I was waiting until the wines were 7 months
> > old, 9 months, 1 1/2 years old, 2 years old.... As you taste along the way,
> > you'll figure out what you like best. Keep notes to look back on, and then
> > craft your wines to how you like them. I'm north of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
> > Welcome to the group.
> > Darlene ;o)
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> > "Sportinus" > wrote in message
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> oups.com...
> > Below is my attempt at the wine in Terry Gareys book (apple wine)
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> > 1/14/2007 Apple wine
> > Recipe The Joy of Home WineMaking by Terry Garey (pg 24)
> > 12oz can of frozen apple juice concentrate Old Orchard
> > 6oz of lemonade concentrate Minute Maid
> > 30oz (3 jars) of apple blossom honey Love Creek Orchards
> > ½ tsp pectic enzyme
> > ½ tsp yeast neutralizer
> > 1.100 hydrometer at 84° F SG
> > Wyeast Labs 4766 Cider smack pack
> > Topped off up to 1 gallon.
> > Fermented at 64.7°-65.6° F
> > 1/25/07 1.008 hydrometer at 65° F
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> > What should the sample taste like? It tastes a little sour/harsh with
> > my untrained tongue. Will it soften as it ages? How does one train
> > the palate (sp?) to recognize appropriate flavors? Any body in the
> > Chicagoland area? I'm in a western burb.
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> I racked this to a secondary on 1/28 but now it appears to have
> whittish stuff forming at the top. I assume this is an infection?
> Any way to solve it or just start over?- Hide quoted text -
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Is it topped up and is this a dry looking film? If not topped, do
that. First float that white stuff out by overflowing the container.
Then give it a dose of sulfite after wiping out the neck with a
sulfite soaked paper towel. Never give up, most mistakes can be
salvaged if caught in time.

Joe