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Default Dandelion Woes...

This never did turn into a decent wine... My less than critical
friends drank it, so it was not a total waste

On Sun, 08 May 2005 22:03:16 -0800, A. J. Rawls
> wrote:

>I guess we will see what happens:
>
>5/22/2004 - Picked Dandelions, Started Must
>5/24/2004 - Added Oranges and lemons
>5/25/2004 - Sprinkled on 1 packet of Monatracet Yeast and 6 tsp yeast
>nutrient
>5/28/2005 - Racked into 6.5 gallon carboy and 1 gal jug.
>5/28/2005 - Added 500ml wine conditioner to Carboy (mistake).
>5/29/2005 - added 250ml White grape concentrate to carboy and jug.
>6/2/2004 - Added 2 cans Welch white grape concentrate to carboy.
>7/18/2004 - S.G = 1.012
>9/12/2004 - S.G = 1.012, no airlock activity
>3/15/2005 - Added SuperKleer.. Clotted up on top of cloudy wine and
>did not clear.
>4/2/2005 - Wine hazy with substantial lees.
>5/1/2005 - Filtered wine thru a #2 SuperJet Filter, Added potassium
>metabisulfite.
>5/8/2005 - Bottled Wine
>
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>>Newsgroups: rec.crafts.winemaking
>>From: A.J. Rawls > - Find messages by this author
>>Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 20:31:57 -0800
>>Local: Mon,May 31 2004 12:31 am
>>Subject: Dandelion Woes...
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>>Okay.. I added 250ml of White Grape concentrate and it is still
>>fermenting. I will give it a few days and see if it continues to
>>ferment. Iwill check specific gravity and TA tomorrow and get some
>>baseline readings and keep a log from there. I picked 6 gallons of
>>blossoms yesterday.
>>
>>
>>Later,
>>A.J.
>>
>>
>>On Fri, 28 May 2004 18:34:54 +0200, "ed montforts"
>>
>>
> wrote:
>>>DON'T THROW IT AWAY (yelling very loud!) Please! Add 500 ml of white grape
>>>concentrate anyway. Throw half a liter out if necessary. Mature that wine,
>>>and keep us informed. The only way for one of us to experience waht happens
>>>when... We would all be grateful!!
>>>Ed

>>
>>>"A.J. Rawls" > schreef in bericht
...
>>>> Disaster :-(

>>
>>
>>>> I racked into a 25L carboy, I decided at add 500ml of white grape
>>>> concentrate and grabbed the wrong bottle and poured in 500ml of Wine
>>>> Conditioner.

>>
>>
>>>> I guess I better start picking again... This disheartening

>>
>>
>>>> A.J.

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>>

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