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Give us step by step of the process you followed in example I poured grape juice into primary container ( 5 gallon bucket ) added citric acid, pectine enzyme,...
Lester Kinney
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Sep 1, 2006
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Is the temperature sitting at approx 21 - 24 c? If u find its not you can shake the tub and move to a warmer place, (u could buy a cheap heater belt from ebay...
Nifty
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Check this out from Walkers Fruit basket. http://www.walkersfruitbasket.com/WinemakerNote.htm He does win a lot of medals in NY. I know this question came up...
holy mackeral
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I found a recipe for making a wine much like Arack on _www.wineworldfdw.com_ (http://www.wineworldfdw.com) or you could try steeping aniseed in polish vodka....
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Try Distillers@yahoogroups.com ... From: arackman101 To: makingwine@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 10:16 AM Subject: [makingwine] Homemade...
George Piccin
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You added water, right? Did you measure the starting gravity? And what is the gravity now? Kits are very dependable. We need more info. kimnhnh...
Mike Winemaker
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Sep 2, 2006
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You usually make sweet reds, but now you want one dry? The methods are pretty much the same. I'm guessing you would be shooting for lower alcohol? Malo-lactic...
Mike Winemaker
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Sep 2, 2006
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Hi Mark, welcome to the group, been away camping so now that I'm back I'll see what answers that you got before posting a response. Terry ... From: jonesydabat...
Terry Rayner
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Sep 4, 2006
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Here's a couple of more questions: - was there any yeast nutrient added - was there any campden tablets of sulfite added - have you remeasured your specific...
Terry Rayner
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Sep 4, 2006
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Without going into a long drawn out reason for using yeast and more current methods suffice it to say that what you have been producing is going to be fairly...
Terry Rayner
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Sep 4, 2006
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Have a question for the Group, I want to make a batch of muscdine wine when sugar is added the specific gravity should be 1.100 but the outside temp will...
John
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Sep 4, 2006
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One further question re your target S.G. of 1.100. Why do you want to ferment to 16% alcohol?? Terry ... From: John To: makingwine@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Terry Rayner
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Sep 4, 2006
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Take a look at this link as it contains the correction factor that you'll need. http://www.glue.umd.edu/~nsw/ench485/lab12.htm Terry ... From: John To:...
Terry Rayner
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Sep 4, 2006
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Now I know I must have missed something here..... How did you get from the little information originally given below to 16% alcohol? I feel as if I need to...
Random Confusion
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Sep 5, 2006
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This is one way but I also have some tables that convert sg to approx alcohol. %v/v alcohol = (SG2 - SG1) / 0.0074 Where - SG1 is the initial specific gravity...
Terry Rayner
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Sep 5, 2006
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Napa Valley- My local fruit wholesaler preordered. Mike Winemaker <mike_winemaker@...> wrote: You usually make sweet reds, but now you want one...
Phil Crosby
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Sep 5, 2006
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Here's a note that I sent to the Amateur Winemakers of Ontario forum. The harvest season is almost upon us and I'm sure we're all looking forward to seeing...
Terry Rayner
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Sep 8, 2006
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I am getting ready to start ML fermentation on a 30 gallon batch of merlot. I went down to the local supply shop and picked up two 35ml vials of ML Bacteria. I...
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Sep 9, 2006
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What's the name of the malo culture that you are using and is what got a liquid or a powder. They normally come in sealed packages. Terry ... From:...
Terry Rayner
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Sep 9, 2006
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White Labs #WLP675. It is in liquid form. a ... From: Terry Rayner To: makingwine@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 3:14 PM Subject: Re:...
Angelo Mulla
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First off can you measure the pH of your wine and have you added any sulfite to the must prior to fermentation. Are you able to monitor the progress of the...
Terry Rayner
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Sep 10, 2006
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Over the past five days i have seen a couple of fermentation bubbles but now it doesn't seem to be carrying on, the room that its in is about 18-19 degrees, a...
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Sep 10, 2006
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Ok, first i poured the 16 litres of grape juice into the 5 gallon container. then got one litre of warm water in the grape juice bag swirled it round then...
kimnhnh
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Sep 10, 2006
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Do measure the specific gravity as it well tell you if the wine has fermented or not and it won't bother the fermentation. Terry ... From: kimnhnh To:...
Terry Rayner
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Sep 10, 2006
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In a message dated 9/8/2006 6:31:32 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, terry.rayner@... writes: Every winery needs a winemaker or someone to at least be...
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Sep 10, 2006
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How much time was there between when you added the bentointe and added the yeast. I assume the yeast was a kit yeast so it may not say the type but if it did...
Terry Rayner
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Sep 10, 2006
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There wasnt long in between, probably about an hour. im afraid i dont know what type of yeast it was. The only other things it came with are: potassium ...
kimnhnh
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Sep 10, 2006
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Yeast nutrient to yeast is like food to you. Yeast nutrients may be diammonium phosphate or other more recent types like Go Ferm an organic product from dead...
Terry Rayner
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Sep 10, 2006
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When using a non- regulated heat source you may try to use a timer set to cycle several times a day. Wrapping the carboy will help with the variations also....
Dan&jan
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Sep 10, 2006
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The pH is at 3.4 and yes I added KMS (500mg/gallon), pre-fermentation. There was no Sulphur used in the Vineyard so that is not an issue either. I checked out...
Angelo Mulla
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