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John, just a note to let you know, the blueberry started working. I made a wood aereator stick and put on the electric drill.I already had the heat on it and I did add more yeast. I mixed it four times befor it started to work.
Thanks for your help! tim

John, I started a batch of blueberry wine and instead of using campden tablets I used potassium metabisulfite. I misread the instructions and put 1 1/2 tsp (1/4 tsp per gal) in a six gal batch. I will assume this killed the yeast? Wine was started Monday the 15th and there is no yeast activity yet. ...

John,I started a batch of peach wine using the recipe from winemakers recipe handbook. I added all ingredients except yeast and let sit for 24 hrs. I made a yeast starter using 1/2 cup of warm water, a squirt of lemon juice, tsp of sugar and yeast. Let this sit about 2 hrs before adding to primary. ...

John, I opened a bottle and did not have any odor and the taste is good. Hopefully it will be ok. thanks again...

John,I cold stabilized some concord grape wine and bottled. Decided to sorbate and add potassium metabisorbate. Well I missread the instructions and added 1 1/4 tsp of the potassium to 5 gal of wine instead of the 1/4 tsp per 5 gal. My plan is to let it sit at least six months before drinking. Do yo...

I have to say that elderberry wine is my favorite. I have been making it for years and have come up with a great way to clean the sticky goo residue that it leaves. Saturate a washcloth with vegetable oil and scrub. This cuts the goo quick and easy, then wash with dishsoap. Sorry for the late reply ...

John, I've been making for several years from fruit but am now going to try a kit wine. I purchased a wine expert Shiraz and have a few questions. 1. With fresh fruit I squeeze the fruit daily until sg is1.030. On the kit,do I stir the cap at all? 2. In step three, stabilizing and clearing, it says ...