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Just starting my next batch for banana and pineapple wine. The images below are of the bananas, locally called pisang raja or kings...

There are SO2 calculators as winemakers.com. The answer is based on pH, lower pH produces higher levels of free SO2 . My experience in...

Thank you all for the suggestions. It was definitely floating gunk, was not stuck to the jug at all. It was time to rack it off to...

I was thinking about an earlier post about my Mom's baking and I think I minimized her actual talents. Although she was an excellent...

1) yes wipe the gunk out. This could also with the tip of a steak knife or Q tip. 2) if I think it was growth/ a solid film I will...

With a pH of 3.8 and being watermelon I would expect that you taste flavor degradation, not an acetaldehyde burn but it just isn’t true...

I’ve seen that before. Not often but I have seen it. I simply pull the bung and drop in 1/4 tsp kmeta. Unlike Bryan, I use a kmeta...

Gum arabic + Glycerine? Interesting. Our whites are already well textured this year, I'm thinking about trying it to broaden a Cabernet...

I have been using liquid gum arabic for several years on all of my white wines. It enhances mouth feel. I also add glycerine. Both...

Yes, but you can learn a lot from the catalog Yes, but i can get several 10 gram size on More Wine for a few dollars Yes, but if you...

My take on your questions is "not really" and "sort of yes". I have used generic tannin in fruit wines for decades. In the past week...

You'll feel far more relaxed after a few more batches. Bob, David, & I have each been making wine for a long time. We understand the...

There are several forms of tannin. Some are particulate which the wine extracts like a cold brew coffee. Some are 100% soluble. Have...

Why? if you like Marquette grow it, if not don’t plant more If you like PP grow it, . . . You are far enough south you have vinifera...

It irritated me when kit vendors started combining K-meta + sorbate. But I understand that it is a slight cost savings to them. And for...