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Thanks a bunch Arden ! Sure don't want to be a bottle bomb maker lol .... As for maturity, it's said that men never grow tired of their toys :) This little hobby fills the bill quite nicely... I have a nice little stamen apple tree out back that's full of little apple buds and it has me looking...

Greetings All ... and thank you so much for getting me to Hold My Horses and not dump the wine ! After another week the SG dropped on down to 0.094.I then racked to a newcarboy andafter degassing and stabilizing,the wine has been sitting for another 10 days and has cleared nicely. Thanks to all...

Thanks Wade ..... I'll save this info and try it when I get a mist kit. I've also downloaded a "country" wine recipe book that looks interesting . (for fresh fruit).

Thanks Wade ~ I'm gonna take you up on that offer .... With Summer coming, the mist kit should be nice, especially with some of my choir friends. And Arden, I hear ya ! These days, I'm not even buying green bananas

I'm learning a lot in here .... sure is fun to be this 'Young' at something again ! Perhaps making a Mist style kit would be the place to start for someone who needs to learn patience .... especially when I hear you guys talk about Years instead of months before a wine is ready. Now I really do...

Wade, that is amazing .... I would never have imagined such a wine could turn around after that amount of elapsed time! So glad I signed up with this Forum ... everyone here has reinforced that patience is every bit as important as cleanliness and attention to detail. Thanks so much for your...

Jim, Arden ~ Appreciate the articles very much - good reads and I'm beginning to get it... just slow down and trust the process. I suppose this is the number one mistake a lot of beginners like me make. I'll try to get my 68' wine up to 75' and check it again in a week. Cheers

Thanks Appleman ~ I do indeed suffer from enthusiasm and obsess over cleaning and sanitizing everything, ultraviolet rays in the sunlight shining through the window onto the carboy (I have it covered with a black plastic bag) etc, etc. I also admit that I need to practice patience. My wife is a...

Thank you both so much .... I won't dump it and will keep it going. Jim, specifically it's the Vinifera Noble Caberlot and I was hoping the SG would tell me when to move to the next step. This is what happened - At the end of my day 3, the SG was 1.026 and I racked it to the glass carboy...

Hey All ~ not sure if this is the correct section to post this, but I'm at a point where I could use your expertise. I think I may have made 6 gallons of vinegar. The primary seemed to go well, SGwent from 1.086 to1.02 after 3 days and I racked to the carboy. I'm now at day 10 and the wine is a...

Thanks so very much all for your warm welcomes !It's great to know help is just a click away... I'll look forward to getting to know each of you better and to feel that even at 75, an old dog such as I might still learn a trick or two :)

Hi Flem, Wade ~ thanks for the welcome. Nope, nothing going yet ... just ordered the Starter Kit to make some Mosti Merlot. My Doc 'prescribed' red wine for me ... said it would be good for my heart. (I now love my Doc ;-)

Hi All ~ happy to join you and learn about home winemaking. (To the Moderator: had a little trouble activating my forum account. I had to manually type in the confirming link rather just clicking on it. Only the first part of the link would work (forum.finevinewines.com)On the linkI...