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Try using a filter for RV's that are good for trapping most of the iron, and other junk at RV parks. You said your well water was good water. I would just filter it. I have well water, filter it, and have made lots of beer. The beer made with the filtered well water tastes loads better than...

I'm going to add French Oak Chips to the Marquette that I pressed and is in carboys this year. But Not until I rack a couple more times. Lots of stuff is still falling out. There is a vineyard winery nearby, that puts their Marquette wine in neutral French Oak barrels for only several months...

I too am not Joe. I too was interested in yeast substitution for cheap wine kits and tweaking and found this forum. I have swapped out the EC1118 for other yeast types when I made my cheap kits. I used D47 for a Chardonnay wine kit, and after 7 months of aging in carboy then bottled got...

Good info on the differences in TA Acid / PH of different supplier juice buckets. I purchased a PH meter this year. I calibrate it about once a week maybe more. The 1st week I owned it, I almost sent it back. The readings weren't consistent at all. Then after about a week of using it several...

I found some information you might find useful in making concord wine. There are many concord wine recipes online. I've seen recipes where strong cups of black tea were substituted for tannin. Recipe for 1 gallon Fruit Weight----------------Water------Sugar----Acid Blend---Tannin-----Yeast...

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Interesting, hmm Yea, I was told, that by someone that receives a lot of 50-gallon drums and buckets and services our area. I never checked the PH. What PH readings were you getting with the Red Grape juice buckets your group received? What PH measuring device did you use? I've done ABV...

I had to make an adjustment with the crusher rollers. I bought it second hand. The seller bought it new and used once. To me, it looked brand new. Without the roller adjustment, most of the grapes were going through without being crushed. That said the grape berries I crushed were...

Since you bought a juice bucket of wine, you might be able to treat it like a Kit wine to some degree. I was told that juice buckets have the acids balanced and adjusted for potential ABV, and have been initially treated with Kmeta. So a kit wine instruction guide might help you with the...

I've used Wine Lovers as a source for juice Kits. I've also sourced from Label Peelers(Ohio) for the Wine Expert Kits. I think the "brand label kits" all get their condensed juice from the same processing plant somewhere in Canada. The only difference I've found is that the WIne Expert kits...

lots of tannin and acidity. some want that for the preservative abilities. Maybe not so good if you want to drink within 3 years. What kind of grapes are you growing? On 10/09/20 I finished picking my last round of Marquette 1 acre vineyard. The refractometer read Brix of 28, PH unknown as of...

Sometimes yeast will finish above it's high-end ABV tolerance level if feed correctly. Feed DAP, and Nutrients at the correct times, if you have them.

2 lbs of sugar added to 1 gallon of water and fermented should come out to 12.5 to 12.8 % alcohol. That assumes you added just 1 extra gallon of water

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I racked the Petite Pearl from primary to secondary (SG 1.000) that was fermented with skins and all stems. My thought at this time is that the must has a good balance. The vegetal flavor that was present early in the fermentation has faded into the background. The dryness on the gums is not...

Yes, you can Rack at 1.01, to the secondary. it's a great SG to start that process. The must still has plenty of CO2 at that point. Also, the must in secondary will continue to ferment the remaining small amount of sugar pushing out any oxygen added to the must during rack from the primary to...

Good Video FB makes very good wine

IMHO. I would not add any Tannin. Let it ride. You might want to tell us more like the grape varietal name. The area of the country they were grown. If you know it. good luck

Sometimes mistakes are meant to happen. I've tasted two dif style wines from the same grape. One was rose' fermented no skins, one was the red-wine ferment with the skins. I couldn't believe it, I preferred the rose'. It was excellent. good luck It's the most wonderful time of the year :)

OilinH2o I have a very similar crusher with the paddles. To catch stem, I place a wired refrigerator shelf over the must barrel. It catches many of the stems. some still sneak into the must. I pull the stems and allow the skins to fall through the grate. I also try to quickly strip any skins...