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Thank you, I am in conversation with Musto

Thanks for the suggestion. Will check 'em out. Don't have the time this summer to do a tour of the Finger Lakes.

Apologies. I read what you wrote quite literally: you said to use the same volume of juice as honey. But if the recipe was calling out for more juice than the 2 quarts that wasn't very clear. But apologies if I misread your post. I am nothing if not a literalist AND a contrarian.

THAT sounds like a recipe for a disaster. Three pounds of honey = 1 qt. So, two quarts of honey = 6 lbs. To make one gallon of cyser, you would then need to add 2 quarts of apple juice. So, what we have is 2 qts of liquid at 1.050 (plus or minus) and 2 qts of honey with an SG of 1. 210 but wait...

Refractometers, I have found are accurate BUT they are accurate for reading juice or must and not a minute after you have pitched yeast. They are calibrated to measure the refraction (bending) of light as it passes through water with salt or sugar in solution. Alcohol bends light at a different...

What is the sugar content of blackberries? My research suggests they have a brix of around 10 (so a gravity of about 1.040). Thirty pounds suggests close to 3 gallons , so the SG of the juice will be 1.040. Six pounds of honey (half a gallon) will have a gravity of 1.070 when diluted with water...

I wonder if some people who are getting rid of equipment jumped into wine making with both feet before they had made a gallon of wine and then discovered after buying a kit that they had no patience for this hobby or they had no idea how to follow instructions without adding their own creative...

Thanks, I will check this out.

Hazelmere, Would an upstate vineyard grow Gewurztraminer grapes?

My LHBS closed a few months ago. The owner retired. But I am checking with nearby ones although they have not returned my calls.

Does anyone know of anyone who delivers a few lugs (say 72 - 108 lbs) of fresh (not frozen nor juice) grapes in the NE (upstate NY) Looking for Riesling or Gewurztraminer this fall. Thanks

I was thinking of tannins from chestnuts - powdered tannin.

explaining the problem was easy. No effort. took all of one minute. Trying to twist the template into a usable doc took me about 15 minutes and that is not time I can afford to waste.

How was the yeast stored before you bought it? Are you certain that the yeast was kept under good conditions and not, for example, exposed to too high an abient temperature. That might damage many of the cells even if it did not destroy them all, so your colony might begin as one that was very...

Your post compelled me to check that Rose of Sharon flowers are edible. They are , though they may be toxic to cats, dogs and horses...

I often write to Paul Tonko... but the set up does not allow me to do so... and I really have no time to deal with set ups that are not well designed. Move-on does not have such programming problems. Those with too much time on their hands can send a message thataway. Sorry. technology serves...

I could but then I can't send it... Is this set up as a scam? Just wondering...

Look at the color of the wines that most folk who make strawberry wine end up with. Strawberry blond/e is what they often get. And I would argue that the solution to preventing a loss of color is a) more acidity in the must (strawberries are not very acidic -pH wise) and tannin. the addition of...

Can't edit the message to identify and send to my representative in Congress.

Not so sure I agree. Most dessert fruit has around a pound of fermentable sugar in every gallon of juice. (1.045 - 1.055) BUT when wine makers use about 3 lbs of fruit the amount of available sugar is negligible. You are adding two pounds (more or less to hit 1.090. Can't speak so much to the...