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Damn I still have a lot to learn. I loosened the lid and will watch it. If I don’t get to it in a few days I’ll toss it. Not really seeing the point of keeping the sludge. I had no problem getting the yeast started using a yeast starter of water, GoFerm, a packet of yeast and a little sugar...

Oh, another question. When doing small one gallon batches in the future, should I skip a starter? Like is too yeast and a fast ferment going to affect the taste in a bad way?

Got it racked to secondary. It tastes good, but has lot of clearing to do. Got a gallon and half, hoping for gallon when all said and done. Next question, can I save this jar for a starter for another batch? I’m thinking of doing a blackberry mead with the rest of my berries. Wondering if it...

Thank you!!!!

Yes one gallon batch. OG 1.090. Lalvin 71B and yes used yeast starter. Friend is bringing me a second hydrometer to check again this afternoon. I haven’t tasted yet. I’ve been squeezing fruit bag 3 times a day for last two days. Only once this morning. I haven’t removed fruit bag yet because had...

Help, please! I pitched yeast Sunday afternoon on my blackberry wine. Today, Wednesday, I checked the SG thinking it was close to time to add more nutrient. The reading is .990. Is that unusual after 3 days and no additional nutrient? Should I be concerned with such a fast ferment? Temperature...

@bearpaw8491 Were the ones you ate as a kid small, without much pulp? Mine are maypops, not the traditional passion fruit one thinks of. They are green when ripe, not purple. I’m thinking there is only a teaspoon to maybe a tablespoon of seed clusters inside the ripe fruit.

@BigDaveK If there is a way, and you are interested, I can send you some vines. I read they are easy to propagate. They are very invasive. I have them everywhere. Thing with the fruit is, once they are ripe there’s not much inside, like maybe a teaspoon of pulp. They are maypops, not traditional...

Soon I will have an over abundance of these flowers, which will also produce a fruit. I attempted to get pulp out of fruit last year and it was a failure, not much inside. The flowers are so beautiful and fragrant. As our expert resident, @BigDaveK , has often suggested I made a tea. Great...

I see the mullein all over the sides of the roads. I am a relatively newcomer to the area so I don’t step on private property due to possibility of being shot. Yes, that’s a thing around here. I also see lots bordering farmland and I stay away from those because I don’t know what’s been sprayed...

Oh lord I should proof read my post before hitting enter (further shows my lack of patience) I get swimmers ear, not simmer!!

I’ve collected a handful of flowers from mullein. I have them drying because I suffer from simmers ear and hoping to make a solution for that. I didn’t even think of wine! But not surprised you have 😊. I only have one plant on property, going to collect seeds and plant, but hear it takes 2 years...

Thank you! I should know better than to assume anything. That’s why I ask. I so appreciate advice while I am still learning 😊

Ever see the movie Idiocracy when the guy says “Money? I like money”. I’m the opposite, I’m like, Cheap? I like cheap!”

My recipe says to add pectic enzymes and yeast nutrients 12 hours after starting the must and 12 hours later pitch the yeast. If I am using a yeast starter I am assuming I skip adding nutrients with the pectic enzymes at the 12 hour mark. Is that correct?

Yep starting out white and turning yellow. I will start collecting whites and see how much I get. Of course I will confirm not toxic first 😊

Um also wanted to talk to you about honeysuckle. Just started seeing it pop up on invasive vines. Not a lot in one place but scattered over property and maybe if I start gathering I could get enough for a gallon. Any tips?

I have been freezing them as I go 😊

I have been picking for two weeks. I try to get only the ripest ones, but sometimes that is hard to judge. If they don’t pull off easily I leave them. Looking forward to see how this works out. I was hoping to start this coming weekend, but then was reading about yeast starter and I don’t have...