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Strawberry is very light in flavor. Most people use 6lbs per gallon minimum and a lot suggest using only mashed Strawberry no water added. I prefer only Strawberry, probably take more like 12lbs per gallon. Comes out great! My Strawberry wine came out hazy like that too before lettingthe lee's...

Could I potentially just do sugar, water, nutrients, yeast starter and just throw the lemon juice in when it's completely fermented?

Ehh, I can't remember what the PH levels were. Always heard it's easiest to just add 32ozs of lemon juice up front and then the rest at the end of fermentation so that's what I was trying for. I only have crappy ph test strips. Been meaning to get an actual electronic one.

You commented to fast bud. Please reread my statement that I edited.

I do a yeast starter. Not just hydrate. Sorry for not putting the other measurements in there. I usually do like half a cup of warm water 1 yeast packet and a tsp of sugar. I've never let it sit for 24 hours though.. maybe you're on to something though. That could be the key to making my...

I always end up adding more nutrient with my skeeter pee as it takes during fermentation. Still doesn't seem to help. And for my yeast, I cultivate it in warm water for like 20 minutes before adding it. I never just sprinkle it in my must

I make all my wines 18-20% abv

I've heard from a few people in this group that step feeding is the way to go and adding too much sugar right off the bat can stress out the yeast and stall fermentation or never even start. 🤷‍♂️

This will be my 3rd attempt at Skeeter Pee. Any advice and tips are definitely wanted. My first 2 attempts definitely didn't go so hot. I can't seem to get my skeeter pee fermenting past about 8% alcohol. Always stalls out. My process: pitch 5 gallons of water, 32 oz's of pure lemon juice...

You are correct Dawg. I have been following your advice with a few others on this site that I could tell are knowledgeable. I will say this. Everyone has different advice and it all boils down to outside experience, self experience and preference. It's been quite a learning journey for me but I...

Update- My dragons blood is complete and bottled! I'm pleasantly surprised. It taste great. 4 weeks ago when I had just racked over from my primary to my carboy I took a taste test and it was quite "hot" and not in a good way. I could only mainly taste alcohol. Shockingly I guess 4 weeks of...

I can definitely get behind that, but I do like my wine abv content higher than most. With that being said, I'll know at the bottling stage if I like it at this percentage or not. My strawberry wine was around the same percentage and everyone loved it including myself. I will say when I tasted...

When you say 6lbs of fruit do you mean 6lbs per gallon?

1st attempt at dragons blood and so far so good! This will be my 3rd batch of wine I have crafted and I can tell I'm getting better and better! So far I haven't had to ask any questions about it too, knock on wood 🤣. I doubled danger Dave's amount of triple berry from 6lbs to 12lbs. I will say I...

Hello fellow wineo's and/ or crafter's! If you have patience issues like me (and I know a few in this group do) name your delicious recipes that clear up quick and can taste good right off the bat! The only ones I know of are Skeeter Pee and Dragons blood. Let me hear it guys!

Bought 10 packs of yeast from my local brew shop andcompletely forgot about it and left it in my truck while I stopped inside the dmv for an hour and then had lunch for an hour, immediately took it home and put in the fridge once I realized what I did. You think it's any good still? I live in...

So I ended up bottling the Skeeter pee! It cleared up no problem, not nearly as yellow as I thought it'd be, it's almost clear. Looks and taste like white wine. Anyone know how to figure out abv % without an initial SG? It took 12 cups of sugar during fermentation and fermented all the way down...

I definitely want 100% pure juice to whatever the fruit is to be. Once I've had my primary colors of wine (so to speak) then I'll start combining my primary colors to make my secondary colors. I still wanna keep them 100% to the fruit though but I'll combine them in the combinations I'd like to...

What's your favorite concentrate/base brand/company? Instead of mashing up a bunch of fruit everytime I wanna craft some wine I wanted to try out liquid concentrates, seemed like it'd be easier. I also feel it would save a mess/headache and clear up much faster using a concentrate/base...

It seems as though both buckets have stopped well below the alcohol content that the yeast I'm using will yield. Dumped in 2 teaspoons of nutrients 48hours ago in each and still reading same SG on each. One at 10%abv and one at 12% abv estimated. Should I even bottle these? Or maybe just start over?