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I just push mine all the way in by hand. They make a very satisfying THOONK noise.

that's where i normally get them. I managed to find some close to their normal price at norcal.

Does anyone else in here use Zorks? That's all I've ever used, my first wine making startup kit had them inside, and they were so easy and cheap, I just continued on with them. Now it seems like they're REALLY hard to find, and when I do, their price has doubled, making them less attractive...

Brothers Drake just released a PBJ mead.. the taproom I was at didn’t have it (boo!) but they had another I hadn’t sampled - Bergamot Blue. My kudos to Brothers Drake, I would never have thought to ferment pencil shavings!

Your abv is a little high for the more delicate flavor of strawberry. Try backsweetening with strawberry juice to increase the taste, and hopefully the “hot” will mellow with enough time. I make my own juice by using frozen strawberries and sugar.

I recently bottled a chocolate strawberry that I, too, had aged on a 100% ghiradelli bar.. I thought I messed it up too. Now, it’s fairly amazing. Next time I want to add chocolate, I’ll do it the same way!

Only about a month, honestly. I’ve had wines that take much, much longer to get to the tasty point - if ever. This tastes drinkable now - but I’m waiting like a good little vintner, because it’s also so, so young and it will get even better!

I just racked a kit merlot today that I had fermented with blueberries. Tasty as it gets!! Going to be hard to keep my mitts off!

What is the pH?

... because vodka can/will fortify your wine, and sanitizing solution... is not tasty.

I just make whatever, whenever. :) biggest batch I’ve done is 3 gallons. I just like to constantly make new things, so I do a lot of small batches in case they’re bad. Although lately I seem to be making a lot of 2 gallon batches. Wish they made 2 gallon carboys!

I made Pumpkin Pie wine that we drank last thanksgiving. Use more pumpkin than you think you’ll need, mine was a bit thin. I also added apple juice. :) it’s certainly a different sort of wine... I’m aging a cranberry/pomegranate for this year.

I make what I like. If someone happens to especially like something that I’ve made, I’ll make more.

You can always flavor with more of the Vintners Harvest Rhubarb

:):):)

Hubby and I have one inkbird between us, it's a fight. I win! :D

Typically in candy wines I use Lalvin EC1118.

My hubby kept trying to talk me into making wine, but I didn't want to because I didn't want 30 bottles or whatever of one flavor. He's a brewer himself. But, one day, I attended a Canine Cancer 5K with my youngest sheepdog, his predecessor having passed away from osteosarcoma, and they had a...

Roughly 3 months since last rack/kmeta, snuck a taste. Fizzy, hot as hell, vaguely watermelony, and the gravity is back down to 1.002 :( I'd like to add more watermelon flavor and bring the ABV down, but being as how it's January, all I could find really was this -...

Well the consensus seems to be chocolate bar, so that's what I will try then. Thanks all! :)