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Looking back at GotMead.com where I worked through the recipe and fermentation of this traditional mead it is interesting that in my initial post there that I guessed/guesstimated/mad-a-WAG that the final SG might be 1.0080....looks like it hit pretty doggone close to that mark!! Maybe just a...

:a1 I need to change my order with Ison's if Sugargate isn't a good choice for winemaking. Thanks!

Hmmm... Ok, I think I got you. Print, spray clear acrylic on full sheet of labels, let dry, remove labels from backing and glue onto bottles. Seems simple enough...if I got it right. ;) Thanks!

<chuckle> I don't drink that much, myself. I'll usually drink a few beer throughout the week...or maybe not. Wine is something I've never drank a lot of but. When I started keeping honey bees I got interested in making mead. Then a couple(?) of months ago my buddy decided to cobble together...

Type of honey? Oh yeah...wildflower honey. ;) Seriously, unless there is really a predominant nectar source honey is termed "wildflower" honey. Tupelo trees are the predominant nectar source for tupelo honey but there is still certainly other flower nectars included in it, bees are smart and...

Update... I gave a bottle to my best friend and told him to let it sit a week or so before drinking. Well, yesterday I went over to watch the second half of the Alabama/Mississippi gave with him and he was wanting really bad to open the bottle of mead. So, at the start of the second half of...

Do Ison's Sugargate muscadines make good wine? I will be mixing two of the Sugargates with a single Noble. The Sugargates are noted for excellent *eating* but nothing is really mentioned about wine making on the website. Being a long-term investment I would love to get some feedback from...

Gross lees are what I figure is the fermented pulp, seeds, and mass amounts of dead yeast...this can result in a fairly large amount of stuff layering the bottom of the fermenting vessel. Fine lees are just that..."finer", a dusting of dead yeast hulls and tiny particles of fruits but can build...

Weekends are the best for diving, beano?

Hopefully I didn't bungle this up to badly... hydrometer scale ed (Custom) (2) by Ed Welch, on Flickr

Your post makes lots of sense, too!!! The straining part does seem a little extreme. Carrying over live yeast to the secondary sounds good. Following what the hydrometer tells me seems about the best thing to follow. If the fermentation is basically done then no worry about trying to get...

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Juice is pretty acidic itself. It seems that the more rigid and clear plastic containers suck as soft drink bottles, some juice jugs, etc. (PET?) are better than the softer more opaque milk jugs, etc., (HDPE2?). For long term aging I would want glass, but for short-term stages such as 30-day...

Those are my priced buckets!!! Only problem for us is that there are no bakeries around here and the time I asked the bakery department in Walmart they looked at me like I was speaking a foreign language or something...I did get a single bucket, about thirty to forty minutes later (I think they...

Lowes and Home Depot both carry assortments of buckets...just be sure and check the recycle symbols for their food safety. Walmart has a *few* in the paint section (Lowes or HD have a much better assortment). This is a pretty fair wiki regarding food safe plastic containers...

Newbies, I'm a newbie, too. So, take the below with a grain of salt. I'm just trying to verify/clarify something that I've read. ============================================ I've got something that I've been meaning to ask about. It regards the transfer/racking of must from the primary...

Weird you should say that, gsf77. I was just this morning talking to a buddy of mine about the room in the trailer that I'm planning on fixing up to ferment and store in. I told him, "I don't drink that much wine and my wife don't drink it at all. I think I just like the process." I tend to...

I'm a rank newbie and really won't be making a great amount of wine (so I say<grin>). Being located in south Alabama it is hot and humid down here. Winters are usually not that cold with subfreezing temperatures usually only at night and might be consecutive night time freezing for 2-3 day...

I don't think I mentioned it, but I used the #3 grade corks from Morewine. They look very clean with few dark streaks in them. Matter of fact, after corking the ends of them almost look like white pine wood...smooth, few blemishes. FWIW.