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Most berry wines need to be a little sweet to bring out the berry flavors. My wife prefers wine sweeter than I do - so I make sure she's involved in the final sweetening. This last batch (6 gal) I used 4 cans (12 oz ea) of Berry Blend concentrate frozen juice, 2 cans of Welches frozen White...

I usually use DualFine/SuperKleer if the sparkolloid doesn't clear it. I don't have any vegan minded friends or relatives. ;-)

I've had very good success using Sparkolliod to clear cranberry wine.

I used 2 buckets for the initial ferment - mixed the liquid & dry ingredients in 1 bucket, then put 1/2 the fruit ^ 1/2 the liquid in each bucket. Also used a low foaming yeast - last batch I made in a 8 gal fermenter.

Yes, I believe it turned out pretty nice. The changes I made to the original recipe worked out well for my tastes. And - it should be repeatable this time, which is always a good thing when you like the result.

I just racked and backsweetened my 6 gal. of DB. I added 4 cans of frozen Berry Blend conc., 2 cans of frozen White Grape conc. and 1 1/2 cups of simple syrup. I also added Brewers Best natural flavorings - 2 oz. each of Raspberry, Blackberry and Strawberry. Really perked up the flavor. My...

Update - finally got around to starting this wine - lots of unexpected events in 2018 conspired against me. Listening to advice here, plus my own ideas and never knowing when to leave well enough alone - here's what I did yesterday : Cucumber Wine - 2 gallon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...

Very nice!

There are certainly more knowledgeable and experienced wine makers here than I am - many have helped me along the learning curve. I don't know if I'm doing things right, but I'm learning, having some fun and the wine is getting better and more consistent. I'm anxious to see how it works our...

Yes, I thought the white grape would give it more body - it was very weak & watery, imo. Using just the berry concentrate might have been just as good. I used a simple TA testing kit, my ph meter and my tastebuds to get the acid down. I have another batch almost ready to rack again & I'll...

In spite of all my blunders making DB and then all the "I think I'll try this" things to fix it - it turned out to be my wife's favorite last year. Never give up. ;)

Use what you got, my mama said. ;-) 3.4 - 3.65 is about right for a red fruit wine, I think. More important than ph is how it tastes. If you add CC - wait at least an hour before testing and tasting - it takes a bit to do it's thing and you don't want to add too much. Depending on how...

An Irishman walks into a bar and orders 3 pints of Guinness. He then proceeds to take a sip from the first, then a sip from the second, then a sip from the third, and starts again with a sip from the first, then second and on. The bartender asks what he was up to, and he replied "I have 2...

My experience with deer is that buds are too small for them to mess with. They simply eat the entire branch - they like the tender new shoots after winter. But they prefer my apple tree shoots to my grape vines. A smaller critter, likely some type of rodent (squirrel or mice) might eat the...

I mixed mine together in a large fermenter to perform TA & ph tests. I treated with pot. sorbate and pot. meta (and the calcium carbonate) once fermentation was finished & then I added the Sparkalloid and put them back into 2 carboys. I siphoned them back into the large fermenter after they...

I found it easier to just add frozen Berry Juice concentrate. Plus it adds body.

At those SG readings - I would rack into a 6 gal carboy now and put under airlock. It will no longer produce enough C02 to protect the wine if it's still just under a towel. And I made almost the same mistake the first time I made DB. Once it finished and cleared - I backsweetened with Berry...

Did you already add potassium sorbate and potassium metabisulphite before sweetening? If not, I would do that now. If you did - then I'd give it a week > month to settle out. It's likely just some solids from the juice.

I don't see any trash containers that are designated as "food safe" - so i suspected that it may be coded into the designation on the bottom of the container. I found this article that explains how to see if a plastic container is "food safe" https://www.wikihow.com/Identify-Food-Grade-Buckets