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Thanks VinesnBines!

Thanks Raptor99, The recipe didn't really give a timeline on the fermenting process, just said till it clears, any ideas of how long that might take?

Any preference on type of caps to use? Thanks!

I was just shopping and looked at that. So you use mainly beer bottles if the champaign bottles use different caps.

Thanks Raptor99! It sounds like an interesting project. I do have a few champaign bottles and a few beer bottles to try it with. I will have to get the correct sugar and crown caps. Good to know with trying it after two weeks! I will do a small batch and see how it goes before jumping in too...

Hi Raptor99, I just started my Mike's Hard Lemonade today. Reading your above #3 method still has me a little concerned. How do I know how much sugar is the right amount? Also the statement bottle carbonate, how do you exactly do that? Is it out of the question to leave it in a carboy? Thanks...

Hello VinesnBines, I started a batch of the Mike's Hard Lemonade today! I'm wondering about the bottling though. I don't have a bottling bucket. Just wondering if this needs to be bottled or can I leave it in a carboy? Do we need to worry about head space and CO2 spoilage. If I bottle, the...

Hello Vinobeau, Fellow wild grape member here. I was reading your post about the Carbonic Maceration. That sounds very interesting. I looked up what it meant and was curious how you ferment with CO2 by itself. I did read that some have done it in a plastic bag with dry ice. Without being a...

Thanks, I have never ordered juice buckets before, still new at this wine making. I will have to check it out!

Hello Ohio Bob, I am not familiar with Viognier; is it a bottled wine or does it come in a kit form? Thanks, Senior Hobby

Hello Jovimaple, It turns out after racking 1 of my 2 carboys, that I have 5 gallons to play with. I added the oak & will give it a few weeks. I did add sugar to 1 gallon. Tomorrow I will add some calcium carbonate and give that some time. Any other ideas? Senior Hobby

Hi Sailor 323, I just added the oak today. I'm starting with 1 oz per gallon; wait a few weeks then see what happens. I do have about 10 gallons to work with. Suggestions? Thanks, SeniorHobby

Hello VinesnBines, I ordered my oak chips & today I added 1 oz of the medium toast French chips to 1 gallon of wine; I figure I can always add more in time. As long as I was at it I racked the wine again & found a lot of tartrate crystals in the bottom of my carboy so my cold stabilization...

Thanks Jovimaple! Twin Cities is about two hour drive. Don't like the drive/triffic. I will do on-line just to save the headache! St Cloud used to have a wine making supply store, too bad it didn't make it!

I think I will take some of the 1/2 gallon of the wine & add the calcium carbonate just to see if it might help. With waiting on the shipment of the supplies on line at least I will have something to do! I was going to try the wine with my taco meal the other night but that was before I got my...

No kidding on trying new things. Most of the hard work is done already...fermenting, racking! I will have to order my wine supplies, went to St Cloud MN today to see if a wine supply store was there, no such luck. Will have to order online. Shoot!

I have about 6 gallons and when I started it I believe that I was on the high end, maybe 5 lbs or a little over of berries per gallon. I thought at the time that with more berries that I would have more flavor. Just pure wild grape wine made with the berries in a straining bag.

Thanks Sailor323, I think I will try the oak chips. I might break it down into groups to try different treatments. What would you recommend for an amount of KCHO3 per gallon?

Thanks Denden5136! I will do that, might just pull off a gallon or two and try different amounts.

Thanks VinesnBines! I will! First I need to get the oak chips at home. I haven't done any adding of oak yet so that will be an interesting thing to try.