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Wow. That took a long night time to destem those grapes. I had 2, 6 gallon buckets and a big Rubbermaid bin about 10 gallons full from my guess. After I crushed them lightly with a wooden fruit crusher and pressed them out I only got 6 gallons of juice. I was hoping for closer to 12 gallons. I...

i joined over a year ago and enjoyed it a lot. I have made some great wines in my opinion and learned a lot. I started out too hot and heavy. I did not get burned out but other things have kept me busy. I did get upset with my label making and dropped off for a while but should be back full time...

It was a kit from northern brewer. I might get another soon

I have a Mac and never use it. I use my IPad the most. I will use my Mac and I will try to covert to jpeg if not I will take Mismost advice and use a different pictur without my ugly mug on it. I want it to age a month so I guess I have time to make labels. It is rediculas I have all the...

You were correct. I put sh ink wraps on the top and there it wa in the bottle of the bottle. Great eye! How do I fix that in the future. It looked clear to me then I added sugar. It did not look as clear after adding sugar but stil clear. On a side note a my swing tops I used I did cork them...

Still mad. I have a couple hrs of trying. Gonna give it a break for another day and look at some other apps. For what I am trying to do should be real easy but it is kicking my butt.

I went thru 12 pages and could not find an answer so I need help. I downloaded a couple of apps for help and nothing worked well. I am using Avery 6464. 6 easy peel labels per page. My avatar picture is what I use for my labels. I do have an app called Text2Pic it was free at first now has a...

My first batch of apricot was in the carboy for 6 after a few rankings it still had a little sediment. I did filter this batch thru 5 microns hoping that would fix it it. If not for my next batch what do I do? Wait. I hate wait but I need to learn patience.

I thought I was a genius. I guess not. But I can't wait to use them. This site is full of my kind of people. Making and drinking wine and beer and smoking foods. I have a traeger with a smoke daddy on the side of it. I love that combo.

Here are a few Picts of me doin labels and cleaning bottles and the finished product. And don’t forget my bag of wine in a stainless steel box. Lol. None of my buddy’s make wine yet. I think next time I make some I will have them over to take pictures while I work. The picture of 3 color wines...

I added oak chips in my primary for Pinot Noir. When I cleaned my primary I threw them out. I put more in the secondary and when I racked I took the chips gave them a quick rinse then dried them out. I am planning on smoking some cheese soon and want to use these purple used wood chips. Has...

I have made beer on and off for over 20 years. I have made good beers but never a great beer. This last batch from a kit is by far my best. This is also my first batch in over 7 years. I like it a lot. I think I stopped brewing because of bottling. But after a while you start getting better...

I did not get the spray bottle I got the wipes in a can. I wonder if the smell is different. Either way I liked the citrus smell of the goo gone. I was a aircraft mechanic for 26 years so like the smell of WD40 too.

Updates. I will add pictures later. Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning I cleaned bottles. I filtered, bottled and bagged 18 gallons last night. First bottles. Needed about 80 for this task I got some clean bottles on Craigslist but had labels I got som dirty bottles with no labels I hate...

Old thread but.... I just used a drill with a big wire brush. Worked well. Then used goo gone to get the last thin glue. I put the bottle on the ground and held it with my legs while I used the drill. I bet one of those table grinders with one side a wire brush would even work better. It...

I did use kmeta and ksorbate about 2 weeks before I back sweetened. I need to not be so greedy with my racking. I bring a lot with it. Each time I rack I do get better at leaving everything behind. The kit of Pinot Noir barley had anything in the bottom when I racked and added my last clearing...

Update... My Pinot Noir is doing great. I added the last clearing stuff and will bottle next week Apricot is clear and back sweetened it last night. I made it really sweet. Dragons blood is clear and back sweetened it last night. I did not sweeten it as much as the apricot and had a huge glass...

I back sweetened mine last night. I hope I did not screw it up. I added sugar til Brix was at 5. After sugar and water mixed it was more than 6 gallons so I had a huge glass of it last night it tasted like like fruity red sangria box wine. Can't wait to bottle next week People said to add...

i should be adding sugar to mine next week. I think I want to make it pretty sweet. I guess I will mix my sugar and test it until it is almost sweet enough and that should be good. I am excited.

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