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Ok, I took out a small sample. It has a very sweet fruity smell. It has a fruity bitter taste. Wife wasn’t impressed. Quote from her: “ smells like it should be a sweet fruity wine like Edelweiss but has a bitter taste. Added the SO2. Took the nice pink color away again. Hope it comes back...

When you mix it with rhubarb, what ratio do you use? Is there a cheap way to measure acidity? I noticed in another thread there's a piece of equipment that costs $120. That might not go over well.

Hey...some of you have been very helpful with my post in the "beginners" board. I'm very new to wine making but have wanted to do it for a long time. I live in a small town in central Nebraska. I love where I live and am very glad almost everything can be ordered over the internet since I...

Thanks, I forgot (and you reminded me) I have a lot of wild plums around me. That might be interesting to try.

Great....thanks for the info. I was hoping someone on here had good info on rhubarb wine. I actually used 10 lbs rhubarb and 2 lbs of a mix of strawberries, blueberries and raspberries. I have thought that next time I'm going to use more fruit to get the same amount of wine. Question on the...

Well, at my age, and if I end up doing one batch per year, that means I will get it down about the time I'm 74. I think my wife will give up on me before then. I'm aware of the back-sweetening and plan on probably doing some. I've heard that rhubarb wine can be on the dry side. I like dry...

Well, like I said, I used Rhubarb because it's what I have and I have a lot. I do a lot of my own hunting, fishing, gardening....etc. So, I like to source my own food. This is something I've always wanted to try with it. After you wrote this, I got to thinking that I have some friends who...

Well, that was fun. SG was just below 1.000. Racked it into a very sterile bucket, cleaned and sterilized the carboy and returned the wine to the carboy. Returned air lock. It looks like I need to add some white wine to top it off. I’ll get that tomorrow, dissolve the SO2 in some and add...

So, replace it with distilled water if needed?

It's filled up till it starts to narrow towards the neck.

Correct, I found the recipe last summer when I froze the rhubarb. One thing I've noticed is that rhubarb wine recipes I've found on line differ from recipes for grapes. Don't know if that's the problem. Next time, I'm definitely going to ferment in the bucket. I can already see the carboy is...

I understand my process ended up being different than what I'll probably do next time. But, I already added potassium metabisulphite three weeks ago. You're saying add more?

OK, I'll test it tonight. It's supposed to get to 1.050, correct? If it's there, I hope I can rack it into my bucket, clean the carboy and then siphon right back into the carboy. Is that basically what's done?

Yes, sorry I meant to include that. When first put the juice in the carboy and added the yeast (April 4th), SG was at 1.092. I have not tested it since.

Hello, I'm new to wine making and am enjoying it so far. Haven't been able to try my first batch, so that might change. :) I have a couple quick questions. Just a little back ground. I'm making rhubarb wine. I'm starting with that basically because it's what I have and it sounded fun. I...