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Im trying to read that chart you posted. Im trying to figure it out. Im guessing the "poor,average,good,excellent" are using the brix numbers? Am I right here?

Guys, For some reason the past post wasnt automatically sent to my email for replies. Even though its showing that Im "subscribed" I had to go into the forum to manually to check, and there was like 3 replies. I checked my email and nothing arrived there. (Gmail) I checked the spam mail and...

Was just wondering what fruit is near or above the regular wine grape. Since the wine grape is the best balanced fruit with enough sugar to ferment without that much addition or not at all of sugar. (and the other reasons) And since I don't have access to the wine grapes. Was just curious if...

Guys, Is there some website that gives rough estimates on the orginal gravities of different forms of fruits? So far, I only know of 3. Oranges and wine grapes seem to be the highest. (from what I what read online) Ed

Thanks fellas. In the beer forums I visit, some of the guys there did mention that autolysis was indeed overated for homebrewing beer but never explained the why. From Mr. Vpilieci's explanation, it all makes sense now (despite that I really never worried about it since I drank the stuff after a...

So Im guessing by the responses that autolysis isnt very much of an issue with wine as it is with beer. Its a good thing know since now I dont have to worry bout it much and just concentrate on the Final SP. As for the topping of the liquid in its container, I take it this is to keep a minimum...

Ok guys, when I used to make my cheap 1 gallon juice/bakers yeast wine, I never racked it and just drank it a month later. Lees and all down the hatch. Once I got into beer making with kits, I started to understand some basic rules of fermenation and the dreaded autolysis. I do know that...

Thanks guys, I'm gonna try out that Dragon Bloods recipe. I had no idea you could use concentrate lemonade. Ive always thought too much citric stuff was bad. But I guess I'm learning new stuff about wine making. Its very similar to beer making but beer has a turnout of bout 4 months compared to...

6 pounds! Good Gosh! Thats alot of sugar. Ill probably put half that amount and just deal with a low gravity wine and just drink more to get a buzz. Thanks for the info!

Thanks guys. I'm just so used to beer foam and my old bakers yeast method. Didn't realize that wine yeast is very less foamy. When I posted this I went online and started reading. I did notice that everywhere most wine started with a much higher SP and that I didn't add enough sugar. I'm...

Hello everyone. I would just like to say that I'm not too new into the scene of making your own stuff. I'm mostly an ale guy but Ive made cheapo get drunk wine in 1 gallon batches before. Ive only used bakers yeast over the years since I was just too lazy to drive to local brew store or too...