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It's still 1.89 here in PA. Some places are lower but our State gas tax is ridiculous.

Welcome! Can't wait to hear from you. This place seems quiet lately.

Started Peach Icestyle wine. You know what they say... If it fits, it sits!

Bummer... Dude knew his stuff... But life happens. Maybe he'll come back too!

Today I scraped labels off of 4 cases of bottles... I also called a friend and scolded them for not rinsing the sludge out of their bottle and for wasting alcohol (they are currently still in the corner on a long time out). I also got the drill mounted cleaner out to spin some carboys clean...

You're probably only within 3 hours of me now then.

Howdy! It's definitely been a while but I'M BACK!!! :ib I've been lazily checking the airlocks as I have been bulk aging four carboys for the last year... Yes... At least a year... BUT I spent the weekend washing bottles and cleaning my equipment. With a few weddings in the horizon I have...

Did you hire a lawyer to help you throught the paperwork process or did you do it yourself?

Did you hire a lawyer to help you throught the paperwork process or did you do it yourself?

Welcome aboard! p.s. The only silly question is one you don't ask... ;)

Welcome to the forum. Be sure to stop by often. Lots of good knowledge here. :D

Thanks Wade. Helpful as always :try

I'd probably try to push them in further too.

I also found the zest part interesting. I'm experimenting with lemon zest right now in my latest cherry skeeter batch.

what do you mean by "grape concentrate"? Like welch's purple grape juice concentrate or the silver bags called "grape concentrate" from your homebrew shop?

I plan to ferment 2 gallons of each type of sugar down to dry. Then split the batches into 2 1 gallon batches each (which will give me 4 one gallon batches) Then I will have one sweet and one dry of corn and cane sugar. That should show any differences in the sugars at different parts of the...

It's best to use 100% juice concentrate. Things like Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) which is listed on Welch's grape juice isn't a problem.

Which is hard to get fermentation started because it already has stuff in it that can kill off the wine yeast you are trying to add to it. It doesn't mean it can't be done, it's just harder.

It is not a good idea to use something with sorbate because the purpose of sorbate is to stop yeast growth.

You should degas before stabilizing and backsweetening. If you don't properly use sorbate, (remember these additives can expire or lose potency with time, so date them) you can end up with your wine yeast starting back up again. You live and learn in the wine world. I have had a few of my early...