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john and naper...5 gallons of pure catawba juice, no water added. room temp. 72-73 degrees. so maybe too cool? i will check into getting a ph monitor, no strips:) i will check the acid tonight, too... thanks guys

i have no ph test kit, i do have an acid kit, but did not check it. catawba is known to be pretty acidic, right? it smells and tastes good, but i see no sign of fermentation...

crushed my catawba sun night, pitched L 1122 monday night. there has been no activity. s.g. 1.074 and still the same this morning:( (more than 3 days later) here is where i might have gone wrong....i put a bag of skins in for a day and half or so, i wanted to make sure to get some pink...

i am looking to do a blackberry/elderberry/cherry blend...i am considering red star pasteur red or lalvin 1116 (leaning towards this one...am looking at making this a dessert wine) and recommendations?

if this were facebook, i'd press the "like" button and the brandy backsweetening, lol....i will definitely try that!

thanks for info guys! i guess when i saw elderberry, i just assumed! but even with it being an ornamental, i'll still enjoy it! there are plenty of wild elderberries in my area. they are blooming wonderfully!

tame, that is! bought it at kmart, can u believe that!? i think it was called black lace. the foliage is much different from the wild elderberries. any advice/info and where to plant it!?

blackberry merlot did sound great! thought about a white zin, too! thanks for input. i can always count on ya'll!

my worse case of chiggers was after trout fishing in missouri:fsh had to find a cvs and get some chigger rid!!!!

i did the niagra mist sangria zinfandel blush and it was such a hit... it's all gone:d i've had 3 requests to "do again", lol... but i was wondering for those who've done these kits, is wine expert or rj's beverage kits any better? just want to put a quality product together. even though i...

thank goodness i don't have bears:( looks like we're having another dry year:(

ooh, they sure do look like they are going to be in abundance this year! checking my little patches make me sooo excited for picking time!

update. my grandmother is moving to atlanta, ga with my youngest aunt:( that's what they both want. i just hate she'll be so far away.

thanks for all the well wishes, lol, but i should have been clearer...it's my grandmother. she fell and broke her pelvis:( after several weeks of rehab and the revelation of a "friend" who was taking advantage of her and suddenly mine, my dad's, and my aunt's free time was allll taken up. she...

never done mead (as ya'll know, lol)....are there kits for mead???

update the school fundraiser has gotten back with me and they have a special liquor license for us to do a variety of special wine offerings!! this is so exciting! they are planning on several different things, and the local winery folks are on board, too! one of the things we are thinking...

had some family/medical problems going on, so i've just been letting it burble along...i need to rack it and taste it!!!!

update: it finally took off, lol...you'd think i'd learned patience by now, lol.

i had 1+ gallon of this left and backsweetened with frozen passion fruit concentrate...just wanted to share that it turned out, AWESOME!!!

:uupdate bottled tonight, sis loves it, i think it'll do