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Interested to hear how yours turns out in a couple of months. I followed process and directions to a T as well except for backsweetening ( slightly less than 3/4 cup per gallon) and temp which did what it did. Since i Iove science and experiments I am interested to see how it turns out month...

7 days from start to dry. Temp ranged from 74 to 78 but got to 82.7 for 1 day then back down to 78ish for last two days. House temp was about 68 so the yeast was rocking pretty hard I would say.

I went with the 1/2 cup/per gallon based on what I was hoping was similar tastes based on feedback from this thread. I am a very dry to extra dry drinker but was hoping for something a little more sweet for summer drinking. This is really tart and dry so far. I will just set it aside for a...

Wrapped up my first batch of DB today and bottled. The color is gorgeous and the aromas are definately what I was expecting. I have never tried a wine this early but it is really tart and not at all sweet. I used 1/3 cup of sugar for each gallon. Will this sweeten up in the bottle a decent...

Yeah I definately planned on trying my wines every 3 to 6 months just to see how they develop. My work has been that of a high level analyst so projects like this will get heavily analyzed and logged, it's my nature. I will probably kick off a dragons blood in a couple of weeks then do some of...

I am pretty new to the hobby but I already have a couple 6 gallon carboys sitting around aging (1 white that i am aging for 6months prior to bottling and a red aging to 10-12 months prior to bottling). After reading more posts than I care to admit I am getting antsy about not being able to drink...