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Love the look of these using a cricut machine. I had to look that up. What do you think is the cost per bottle for the vinyl?

Good question. I need to check my notes. Offhand I would say yes since it was a kit but i dont know for certain. Will look into it tonight, thank you!

It was a kit but yeah I did check PH and all was normal... but man that was like almost a year ago... do you think there could have been contamination at all like in the bottles? I make beer also so cleaning is something I do often anyhow but I cant believe I didnt clean well. The wine tastes...

So ive made two batches now... the first one was with my own cabernet grapes that I topped off with all sorts of junk like an alexander concentrate and i think some fruit juice as well. it turned out horrible :D but i enjoyed the process and learned from it. I still have most of it and trying to...

Southern California about a month ago...

$3.19 to $3.59 around Southern California. Hasnt changed too much really for us.

Mike - where do you get Sorrento lemons? Or are you in Italy? NorCal - sounds like you are at approx 20 lemons per 750ml per bottle of everclear.

Im going to head to a few stores today looking for Everclear here in CA... not entirely sure what the laws are but online sources are only selling 120 proof (60%) versions in California. If thats all that is available for me at local stores I have found another option. Do a search on Amazon for...

Thank you everyone for all of these tips. I'll have to try stepping up different ways, diff yeasts, back sweetening, etc and see what happens. Will probably do small batches. Need to write down all my ideas and formulate something that makes sense and go from there. This is all new/different to...

Its possible I have no idea what Im talking about :) but the end result would be around 20% alc and sweet.

Tried something similar in Maui a few years ago and it was delicious. I remember it was a sweet dessert wine and around 20% alc made entirely of raspberries. My main question... If I am shooting for around 40 brix to get 20% alc... will this end up being sweet enough as a dessert wine or do I...

There is an excellent book Im reading right now... The Homebuilt Winery: 43 Projects for Building and Using Winemaking Equipment https://www.amazon.com/Homebuilt-Winery-Projects-Winemaking-Equipment/dp/1603429905/ and it goes into detail near the back of the book how to build these and even...

So the closet opens into the 4ft crawl space? Not sure how its laid out...Or is the closet separate from the crawl space area? Maybe I dont understand correctly so I'll say this... if you have a ton of closet space and it wouldnt affect you by removing this small closet then go for it. If...

Are you planning to sell within say five years? If not I wouldnt worry about it too much. Worst case scenario when selling would be "honey look! a secret wine cave!"

Im excited to make some limoncello, thank you for posting this! I havent yet read the entire thread but I have a lot of orange trees on my property that are ripening and I want to make use of them somehow... has anyone made the using orange and if so how does it come out? And compared to...

Thanks Fred... I can understand basic stuff like sugar, tannins, concentrates, acids, etc. So wineries dont add in non grape fruits like blueberries or cherries? Are there "rules" that designate what can and cannot be used? Just from a newbie perspective I would think some of these additions...

As I am totally new to wine making Ive been thinking about this and where better to ask! After reading through some of the "tweaking cheap kits" thread to get some ideas on my first batch I added a few things to my wine such as berries. The question is this and one Ive always wanted to know...

NOVEMBER 29, 2019 - pH remains 3.5 - OG currently 1.020 I bought an inexpensive "BSG acid test kit" where I add some provided solutions to my wine in a beaker and make an assumption based on color change. Doesnt seem entirely accurate to me as its all guess work. One test I got a 0.60 another...