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I'm an absolute beginner when it comes to wine. I've brewed exactly one batch of mead, but no wine, so I thought I'd get the community's opinions on what would be a good, easy, and fail proof recipe for muscadine grapes (especially easy). I think I'll be able to pick some this Saturday. I may...

Fascinating! Do you have any idea which species of grape it was? Vitis labrusca? A few varieties of labrusca are concord, catawba, and niagara.

That makes me feel better. I've just done some more poking around the web and found a few different places saying that said Fleishmann's can go as high as 14% ABV.

It was roughly 32 fluid ounces (48 oz. by weight) of a raw unfiltered wildflower honey, a smallish orange, and balance water to make 1 gallon. So I'm guessing around 88 fluid ounces of water. And a few raisins, but those hardly count by volume. It fermented for about 4 weeks. There was no more...

I had never brewed anything until a few months ago. A few years ago, I discovered there are some types of beer I like, when I had before hated all beer I tried. I really dislike anything more bitter than dark chocolate. 70% cacao is perfect; anything more bitter than that is pushing it. More...