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I still have those S-curve ones, but for me they have had a habit of letting air in between the rubber stopper and the seam between the two halves. I might go back to them. In the mean time, I tasted the guava wine, uncleared, and it tastes good. I'll be drinking it now.

Hi all! First or second post! My fermentation got stuck, and I tried to unstick it. It went from SG 1.050 to 1.030 after over a month. It started at whatever I needed to get to 12% alcohol, with nutrients. I was really excited to drink it! It's a guava juice brew (no preservatives). The thing...

The yeast I am using is Red Star yeast, Côte dês Blancs. The juice is a peach nectar.

I am using a peach nectar, no preservatives, not from concentrate. I have pH strips but never thought to test the pH.

Thanks! I'll save up a wine bottle I'm using now for that.

Thanks for the reply! I said 1.20 when I meant 1.020. Yes I checked he SG on both the first and second bottles when I re-racked. I don't think it was too far along when I reused the yeast. I started both with enough sugar to reach about 14.2% abv. Both bottles had an SG of between 1.030 and...

Hi all! Here's my second question. I am a big fan of the tropical fruits, being of Dominican Republic ancestry although I was born in the States. Since the more tropical fruits are hard to come by in the northern states, I've essentially been forced to decide to brew from juices and nectars...

Hi all! First post. I have two unrelated questions so I'll separate them. Here's my first: I am making an apple wine with a bottled apple juice with no preservatives. Here's what I did. I added yeast and nutrients into a primary, racked into a secondary with more nutrient, then used that bottom...