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Is the potato water part of the 7 pints?

Has anyone ever used vanilla extract or other extracts in their wine? Does it really add flavor? How much would you use per gallon?

So how much yeast for a two liter bottle? Do I have to use a whole package or can I share one pack with a couple bottles?

Sounds like fun for a beginner. But I will be gone for two weeks. I will have to start on the 27th. I will be watching you all's progress. I have Earl Grey tea on my mind!

I would say not degassed. How do you do that? Somehow I missed that part of my instructions, only my dry wine is that way. Not the sweet.

Did not take readings but was real dry when I bottled it. Some I sweetened and stabilized but did not think I needed to do it on this. This is my first time to make and bottle wine. Learning a lot from this forum.

I opened a bottle of my plum wine. It is only four months old. It is bubbly and tastes like champagne. Wondering how it got that way?

Probably in June!

Just racked off some plum wine a day ago and one of the gallon jugs has bubbles. It has an airlock. Is this normal? I don't see that on some of the others.

Thanks so much!

You mean if I mix it all together now I could add the yeast late tonight?

Yesterday I started a batch of watermelon wine and today I was going to add the yeast. But a friend just brought three more watermelons. Can I mix this together, add ingredients and pitch the yeast tomorrow or do I need to make a separate batch?

Someone gave me a couple bottles of sherry and I do not like it. (I think they heard me say I like Shiraz:)) can I use it somehow in my wine making?

Well maybe I found out myself. There may be nothing left of the peaches when it is done!!

Has anyone done a second run on peaches?