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I have tasted it, it didn't taste bad but wasn't good either, kind of neutral alcohol taste. I hadn't campden at that time so did not add it when making the brew but I used boiling water to infuse the flowers. Can't exclude infection though. Will try adding pota meta, thanks.

Hello, I have started an elderflower wine in end of May. I have used 120gr (~4 ounces) of flower, 1.3kg (2.8lb) of sugar and 5l (1.4 US Gallon) of water, starting gravity of 1090. I have started in a fermentation bucket, moved to a 5L demijohn after 15 days (beginning of June), when I thought...

I followed your advice and did some adjustments today to focus on gravity. The gravity was down to 1054 (from 1060 two days ago). I added the remaining 100gr of pineapple I had in the freezer and 60gr of sugar and the gravity is now 1080. Looks way better. I had to split in two jars but I guess...

Great, you should, there is plenty of very nice ones all-over the (small) country :)

Hi, I can not tell for the historical part (would be interesting tough) but it was experienced you don't actually need a pellicle to start a new batch. I still throw one in mine mostly because I don't have that much starter liquid (I prefer to drink the produced kombucha than saving it ;-) )...

I see. I did made a gravity measurement after mixing water + sugar + pineapple after 24h (just before adding the yeast) and it was only 1060. I assumed it was because the fruit did not released its sugar content yet and it was solely from the added sugar. With what you are saying, I have to add...

Hi there, The coronavirus crisis had the advantage of giving me a lot of free time at home so, while some took the opportunity meditate or do sport, I homebrew :) Started with regular ginger beer, made a couple of regular beer using malt extract (still aging) and now I am down the rabbit hole...

Almost but thanks :) Thanks for confirming that. Regarding the water, to produce 1 US Gallon of wine, do you use 1 Gallon of water? Sorry if it is a silly question but I am not sure how to account the juice of the fruit while it's still in small pieces in my fermenter.

Hello, I am new to fruit winemaking and I wanted to experiment with a micro-batch (for one 0.75cl/25oz bottle, convinced by this article). I used a mason jar (a basic 1 quart jar) with some pineapples chunks. After some fun US -> metric conversion, using Ekraus wine recipes quantities (from a 5...

Ok so I needed to buy new campden too as the bag I have is like 3 years old ^^ Thanks for the wiki, interesting info!

Thanks for your replies. I guess I will buy a precise scale. The water solution is a good idea too. Do you know if I can keep the solution some time in a bottle? If I put an higher dose in water, can I just take a small amount for each batch and keep the rest in a closet?

Hello, I recently got interested in making fruit wine. While reading English literature about it (mostly North American), one thing that always came was the importance of regularly using Campden Tablet (before adding the yeast, when raking, when bottling,...) to avoid spoilage. I am however...