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So I just got my hands on some liberty apples from a local orchard in northern Illinois. Place costs a fortune and I cant afford bushels at $4 a pound. I was considering growing from seed as I picked from the deepest section away from other varieties but bees will be bees. Should I risk what I...

So I've been making apple wine for a long time now. I always let it go through MLF and I know British ciders go through MLF. My question is, as I would like to start making small batches to use in my 1 gallon keg, would preventing it with lysozyme give it a more apple-like bite? Would you...

My cherry vanilla meadowfoam is 100% clear in my tertiary. It's only been a week so I'm wondering how long I should let it sit before bottling.

So I'm making a blueberry raspberry wine with a completely new recipe I just kinda came up with. Its been close to 2 months and it's still fermenting in primary. I haven't checked the current Ph although I suspect its real low considering blueberry drops in points pretty drastically in primary...

Title say it all. Like if I had a 15% wine I wanted to add watermelon juice unpastuerized in to it without worry

So my first mead I accidentally let get oxidized. That was 5 years ago. I've learned a lot since then but right now I have a mead I am making that with no bubble activity is sitting at 1.030 from 1.095. Granted I did use a refractometer as I didn't feel like dealing with a hydrometer after a...

I need advice for a watermelon/strawberry wine. It stuck at 1.035 with 7.8%ABV It has that overripe/spoilage taste to it. Tips on how to save or should I dump?

So I've used white oak barrels to age whisky and rum I distilled but never wine. I've used oak spirals but is aging wine in a barrel any different? Taste it periodically until I feel its been oaked enough? Also what kind of wines shouldn't be oaked ever? I've only ever used spirals on red wines.

I have experience barrel aging whiskey but not wine and I'd like to attempt it. Do we have a reputable barrel source? Any technique? I'm assuming soaking the barrel in metabisulfite is beneficial?

Just wanted to share my simplest apple wine recipe. Comes out sweet and smooth with a satisfying mouthfeel after aging. I've much more complex recipes but this one any novice can do without worry. Apple Wine 24AUG19 1 can concentrated apple juice 1 pound of white sugar Top off with Motts apple...