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You'll have to send me a bottle for quality control

I got some persimmon seeds from a BYCer but they never sprouted. =(

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This is the recipe I used except I used champagne yeast instead. http://www.stormthecastle.com/mead/an-easy-delicious-mead-recipe.htm

well I'm a little unsure about my spiced orange mead. I started it in January and it has been sitting in a glass gallon with an airlock since. Today I decided I'd bottle it up, but after first taste now I'm not so sure. It's dry, very dry. No honey flavor at all coming through. Can I back...

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Quote: I got pears yesterday at our farmers market. How will you be making your pear wine? My wife also wants to can some pears. Not sure yet. I usually follow these directions . They are all for 5 gallons. Thinking maybe adding some cinnamon also......

We have an amazing apple crop this year and was I would love to make a batch of hard cider and wine. For the hard cider does it require a glass secondary? Im running short on them. Any tips or tried and true recipes would be great. I also just picked up my first bushel of pears. Woot!

Picked up a new 3 gallon carboy yesterday and a bunch of yeast. I am ready to make a batch of peach elderberry wine and a small batch of parsley wine .

Rack my strawberry rhubarb wine yesterday so it can clarify......snuck a glass. YUUUUUUMMMMM!!! on to a batch of Blueberry and thinking about making peach, parsley and rhubarb..not all together

Quote: ok so I do continue to rack (I don't plan to add any more sugar)...I was unsure because there were no bubbles but the wine isn't really clear. Rack and taste tonight

hmmm....my strawberry rhubarb seems not to be bubbling anymore???? It was bubbling like crazy in the primary then was transferred into the secondary 6 weeks ago, now nothing? Going to rack it again today...it smells ok.

I have a winery about 5mi from my house. They everything except grape wines. I like making my own bcause its fun and the satisfaction of giving others homemade goodness I bag not tried parsley wine but I heard is good and my parsely has taken over my garden.

I need to 2nd rack my strawberry rhubarb soon. I plan to start a blueberry and a rhubarb. I have a lot of parsley growing and might make a small batch of wine our of that. Depending how the peaches are I might brew up some peach or make elderberry peach. The possiblities are endless right...

I've got 5 gallons of strawberry rhubarb wine in the primary right now. Next month blueberry and I also want to make elderberry.

Breathing life back into this thread.... A couple questions for all you wine makers. 1. Any orange wines or mead recipes.....I've got about 30 oranges to play with and lots of cranberries hhmmm something cranorange?? 2. Can I use a larger secondary (5 gal) for a 3 or 4 gal batch?

Quote: got any left over seeds? I would love to grow some.

Quote: My husband is the same. We have a 6 gallon carboy...makes about 30 bottles. I want to get a bunch of small ones to make small "home reserve" batches.....rose hips will soon be nice and ripe. I do the six gallon carboys too. I have a room dedicated to the making of wine. Friends and...

Quote: My husband is the same. We have a 6 gallon carboy...makes about 30 bottles. I want to get a bunch of small ones to make small "home reserve" batches.....rose hips will soon be nice and ripe.