Determining Initial Brix / Specific Gravity
A common question on WineMakingTalk is “What should the initial brix / specific gravity (SG) of a wine be?” The short, but totally unhelpful answer is, “Whatever you want it to be?” This is...
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2022 Strawberry
June 2022 Label Peelers did it to me again — they advertised a 72 hour BOGO sale on Finer Wine Kits, so I had to buy more kits! Unfortunately, I hesitated. I was going...
2022 Blackberry
June 2022 Label Peelers did it to me again — they advertised a 72 hour BOGO sale on Finer Wine Kits, so I had to buy more kits! Unfortunately, I hesitated. I was going...
2022 Elderberry
March 2022 This wine has been planned since last summer, but I’m just getting around to making it. I have a 25 liter (6.6 US gallon) demijon free, so the plan is to make...
Winemaking 101 – Episode 8 – What Is Wine?
I participate on Wine Making Talk, a wine maker’s forum. My time is mixed between general discussions and helping others — especially newbies — with the wine making process, problems, and general advice. For...
2018 Elderberry Batch #2
August 2018 This batch is the first time I’m trying an experiment I’ve been considering for 30 years — feeding a wine sugar to jack the alcohol up to ~18% and sweetening it, to...
2018 Elderberry Batch #1
August 2018 This concentrate was a spur-of-the-moment purchase — I was thinking about elderberry and then I spotted the package in American Brewmaster. I didn’t even read the ingredients until I reached home. I...
2013 Apple, 2nd run
December 2013 – When I was done juicing the apples from this year’s apple wine, I had a bucket of moist pulp. Since I could not let it go to waste, I started a...
2013 Apple
December 2013 – I haven’t made apple wine in decades. The price for a bushel of red delicious at the Raleigh Farmer’s Market was $20, so I snagged one. My juicer got a workout!...
1990 Strawberry
June 2021 – I was looking through my old notebook and spotted these notes in between blank pages in the middle of the book. Unfortunately the notes are very incomplete — I know when...