Questions tagged [wine]
The product of fermented fruit juice, usually from grapes.
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How long should a Shiraz age?
I made a Shiraz from a kit early this spring (bottled in April). I also made a Johannesburg Riesling. I know reds take longer than whites to age, but we've been enjoying the Riesling for some time now ...
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What are some good online sources for recipes?
What are some good online sources for recipes? Please specify the type of recipes the site has (extract, all-grain, mead, cider, etc.).
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What equipment do I need to starting making wine?
What equipment do I need to start making wine at home?
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Is this recipe correct
Hi I'm brewing some apple wine at the moment, following a recipe for a dry apple wine from CJJ Berry's "First Steps in Winemaking" (2006 reprint p185).
The recipe lists ONLY the following ingredients:...
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Sloe wine: going very slowly
Having started enough sloe gin this year to last a decade, I decided to use the rest of the fruit to brew some sloe wine. I'm new to brewing, and this might seem like an odd choice, but I have high ...
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Why do red wines tend to be stored in green bottles and white wines not?
It seems that all red wines are stored in green or occasionally other dark coloured bottles and white wines in clear or light coloured bottles.
Why is this?
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Cork in red wine starting to push itself out. Is it still safe to drink?
A friend gave us a bottle of homemade red wine a year ago. (They're Italian and they make wine every year). It's been sitting in our dining room, stored on its side. We started to notice that the ...
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How important is temperature when adding pectic enzyme?
I added pectic enzyme when the must of my rhubarb wine was too warm after I misread the directions in the book where I found the recipe. I didn't notice until after the next day when I had already ...
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What is the best book for beginning wine makers?
What is the best book for beginning wine makers?
** Please post 1 book per post, then the resulting votes will show what most people consider to be the best book.
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why do you degas wine but not beer?
After reading this post, I was wondering why have I heard of people degassing wine, but never beer? Does one also need to degas mead?
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How can I tell when wine has finished degassing?
I bottled my first home made wine last week. It's an apple wine that didn't turn out so well. The good news is that I think I know most of the reasons it isn't very good and I'm going to try again ...
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[Wiki] What extra equipment do I need to make wine?
Considering I have all the necessary - and some unnecessary - equipment for making beer at home, what additional equipment do I need to make wine at home?
If it's easier to just make a full list, ...
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homemade wine problem
My question is in my primary fermenter. If the airlock is not bubbling does that mean its not fermenting. I have two on the go one is bubbling and the other one is. What should I do?
Steve Coyne