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Just put on your insulated overalls and wade right out into them. pick and trample and repeat. It won't hurt anything. In fact it will do the patch some good if they are wild. The more thorns there are the more berries you will get. Long sleeve heavy work shirt and light leather gloves will help...

It has been getting after it got 9 days now. Added the flavor pack of strawberry a couple days back. Didn't slow it down a bit. Took a sample with a thief this eve and I think this is going to be pretty good for what it is. It is about 75 cents a gallon. Mike

I have a half gallon of water with one tsp of nutrient, one tsp,energizer, and 1/2 tsp acid blend with 2 cups of sugar and a half pack of 1118. No fruit juice or fruit of any kind just sugar water and yeast. It is really making gas and has for about four days now. It is cloudy at the present. I...

Sorry I over looked that. Mike

Thanks I will just let it be for a while. After it quits How long does it take to clear? Mike

The five is orange juice and white grape juice. Mike

Thanks I did think of taste testing just decided to leave it be. I was just haoping I didn't get another stuck problem. The reason I wondered is my five gallon batch is still going pretty good and they were put together the same day. After racking how long till it will clear? Mike

Is it normal to quit bubbling after only 7 days. I broke the hydrometer last weekend awaiting for mail to bring another so I can't check sg. I just made a trip to the cellar and all 4 gallons have stopped bubbling and have about an inch of pulp on bottom. Thanks in advance Mike

Bubbling away now.Finally drew off a full gallon and set it aside. Then made up a gallon jug of apple juice with about a half cup of brown sugar and and 1116 packet of yeast. This is sort of like apfelwein and it really goes fast, like two bubble a second. Added it to stuck batch and it is...

I did the c tabs five of them when I made up the must with fruit in the mesh bag. Left it till the next day in the bucket covered with a fine cloth and banded to keep the critters out. Pitched yeast the next afternoon and stirred a couple times a day for six days. Racked to the secondary on the...

No test strips. I do have acid blend i could add. I don't want to keep tossing stuff into the jug. I may end up with more crud in the bottom than wine up top. Mike

I had not thought or heard about that strain. If the 1116 dosen't do the trick I will be wanting to try something else. That is a lot of wine to use for blending. Today I drew off half gallon of the wine and set it aside. I took half gallon of apple juice and added a pack of 1116 let it sit for...

12 pounds is correct. It never fermented good in the primary and was rather slow in the secondary as well. I talked with the HBS and he is sending me some 1116. My original question was What is the best yeast for a restart? Mike

18 lbs cherries 12 lb sugar 3 tsp enerziger 3 tsp nutrient. water to fill six gallon No hydrometer when I put it together so no og. It has been stuck there for a couple weeks now. Tried 1118 in a little warm water and spme sugar. Got it going good and slowly topped it up in a gallon jug with...

What is the best yeast for a restart? I got a six gallon run with fairly high alcohol content but still 1035 on the hydrometer. Tried 1118 no luck. Mike

I believe it is in the lighting. With a back light it looks like water. There are no sediments in the bottles, Did I mention there are only six bottles left from a five gal run. My gutiar picking friends seemed to like it pretty well. I am glad I didn't wait any longer. The directions on the...

How did you shrink the top covers? Also where did you purchase them? Thanks Mike

Can't get the pic to up load so here is my avitar 70 and 38 lbs caught on my left hand this summer. Mike

It sure does taste good!! This is not a wine anyhow so all that really matters is how it tastes and it is good. Don't look hazy too me and no sediment on bottle bottoms.Mike

I can read a paper thru it easy enough. I doubt it would lose any more color than it already has. Two months old and it is ready to drink. Aging doesn't do this brew any good. Mike