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  1. K

    Blackberry Wine - what am I doing wrong?

    My house is at 65 F or 18.3 C so it should be pretty close. That's good to keep in mind though. It'll probably be a lot warmer when the wine is done fermenting.
  2. K

    Blackberry Wine - what am I doing wrong?

    Phhheeew. I took the reading again and got similar results, using a wine thief. I then took a cup from the top of the bucket and poured it into the wine thief. Way different reading. Got a big spoon and mixed it up thoroughly and it now reads 1.080. I'd used boiled sugar water and thought...
  3. K

    Blackberry Wine - what am I doing wrong?

    I made my first batch of blackberry wine very simply -dump in 15 lbs of berries, water and sugar and yeast. Wait 5 days and move it to a 3 gal carboy. Rack it a couple more times over 5 mo. and bottle it. Tastes pretty good, but I have no idea how much alcohol there is or even if its really...
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