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Cooking & Baking

MaineBlueBear

(111 posts)

5. don't drink the stuff on the bottom

Reply to Major Nikon (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 24, 2024, 12:34 PM

Jul 2024

Charles Shaw makes their wine from concentrate, nothing wrong with it ; wins awards, &c
The thing you weren't doing was racking the wine to another container after primary fermentation was complete (deflated balloon).
Or decant it into another, well, decanter next time. You'll love it!

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Beer [View all] Major Nikon Jul 2024 OP

brewing is a wonderful hobby MaineBlueBear Jul 2024 #1

I used to make wine as a kid, actually Major Nikon Jul 2024 #2

don't drink the stuff on the bottom MaineBlueBear Jul 2024 #5

Perhaps the most potent clickbate headline of them all Bobstandard Jul 2024 #3

I made home brew many years ago.. My first batch got "skunked" and I tossed it. Prolly some strange yeast in the air. mitch96 Jul 2024 #4

back in my day you had to scrounge and clean old soda kegs Kali Jul 2024 #6