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Bandit's Wine Making Adventures: Mead Recipe
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Monday, May 2, 2011. My Current Mead Recipe for 5 gal. 12 lbs quality varietal honey. 5 tsp yeast nutrient. 7 tsp acid Blend. 1 1/4 tsp yeast energizer. 4 gallons water (about 5g total must). 1 sachet Lavlin ID-47 yeast. Put everything in a 6g Carboy to ferment. After stabilizing add 2- 3lbs honey to approx SG of 1.012. And on Day 3 Fermenting nicely. Airlock very active. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I have always been interested in wine making and now I have some extra space in my yard and plan t...
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Bandit's Wine Making Adventures: October 2010
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Monday, October 18, 2010. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Growing up and living most of life in Northern California just a couple hours from Napa Valley I have been exposed to some of the finest wines made. My tastes have grown to appreciate wines of all types and different regions of the world. My favorite thing to do is experience wines from different regions when traveling on vacation. Resident of NE Polk County in Central Florida and Walt Disney World Cast member. My favorite time of Year is the Fall...
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Bandit's Wine Making Adventures: Dabbling in Beer
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Monday, April 4, 2011. Tub with water and a towel wrapped around the fermenter and frozen water bottles to help control the temp). A little Ghetto, but it works. I use the same thing when fermenting White Wines. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I have always been interested in wine making and now I have some extra space in my yard and plan to plant a small vineyard (a few vines) and try my hand at wine making. This blog will follow my travels through my successes and failures at wine making. Resident ...
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Bandit's Wine Making Adventures: Mead update
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Friday, May 20, 2011. My 5 gal batch is still fermenting very slow. The SG 2 days ago was at 1.020. Still dropping but very slow. I am thinking that it is a character of the yeast. So I added 2 lbs of honey (total 14 now) some yeast nutrient and energizer. Mixed it in good. After a day the Fermentation seams to be more active today. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I have always been interested in wine making and now I have some extra space in my yard and plan to plant a small vineyard (a few vines) a...
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Bandit's Wine Making Adventures: Spring in the Vineyard
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Sunday, March 25, 2012. Spring in the Vineyard. Spring has sprung in the Vineyard. In the vineyard you will find 3 Muscadine Noble, 2 Muscadine Magnolia, 4 Blanc Du Bois (Florida Hybrid), 7 Black Spanish, 4 Concord and 1 Thompson seedless. All the bunch grapes have taken off especially the Blanc Du Bois. The Muscadine are just now starting show signs of life. Blanc Du Bois Blooms. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I always thought most wine was the same everywhere you went, Chardonnay was a Chardonnay ...
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Bandit's Wine Making Adventures: Blueberry Melomel (Mead)
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Friday, May 20, 2011. I was planning on making a Blueberry. Mead) this summer after I picked all my Blueberries. I would have to add some frozen ones as well to have enough. But a wonderful present appeared on the door step yesterday. A 1 gallon bucket of Blueberries. 30 drops Pectic Enzyme. 3 tsp Yeast Nutrient. 1 1/2 Tsp Yeast Energizer. 4 Campden tablets to sanitize must. EC-1118 Yeast in a starter. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Growing up and living most of life in Northern California just a co...
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Bandit's Wine Making Adventures: August 2011
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Friday, August 12, 2011. Year of the Blueberry" (August update). First I must apologize to any ignore any possible followers I might actually have for not keeping the Blog updated. The Muscadine grapes in the home vineyard are slowly being harvested as they ripen. Should be able achieve a 1gal batch this year. 10 lbs. granulated sugar Adjust to SG of 1.094. 50 drops. pectic enzyme. 7 tsp acid blend. 6 tsp yeast nutrient. 3/4 tsp. yeast energizer. Water to 6 gallon. 2 pkgs Pasteur Champagne wine yeast.
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Bandit's Wine Making Adventures: November 2010
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010. During the last 2 months I started and completed a Wine Expert VR Liebfraumilch Kit. Apple Wine batch #3 5 gal. Here is the Recipe for what is in the bucket. Apple Wine (Full Body). 5 gal seasonal Apple Cider with lots of pulp. (pasteurized). 575lbs sugar dissolved in 5 cups hot water. Achieved a starting SG of 1.085. 125oz Tartaric Acid to get .6TA. 1/2 tsp Pectic Enzyme. 1 pkg Montrachet Yeast in a starter. Labels: Apple Wine 5 gal. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I always thoug...
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