Common Winemaking Mistakes

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  @mr.mister4071 · 4 years ago

  Biggest mistake is not carrying it from the bottom (the carboy that is). Lost five gallons of about ten year old aged wine that way. 😫 Still crying.

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• RE

  @religionrock · 4 years ago

  You probably think that you use very simple terminology but for 101 students like me even your easiest  terms can be very hard.

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• WR

  @wryanddry2266 · 4 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttLTWMorPYI&amp;t=55">0:55</a> Too many rackings.<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttLTWMorPYI&amp;t=195">3:15</a> Head space mismanagement. &nbsp;Too little during fermentation or too much during aging.<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttLTWMorPYI&amp;t=374">6:14</a> Too little oxygen during fermentation. &nbsp;Temperature.<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttLTWMorPYI&amp;t=480">8:00</a> Making wine that has too much alcohol.<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttLTWMorPYI&amp;t=535">8:55</a> Over-correcting acidity.<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttLTWMorPYI&amp;t=637">10:37</a> Way too little acidity, susceptible to spoilage.<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttLTWMorPYI&amp;t=786">13:06</a> In-bottle fermentation, popping corks.<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttLTWMorPYI&amp;t=905">15:05</a> Misdiagnosing problems, especially blaming uncleanliness.<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttLTWMorPYI&amp;t=1063">17:43</a> Uncalled-for treatments and techniques, e.g. oak.<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttLTWMorPYI&amp;t=1122">18:42</a> Using the wrong grapes for the intended wine.

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• NO

  @North-17d · 5 months ago

  I’m a few years from making wine but this information is the best , wish you were still making YouTube videos

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• RE

  @redlawretsnif · 5 years ago

  This channel is easily the best source of well informed wine making information I&apos;ve come across. This years batch will be my first after discovering your webpage and youtube channel and I&apos;m expecting leaps of improvement.

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• ST

  @stansigstadable · 4 years ago

  A couple sold me a complete winemaking kit for $16 but I tossed them a $20 and told them to keep the change. I&apos;ve made beer, cider and mead but not wine

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• TH

  @TheAdventureHeads · 5 years ago

  Great tips. &nbsp;Love the bicycle chain rings on the back wall.........

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• BO

  @bobupnkiss1614 · 3 years ago

  Thx for the time and energy it took to make this video

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• FO

  @footnotedrummer · 5 years ago (edited)

  I love your channel. You&apos;ve been exceedingly helpful. We harvested Petite Pearl here in MI a couple of weeks ago, and the ph was @ 3.1 (which isn&apos;t entirely optimal). However... as you mention here... after primary fermentation... it climbed to 3.42 which is really great. I think people need to understand the impact on ph that fermentation has and adjust when you pick based on that. Too many people worry about getting the brix where they think they need to be. It has served us well to pick based on optimal ph (as long as you can there) and then add sugar to make up the shortcomings in your brix to insure that you have a wine that falls somewhere in the 12-15% range. I think you&apos;ve mentioned this before, but a good rule of thumb is to pick an alcohol content that you want and calculate for the optimal brix for your sugar addition. Just calculate by 0.59. Meaning... 23 brix in a red wine will yield a wine with roughly (23X0.59)=~13.6% alcohol. So add sugar until you get to an optimal brix level. However... if your brix were at 15... I personally think that you&apos;re better have a lower alcohol wine, than having a wine with higher alcohol and very noticeable back sweetening. Adding enough sugar to raise a 15 to a 23 wouldn&apos;t be the greatest.

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• MA

  @martybyl2426 · 4 years ago

  Thanks. A couple of great tips. I&apos;ll be saving this and running it again and again.

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• HI

  @hippyhebrewhomestead8593 · 3 years ago

  Found the answer to my question here on the other video! You should start a pod cast!

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  @bIunder-e3w · 4 months ago

  Great video!