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3/5/2012 -- Do I have to buy the ingredients necessary to make the wine seperate from the wine base kit?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Yes. Other ingredients required are: acid blend, yeast nutrient, pectic enzyme, campden tablets or bisulfite, potassium sorbate and wine yeast.
If you are after an "all-in-one" fruit wine kit, we have those too. See link below.
5/17/2010 -- what is your phone number?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: We can be reached at (425) 355-8865
Our toll free order is (800) 850-2739
1/26/2008 -- I live about an hour (if traffic is good) from the address on your website. Do you have an actual store or is everything here based solely online?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Yes, we have an actual brick-and-mortar store in Everett, WA. People actually walk in and buy stuff!
Our address is:
Homebrew Heaven
9109 Evergreen Way
Everett, WA 98204
Here is a video of our shop:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1a5fKvv8XI
Heck, you can actually call us on the phone, too! It's 425-355-8865. A person will . . .
9/19/2006 -- Will you be getting anymore Elderberry wine kits in?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Yes, but it may be 3 weeks or more before we get them in.
4/12/2006 -- Can one take a can of fruit base and add sugar and turbo yeast to make a distilled product?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Certainly, to ferment it.
You would still need to distill it, of course.
7/31/2005 -- What is the shelf life of Elderberry wine after it has aged for 1 year? Do I need to be concerned about high tannic acid levels in your Elderberry Fruit base?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Not very long at MY house! I like the stuff.
Seriously, tho, shelf life depends on many factors...alcohol level, sulphites/stabilizers used, cleanliness of the bottles, corks, temperature and other things. Can't say for sure, but with reasonable techniques, it will usually last for at least 5 years. Unless you tell me where it's hidden . . .
5/11/2005 -- I am planning on making a batch of elderberry wine, all of the recipes i have found don't mention Filtering. If i plan to filter when should i do that? Or do you recomend not filtering fruit wines?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: I recommend do it only if it NEEDS filtering. Usually it won't, if you use wine finings like bentonite along with our 2-part wine fining (Super-Kleer).
3/22/2005 -- I'm using Blackcurrants as a fruit base,and having just read the recipe in the Q&A's section and was curious to hear suggestions on the juice concentrations and nutrient type as I was intending to make a heavy one.
Response From Homebrew Heaven: We don't sell a blaccurrant fruit base.
3/21/2005 -- I'm thinking about adding raisins for extra body, to the standard receipe you list for 5 gallons of elderberry wine. Do you have any suggestions for how much would be too much.
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Between 1 and 2 cups should do the trick.
1/2/2005 -- Have ordered M55 Elderberry, & M72 Pinot noir intending to mix both before fermenting for 6 gal batch. Is this workable using the instructions for elderberry wine and should the ingredients be altered. have also ordered wine pack NPAC. suggestions?? appreciated
Response From Homebrew Heaven: That sounds like a nice blend to me! A few years ago, I made a blackberry pinot noir that way and it was a big hit.
Since both of those products contain some sugar, I would use a hydrometer to establish how much additional sugar to add. Use enough to bring the alcohol into the range of 11-13% and you should be fine.
10/10/2004 -- A friend of mine is into making wine at home in his spare time. I asked him what it would take to make me some fruity wines, perhaps a blueberry or blackberry wine. He said I would need a fruit puree enough to make 5 gallons. My main question is this, would I be better off to purchase the Oregan fruit puree or the wine fruit base of my . . .
Response From Homebrew Heaven: I would go with the fruit wine bases. They are larger than the cans of puree, and are made for wine. A recipe is on each can.
Shipping time depends on where you live(?)...typically, ground shipment takes 5-7 business days if you are east of the Mississippi, and less if you are closer to us. We are located in Everett, WA.
We accept VISA . . .
8/2/2004 -- i was looking for a plum fruit base & came across your complete package for wine making for fruit bases. does it come with instructions on how much of each ingredient is needed & would i then be able to buy that & then 3 cans of fruit base to make 15 gallons of wine? how much sugar is needed?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: The fruit bases come with a recipe (instructions) on each can. Recipes (5 gallons)typically call for:
one can of fruit base
6 cans of water (4.5 gallons)
11 lbs of table sugar
7 tsp Acid Belnd
3 tsp Yeast Nutrient
3 tsp Pectic Enzyme
1 tsp Tannin
5 tsp bisufite solution (potassium bisufite mixed with water)
1 pckg wine yeast
2.5 . . .
4/20/2004 -- [ was looking at your recipe for Elderberry Fruit Wine Base had aproblem in what i saw. in your in your instructios it said[2. Since Elderberry Fruit Base is a concentrate adjusted for wine, no bag is needed to hold the fruit during fermentation] then it said [7. When gravity reads 1.040 remove bag of fruit. Press and strain juice from pulp . . .
Response From Homebrew Heaven: It is my understanding that with this particular wine base, there is very little pulp. There will likely be SOME, however, so I would plan on using a straining bag. All of the other fruit bases have more pulp, and a straining bag is recommended.
To increase the alcohol content, just add more sugar prior to adding the yeast. 1 lb of table . . .
10/31/2003 -- Instead of ordering your peach wine base, would a large can of peaches from the grocery store work just as well?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Probably not. Most have been sweetened AND treated with preservatives that would prevent it from fermenting properly.
9/13/2003 -- The recipe calls for dried elderflowers. Any idea where I might purchase them?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Sure. We have them! They are in our Wine Flavorings category.
You can find them here:
http://www.nexternal.com/hombre/?Target=products.asp&CategoryID=60
7/28/2003 -- Even though you say one unit of fruit base will make 5 Gal. if I use one and a half or two units will I get a richer flavor and a fuller body wine?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Yes, absolutely! Just be sure to cut down on the sugar a bit. Shoot for a 1.090 (or so) specific gravity.
6/23/2003 -- Is one unit of base enough to make 5 gallons of wine? What is the cost of shipping?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Yes; along with sugar, yeast etc. For a really FULL flavored wine, we recommend using two cans.
The cost of shipping depends on where you live (not available to me) and how you want it shipped. You can determine the shipping cost, however, by adding the item to your online shopping cart, and then clicking on "Determine Shipping and Sales . . .
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