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]]>I don’t have many links yet, but a great supply house for all your beer and wine making kits and supplies is http://www.midwestsupplies.com
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]]>FIRST – If you are not willing to go above and beyond to keep everything sterile, take up a different hobby – wine making is not for you. This step is a complete PITA, but without it, you will get off flavored or even spoiled wine.
If you are new to the hobby, there are a few things you will NEED to get started. Here is the started kit list for hardware.
When starting out, I recommend starting with an inexpensive “kit” wine. This will come with somewhere around 3 to 4 gallons of juice concentrate. The juice has already been sterilized and PH balanced. To this, you will add filtered water and the ingredients in the kit. As long as you follow the directions and keep everything clean, you should come out with fine results. I was told the general rule is a $60-80 will make $6-10 bottles, $100-120 will make a $10-20 bottle and the $150+ kits will make a $20-30 bottle. I don’t know how accurate this is, but it’s what I’ve heard. You will find that as kits increase in price, they also increase in quality. The juice will be less concentrated, and the higher end kist come with more additives, such as crushed grape skins to give your red wines more body and flavor (and tannin).
I’d say step two would be to start making slight modifications to your kit wines. If a red wine doesn’t come with grape skins, consider the things you may be able to add. Could it benefit from the addition of rainsins in the primary fermentation? How about Currants? Fresh, ripe plums? Join a wine making forum and find what others have to say. For white wines, consider the amount of oak. I find a little extra oak in Chardonnays are a great addition. This is where as Joe,a member on winemakingtalk.com, says “THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.”
Once you have a few kits under you belt, see if a local brew supply or winery sells grape juice. Gino Pinto in NJ imports juice from around the world. You can go there and get 6 gallons of juice, already PH balanced and ready to go. Take it home, decide what yeast to use, what additives you want etc., and now you have a unique wine that has been tailored to your own taste. The possibilities become endless. Before you know it, you’ll have hundreds of bottles aging in your basement ready to give as gifts, and pop open to share with friends and family.
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]]>Q: How long should Soy Candles cure?
One of the most frequent questions I’m asked is how long should soy candles cure – The answer to this question varies depending on the wax and scent used. I would never use a candle in less than 24 hours of pouring it. I would refer to that as the “set” time of the candle. Curing, to me, is the amount of time to allow the soy wax to properly absorb and fuse with the color and scent to make a candle that burns to it’s fullest potential. So if you your soy candle is unscented, 24 hours should be a fine cure time. Other scents (a cucumber melon I use for instance) I find needs about 5 days to get it’s best scent throw where CB135 soy wax with “Love Spell” from candle science requires a full two weeks to get to a point where I am happy with the hot throw. Play with your candles and let THEM tell you how long they need to cure. Experimenting is everything when it come to candle making. There are so many variables that there is no right or wrong answer.
Q: Why should I use Soy Wax?
I’ll keep this one short – Renewable, Clean, helps US Farmers.
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Great forum discussing soy candles, candle & soap scents, natural soaps and other crafts
CraftServer.com
-When you sign up for an account, let them know kkentert sent you!
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]]>Great Candle Fragrance Oils
Just about every fragrance you could ever imagine, and from what i’ve seen, most do pretty well in soy wax. I haven’t tested any in other vegetable waxes such as soy.
www.candlechem.com
Glass Containers
Glass containers for candles
I use the 7.5oz and 11oz tumblers..to me they seem to be the perfect two sizes.
I also spend the extra money for the frosted candles. Since I usually only make white soy candles, I feel the frosted give a more elegant look.
www.fairwayglass.us
Other
Currently Testing Nature’s Garden scents. We will put a link up when/if we like the samples we ordered in. WE will be testing in Golden Brands 464 soy wax
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]]>There are many brands of soy wax on the market. I’m only going to discuss the few I’ve personally experimented with and one that has been recommended by a very reliable source. (though I haven’t tried it yet)
Type 1: Enchanted Lights Soy Wax:
I was underwhelmed by this wax. The Good side of it is that is is 100% soy wax. There aren’t any additives so you are able to list it as 100% on your lable.
Downside: I did not have a goood throw with this wax, experienced a large amount of frosting, and pulling away from the walls, and the votive wax wasleaving large voids in my candles. My advice-try it if you’d like, but I’d avoid wasting time & money – just try for another wax.
Type 2: EcoSoya:
Wow! EcoSoya CB-135 is a pleasure to work with. There is very little frosting and the throw is very good. I’m told that the 100% Soy EcoSoya throws even better, but it frosts quite a bit, so only use it in opaque or frosted jars/tins.
The CB-135 left a beautifully smooth top, and was a very easy ONE POUR wax. If you’ve never made soy candles, give this wax a try!
EcoSoya also makes a Pillar blend which can be used for Pillars and Votives. I have not tried it yet, but am very excited to!
Type 3: Cargill NatureWax
I have not tried this, but a very reliable source of mine LOVES it. It does frost, and it’s adhesion isn’t 100%, but it has a very nice throw. If you’re using a frosted/opaque jar, you can give this one a try too. You’ll have to make up your own mind on this, but I have found the EcoSoya is still prefered.
Type 4: Ecosoya Pillar wax
REVIEW PENDING. I will say that it perfoms beautifully when combined with 25% parafin pillar wax.
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]]>For now, I’ll sum it up with
1-It’s a renewable resource.
2-Clean-up is a snap!
3-It helps American farmers
4-It burns clean, free of sut & carcinogens!
(to elaborte, it’s considered a 0 green house contributor because they put out so little CO2 when burning that
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