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Making a Dragon Daze or Tropical Dragon Blood or Tropical Daze. Three gallon carboy batch ... The Lime bottles here are 440 ml, the packages of fruit are 600 gm I'm making a 3 gallon batch (Actually 3 gallons + 2 litre (overflow) So my calculations are for 11,356 litres + 2 litres = 13.356...

Interesting - there are mixed reviews. I guess I will find out, One description says like an off-dry Merlot. I guess i will find out will do it in Jan. and I will pass a few bottles around later on to get some feedback from my circle. I will add some blueberries in the primary (600gm) as per...

Well, thanks, forewarned in forearmed. I just bought this kit as I am intrigued by the profile. It seems similar to another Chilean Kit Rio Grande Rojo. which I really enjoyed. Apparently the Diablo is derived from a Merlot variation. I think perhaps these might be be similar also to Spanish...

In Store! !!!! I went to Costco with a friend and was told by a floor manager that "Costco doesn't sell wine kits"!! After some discussion I came to think that the kits were only sold online. So either the floor person was wrong or it was only that warehouse (Alberta,) ... Anyway I was...

No, I put the cherries in the primary along with 1 tsp tannin where the cherries fermented with the must.. Now I'm thinking of another 1 TSP tannin post stabilization. When you say secondary, you mean secondary post-stabilization? That would be at the two week mark where I do -...

It's in the secondary now. The fermentation was very quick, frothy and aromatic. I just filtered out the detritus with a household filter putting it into the carboy. I chopped the cherries in container - no waste, and slightly warmed them , I don't bother with a cheesecloth - just in they go...

Started Vinco Merlot (Chile) cost 80 bucks Can, 4 week , 8 litres. Added to primary , 600 gm Sweet Dark Cherries (= 21 oz) + will add the pkg oak chips that came with kit and also add supplementary 1 tsp tannin both in primary - tomorrow morn will add the yeast. Plus 1 tsp pectic enzyme, plus...

OK I got 600 gm of "Dark Sweet Cherries" for the Vineco Merlot from Chile. I'm back in the game with Costco, I'm going there with a friend. I'm looking at "Argentia Ridge Chateau Private Selection Pinot Grigio White Wine Kit" A white wine, I never tried this type before. It's a double kit...

How do you decide it is not ready? Two weeks is very very unusual for my experience, I cover my primary pails with towels to keep out sunlight and I suppose that also makes it warmer. I usually have a clarified kit wine ready for final processing by 4 weeks unless I'm busy and don't have...

OK thanks for the feedback from your experience. I've made about 10 or more of these from several different brands all augmented to about 12 to 13 percent ABV and this is the first time ever I had any trouble and my first ever stuck fermentation. ... It must have been the Fall season...

Same kit yeast as usual the EC1118. I would not want to change it Found it stuck on the seventh day, I am so used to everything racing to .990 I usually don't even bother taking the SG til day 6 or 7. On day 7 I found the SG far too high, didn't log it, However I do keep a detailed notebook...

OK, looking at my notes, I definitely had a stuck fermentation. After doing some reading here, I'm pretty sure it was because the F-pack probably had sulfides. Usually my Fruit wines and F-packs just race to .990, so this was unusual. I used more of the Fpack in the primary than usual and the...

Funny, I got neighbours who regularly shop at Costco so it's not like I never heard of Costco. I just didn't know there was a hefty membership charge. So you got to shop ther regularly to get your yearly money back and I think, buy in bulk. Well, sad, that excludes me out. On the bright side...

Disappointment! After deciding on the Sauvignon Blanc, and doing a ton of research I tired to order a kit. Useless! You need to buy a one year membership - 60 bucks. Worse , you actually have to go to a warehouse to verify the membership. Sort of cancels the idea of online shopping. No use to...

The frozen fruit packs which are pretty pure and good up here in Canada and are in all the supermarkets are usually sold in 600 gm pks which is about 21 OZ. So I guess that will do.

OK Thanks, I just looked up my notes. I made a Cellar Classic Chardonnay in 2015 (I got one bottle left and probably still not turned). It was excellent and the kit did have oak (loose chips)which I put in the primary - just forgot about it. The yeast was Lalvin QA23. Huh! So the wine lasted...

Wow! Yes, I see it on Costco several varieties of Cellar Masters all 20 bucks off regular price - dual kits - 60 bottles.. They also have varieties of Argentia Ridge Château little higher price. All come with corks and labels and the Argentia also with Shrink caps. Looks like free delivery...

I have just bought a cheap kit - Vineco Merlot from Chile, so I think I will follow you along here. Will start it next month.

Vineco, The Green Apple - Kiwi Pear (Special Edition) had labels inside. The Green Apple did not. I suspect the rest of the Niagara Mist Kits do not have labels. I just bottled the Special Edition about 10 days ago I chaptalized the ABV to 14 percent (ABV 1.096) , and I added about 40 percent...

Thanks for the confirmations.