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    Post a photo, any photo

    Wow... You may want to make a label with that image!!!
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    Yeast Rehydration is good stuff

    iI asked label peelers for the addative contents: their response FWK packet content Thank you for your FWK order. The Chips are American Medium and the Cubes are French Medium. Packet A is Pectic Enzyme and Yeast Nutrient (DAP and Food Grade Urea) and Acid Blend. Packet B is Cane Sugar for...
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    Post a photo, any photo

    that looks fabulous... great colors and very organized.
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    Finer Wine Kit disappointing color/body

    Thanks ratflinger. I will check that out for my next round.
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    Finer Wine Kit disappointing color/body

    Yesterdaty racked my fall FWK carboys. Super Tuscan, Sonoma blend, Pinot Noir. I make the winery series with 6 skin packs (in approx 16-18 gallons) SG at 1.090-095. All 3 kits taste fine althoug a little light. Very little tannin/acid, medium body. They had seeds in primary and have been on...
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    Backsweetening ?

    Using fermcalc app, you can sweeten to a SG that you like. For me 1.000 to 1.001 for most fruit wines. The app calculates amount of sugar needed based on current sg and volume. I usually do half-3/4, recommended and finish by taste.
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    Post a photo, any photo

    probably the first patch was raided by a squirrel or other critter who dropped one during the great escape!
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    Oak

    I like a 50/50 mix of French med+ and American med to heavy toast. I use cubes and add about 2.5 oz to each carboy.
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    Bottling!

    All goid options. Love when I get 1-2 to help. Makes it much more enjoyable. Otherwise when alone I challenge myself to fill and cork at the same time. Get a rythmn going and test my limits. 2 bottles before I need to pause and reset? 6? 10? A case...self challenging goofiness.
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    Show Us Your Pets

    New item by Susan Hammond Mandi Mae... with her new monkey
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    Other FWK and MLF

    Great advisr...thanks
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    Other FWK and MLF

    look forward to your report when you test them... And what you decide to do if anything post bulk aging...
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    Other FWK and MLF

    Wine view...it can be a challenge howerever I really like the outcome when it completes and gives a nice round full feel to the wine. Give it another go. It can be fickle and acid, temps, ph etc can all impact MLF process and completion. But it can b e managed with some good research and...
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    Other FWK and MLF

    AR324... I had some non kits that were going through MLF. I like what MLF does to a red wine. My thought was that with the grape solids there would be a more aggressive malic in the blend and would respond positively. So it did indeed give me a good mouthfeel however the acid balance became...
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    Other FWK and MLF

    I would agree that the end product post MLF was very flabby and flat. I would agree it was soft with a nice mouthfeel but as noted generally out of balance. Will let you know how it came out in a few weeks.
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    Other FWK and MLF

    That is what I did today. Doing so incrementally so I don't over acidify at this point. Thanks for your input...
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    Other FWK and MLF

    I had posted in another thread about putting my FWK reds through MLF. Thought I would follow up. I started a Cab Sav and Bordeaux fall 2021. Fermentation went well and as I was putting other juice buckets through MLF I thought I would do so with the FWK. The MFL was challenging but it did...
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    Other what size kits do you make?

    For the past several years I have been making 18 gallons of 3 different juice buckets or FWK. Ferment in 20 gallons (should go bigger but it's what I have). Rack into 2-6 and 1-5 gallon carboys ea pending loss to skin packs and lees. This allows me to drink some after 1 year and keep the rest...
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    What's in your glass tonight?

    I've made green tomatoe wine wine that tastes very similar to vinho verde...
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    Finer Wine Kit Finer Wine Kits

    I made a small bucket press to manage the skins in these kits. Probably not as good as a fruit press but definately better than by hand. I kept pre press and post press wines separate. I am now trying to decide if I should mix them together before bottling or keep them seperate and bottle...
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