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Just picked one up from Midwest for $80, with 20% off! I'll probably be starting this one soon too, and will also do extended maceration. Will be interesting to follow along with yours, geek!

Anyone have thoughts on extended maceration with raisins? I can't imagine it would hurt but is it worth it?

This is the Italian nebbiolo. I will definitely be ignoring the timetable after fermentation!

I've had this kit sitting in the basement for a while, and I'm itching to give it a try. Curious if anyone has made it, or has suggestions. I don't see too many Master Vintner kits discussed on the forums here, maybe because you have to get them from midwest or northern brewer and their online...

The generally agreed upon suggestions are what I'm asking about!

This has been an interesting thread, though what you guys are saying is in line with what I've seen elsewhere. It does raise a question for me: what does it take to get the best out of a kit?

Are you doing this as an extended maceration? If so, pretty much all that stuff should sink to the bottom.

I just recently picked up this kit and was wondering the same thing about the yeast. As I understand this wine is supposed to have pretty high final ABV. Will RC-212 finish the job on its own? I thought it topped out around 14-15%. I'd rather not use the 1118, especially if it will dominate.

This happened to me once when I added oak cubes to a wine kit and tasted it after about three days. I couldn't believe how strong the oak flavor was after such a short time. As it sat on the cubes longer, that taste faded considerably It actually never again tasted as strong as that initial...

Thanks for the suggestions, everyone. Glad to know these prices are fairly normal. Much better than the sticker price of $180-$200 I noticed they don't have RJS kits at LP, but they do have them at southern homebrew for a similar price. Looks like plenty of reasonable high end options out there!

Yeah that's the price in the cart, including shipping

Hey everyone! I've been making kit wine for almost two years now and I don't have the biggest budget for wine making, so I'm always looking for good deals for wine kits. Label Peelers currently seems to have a wine kit promotion where you can get a WE Eclipse kit for around $130 including...

This thread has reminded me of a question I've had for a while: do the 375s age more or less quickly (or at least differently) than the 750s? I just wonder if the different headspace/liquid ratio makes a difference. Or do you find that they are pretty reliably similar?

I've got two EMs going in buckets (I think they are 6.5 or maybe 7 gallons) but there's not too much head space. Just yesterday they were at about 1.050 SG. I was planning to open them every day and stir until 1.020, when the directions say to rack to secondary, and cap the buckets for good...

I've got a couple Chilean juice buckets and when I tasted them after fermentation they definitely seemed flabby and flat. I tossed them on oak cubes, but I got a pH meter to see where the pH is at and they are both around 3.7-3.8. Can I safely add tartaric at this point to bring the pH down...