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The last couple I started were much better. But then again, after the issues with early batches I have gotten into the habit of using pliers at the base of the pull tab so not to take any chances.

Glad to hear this issue has been sorted, and not that I doubted the OP, but I felt it was highly unlikely that it was something Label Peelers was doing intentionally. I have emailed with them quite a bit and always found Matt to be very responsive. To be completely honest, he has gone above and...

I think for my next batch, I'm going to follow the same process that I use for brewing beer, just with a slightly higher goal for dissolved oxygen. Using pure oxygen, I'll oxygenate the must until achieving 15 ppm, then immediately add the airlock, only opening it to add the second dose of yeast...

I got lucky and happened to be in between calls when the email went out. I grabbed the only red I haven't made yet (Syrah) and figured this was a great opportunity to try one of the frutta kits (blackberry). I'm not much of a fruit wine guy, but I've heard great things about that kit and I...

I'm also a big fan of yeast nutrients, especially when fermenting high gravity products such as wine. I understand that wine yeast are alcohol-tolerant and well-suited for the job of a clean and complete fermentation. However, the yeast nutrient promotes better yeast health, reduced stress on...

Yes, I have done my best to take this approach. I learned early on that wine and beer making are two very different processes. I am fascinated by the science of fermentation and I love learning, hence why I've been devoting a great deal of time to reading these forums and other sources of...

Thanks for the update and for always being transparent with your customers. While I completely understand why you do it, I do cringe every time I have to send one of those Styrofoam coolers to the landfill. Glad to see you are exploring other options, now I just need to move close enough to...

Hi Bryan, Thanks for the response and for the questions! I will answer them below. In full disclosure - I am very new to winemaking and many of my practices come from my experience as a homebrewer of beer and ciders, which I'm learning can have very different requirements from wine. I do this...

LabelPeelers has digital copies of the instruction kit available online. They should consider including a download link in the order confirmation or on the product page, thus giving customers the option of viewing it electronically or printing it out.

For FWK Forte wines, this is generally the approach I follow: Combine concentrate and distilled water in 7.9 gallon Speidel fermenter (admittedly, sometimes I cheat the volume a little bit to try to make up some of what is lost during fermentation/EM/racking – OG has never been an issue) Add...

Hey all! I'm a long-time lurker on the forums but just recently created an account now that I'm actively making wine. I've been a homebrewer for many years, sticking to mostly beer and ciders. I decided to expand into winemaking at an exciting time and became an early adopter of Finer Wine Kits...

I've had several kits with missing components. They always make it right, but this is most certainly an opportunity for process improvement and cost savings for LP.