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So I took your advice and opened the carboy, firstly it smelt okay so I took a sample and it was pretty good so I added a shop bought bottle of Argentinian Malbec, funny thing I decided to taste it as well, well mine tasted better which has me smiling from ear to ear, didn’t expect that. I’ve...

I have to say the winemakers on this forum have kept me busy since I entered this thread, I’ve been getting great insight and advice from lots of members happy to help a novice, if this batch is compromised I’ve another finishing extended maceration in two weeks and two more kits itching to be...

I’m at the learning stage definitely and racking is probably one of the trickier ones single handed , funny thing since my trip to Bordeaux with my wife and her new found love of red wine she’s quite interested in helping. Totally agree with your point on carboy sizes , my current one requires...

That’s probably more good advice from this forum, earlier advice was make sure to leave lees which flies in the face of extended maceration.

That’s it in a nutshell, that’s tomorrow task, I just wonder why kits which takes 23 litres at startup and only produces 20/21 litres of wine have industry which produce mainly 23 litre carboys, I know there are smaller 19 litre carboy which aren’t as available, but then when kit makers describe...

Hi mine was 23 litres with grape pack and after racking had roughly 20 litres, I have a water bottle 19 litres but have heard about issues with them, I have 5 litre jugs which I can age in. As of now I’ve 20 litres of wine in a 23 litre carboy and am unsure of my next move,as I plan to barrel...

Probably could have added more details, my wine was started July last year and racked in October, and again in January when I added campden tablets , after first racking I had headspace and funnily enough less headspace in second carboy, must be smaller than previous carboy. So in conclusion...

Even after all these months in carboy?

I made a kit last July and added a 4 kg grape pack and after racking I was left with max 20 litres of wine which I have recently added campden tablets, I’ve gone to far to think about adding additional wine to top up , so it’s prayers at this stage

I have a concern about ageing kit wines in carboys, when I transfer to carboy I’ve always had headspace, I’ve only access to 5 gallon carboys or a slightly smaller water cooler container, water cooler or individual 1 gallon jugs? .

Joined this forum about a year ago and have had multiple replies, I may also say the advice has moved my kit wine making to another level, I was ready to quit making kits, I have one ageing, one fermenting and two further kits waiting for space.

Made Diablo last year and experienced the odd smell and even odder taste,I’m ageing it as well and have 25 bottles in storage mostly because I can’t bring myself to chuck them , drank two bottles of awful wine.

I’m in UK and have been using them for a while and have reused them with no issues, only problem I’ve gave bottles to friends and asked them to return bottles, the mangled mess they’ve made of the novatwist caps made them unusable, thought screw caps were a simple concept 😁

Started my first MM Viinifira Malbec with the grape pack in July after reading favourable reviews on this site, tasted small amount last week, really good and the closest to commercial shop bought I’ve made, I think it’s the grape pack that makes the difference and I’m not sure if I’ll make a...

Bit from left field, if ball contains yeast and sediment could you re-introduce into must and see if live yeast restarts fermentation, I have done this previously earlier but only to unblock base of FastFerment. It will drop out eventually?

So I gave in and stole a wee taste of my wine, haven’t tasted it bar licking stirring spoon since fermentation started on 24th of July, and my wife who has hated all the reds I’ve made really liked it , now it’s my first with skins and Extended Maceration and time and some more time , it’s a...

Newbie here, how do I check so2 levels, kmeta isn’t something I can get , I have campden tablets will they work

A year in a carboy ! “I think I’ll need a bigger boat”

First try at extended maceration in an attempt to produce red wine that I want to drink not that I have to drink because it clutters my spare room, I started ferment on the 24th July with Mosti Mondiale Vinifera Malbec with the addition of their 4KG grape pack, I got concerned about vigorous...

Hi just started on Friday a Mosti Mondiale Vinifera kit and I also added the All Grape pack which is 4KG massive, so I topped up to 22 litres and the added grapes, I’ve now got 26/27 in my fermenter, I originally planned extended maceration of skins for 5/6 weeks but my concern is I’ll have over...