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Yeah. Even doing an extended maceration.

I'm bulk aging in glass, but I do oak pretty heavily.

My kit wines are tasting pretty incredible this point. Especially for costing a few dollars per bottle. But they just smell so... Alcoholic? They just have a generally off putting smell. Will this ever improve? My kits are all young and I don't mind waiting. Do more expensive kits have better...

It's hard to say. If you were back sweetening, you'd want to wait and add both. Buy if you're not, just add the kmeta and bottle. That's what I'd do anyway.

Every time I get an email from this thread, I get so excited.

Pretty excited to hear about this.

2 ho-made packs for sure. I would love to have grape packs like that

Cool recipe! I'm thinking that I'll do a SP and in secondary, I'll throw in some dried blueberries and a blueberry extract, and let it sit for a couple weeks.

Yep! Definitely meant in this case. For another wine, I'd consider cutting sugar with currants maybe. But only if I needed a raised OG

You could also choose to add sugar in a different way. Raisins are basically little sugar bombs and you could cut the sugar with more raisins.

But then where do you put all of your uneaten leftovers?

What's your next plan? You adding extra oak? How long do you age these before drinking? I know they are good young.

Hey! I'm in Houston too. There are a couple of vineyards around (Baytown and Santa Fe, are close to me in particular). Most of them will sell you grapes and may even let you in on their process. The vineyard in Baytown is particularly welcoming to new hobby winemakers.

What's your blueberry lemon recipe?

I was thinking about doing a blueberry lemon by doing a straight Skeeter pee and then adding the concentrated blueberry syrup that my brew shop sells. I think I'll add it in after stabilizing but it could be nice in secondary fermentation.

Have you ever tried carbonating it? I always wondered what some of these wines like db and sp would be like.

Ha. Of course they are. I meant that - do I have enough time to make and enjoy it before the heat wave ends.

I'm interested! Is it too late in the season to start a batch?

Reading through your posts, don't toss them yet. Your wines just have a really high alcohol content. But also a high sugar content. Honestly, after just a month, your wines are gonna taste pretty bad. Usually strongly alcoholic and pretty much like moonshine. Lol. But after a few months, you'll...

Would I have any issues if I didn't degas properly before bottling? Most of the gas was gone but would the rest disappate over time?