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@Rocky I'm really mad at you. I did not need to receive this bad health news today!

Thanks @hounddawg You’re definitely a master at producing powerful tonic!

Does this help? Joy to the world all you boys and girls now

" ,,, This would be like fermenting a high alcohol skeeter pee. ,,, how has that been done?" I'll search through the skeeter pee thread to see what information I can glean. Thank you both!

Thanks to help from this forum, I was able to make a very nice rhubarb wine--I made it full strength meaning no water added. Lots of rhubarb flavor, back sweetended slightly and an ABV around 13%. It got me wondering if a Rhubarb Dessert wine might be nice to try. My Dessert wines from kits...

Beautiful.

Blue eyes. Great looking dog.

I must have missed it. Showing sale price of $105.00 now.

Impressive. My 2020 PP is finally tasting ok at this stage. Age has helped a lot.

Great post! When did you start this batch? I have PP (2020), Marquette and Foch (both 2021) in carboys that I picked at Mitchell Vineyard. That was a lot of fun. The wines have improved a lot but still a work in progress. :)

Here are my notes on how to make an f-pac. It's @joeswine recipe. F-Pac Blackberries or other fruit Instructions: 16 ozs. Fresh blackberries Add 2 Cups of base wine like you’re making; simmer on low Let cook down then throw into primary Picture of simmered blackberries—they turn...

I finally learned this lesson. Now I always rack to another container before bottling plus I still use the fining agents according to directions, as I can't detect any taste difference. Exception is wine from grapes. I haven't used fining agents on those.

With both the WE and RJS middle to higher end kits, I can't tell any difference. Haven't tried the lower end kits in these brand, however.

Congratulations @vinny. It's been fun following your adventures. :pty

OK. Here are some options. I've tried them and they are good enough that I wanted to repeat. 16 oz. Blackberry f-pac and 1 Cup French Oak chips in Primary; this will result in fruit forward with oak in the background. If you split the oak 1/2 in primary and 1/2 in secondary, then you'll end up...

Do these kits come just with juice and the usual chemical packets, or do they also contain oak or tannins packets?

None of their reds that I've done have tasted good to me until the 1.5 year mark. That's when they turned the corner for me. The Cab Sauvignon is taking even longer, so patience definitely pays off. I had grape skins in all of them. However, their Blackberry was excellent early. I'll probably...

Even with racking like you did, I still end up with less than good tasting wine in the bottom. Your bottles are probably fine.

I followed the directions except I also added a fresh raspberry f-pac. Turned out very nice. My kit had me put in all at once.