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Thanks for the advice thus far. It caused me to do more reading. I found that 65 degrees is on the warm side but not by much. Read from homebrewsupply. What is Cold Soaking? Cold Soaking in Wine Making Cold soaking, more thoroughly described as “pre-fermentation cold maceration,” is a...

I have my Finer wine Zin kit with double skin pack and am preparing to start things up. I noticed a number if folks getting the Finer kits plan on an EM so I did a little reading on it and on cold soaking. I want to do both. Here is the approach I'm considering and would like your feedback...

I received my kit about an hour ago. I opened it, tossed a couple of ice packs in and closed it up to start this weekend. I will likely use a different yeast than what's shipped (EC1118 I assume, haven't looked) and plan on bulk aging for 6 to 9 months before bottling since I got the double...

I received a notice this evening that my Zin kit shipped. Others should be seeing something also.

Ajmassa, I'm catching up with posts today. You had a 3-fer of very stressful events in a very short time. Sorry to hear of them. Hopefully your in the healing stage now.

Those are two fine looking couples if I say so myself! 😁 Kraftty, we really enjoyed the visit. Thank you for the hospitality and the tourist tips.

I called them earlier this week. They expect to ship in the 2nd or 3rd week of May. that's the best he could give me.

I showed this picture of the dog driving to my wife. Told her it wasn't even a Tesla. She slapped me in the back of the head.

And welcome to the WMT forum!

Pour a small amount (1 oz) into a glass. Smell it then taste it. It won't smell/taste fantastic but will taste more like wine than grape juice assuming you did have 6 days of "good" fermentation and likely fermentation continued slowly for a while longer. And you may be surprised at how good it...

I ordered a Zinn with double skins. Looking forward to trying this kit approach.

I used half a stick of cinnamon in 4 gallons of Cranberry/apple and there was enough taste there that I didn't add anymore. I suggest you go light and add more later as you taste it.

There are 3 stages of wine making ... fermentation, aging and digestion. Digestion is the most important! :ib(I've been waiting for a reason to use that one.) This is a good question and I wondered the same at one time. So I looked up the definition online. Dr. Murli with a long last name...

I recently ordered cranberry juice concentrate off of amazon after checking my local supply store. Local product had sugar, or similar sweetener. Online was all concentrate. What does the wine concentrate say it has in the mix for half the price?

Looks like an old military base. Is that what it was?

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Oh yea, party lines. Now it's called google research. :re

That is awesome! Thanks for sharing.

And the snow will keep the wine cool during those 42 degree C periods. :i

So, I only have a clue about construction and I've built sheds for non-wine uses. Given that, I would lean towards digging. I make and store my wines in my basement. It is heated and cooled but not like the rest of the house. So it varies at a low of 59F in the winter and a high of 69F in...