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I’d fill the rest of that headspace.

You will like this kit. This and the RJS Amarone are my two favorites after making about 20 kits.

For what it’s worth I have 2 wines going that were co-inoculated with VP41 about 4 weeks ago. One carboy has been showing the often cited “tiny bubbles” and the other pretty much nothing... Ran test yesterday and sure enough the one with no signs of life this whole time is further along!

A home brewing forum I also participate in has a long running “official broken hydrometer count” thread. I find it interesting since I’ve had the same one for 11 years (knock on wood)!

I talked to her about 4 times over the last 3 weeks trying to get a shipping quote. She takes down my information and says she will call me back each time but never has. She seems very nice but I think she may be having trouble managing things and not sure she has the help she needs.

Once active fermentation completed (bucket) it should be moved to a class carboy and topped up with similar wine if necessary to eliminate O2 exposure. If you have a racking cane the siphon is easy as long as the bucket is at a higher point than the carboy the wine will flow after 1-2 pumps.

Never had to renter unless I’m not on here for an extended amount of time. Maybe you don’t have cookies enabled or something.

Time will help but if you added double what is recommended that will likely be persistent. I’d wait a few months and if it’s not to your liking blend it with something else.

Great, PM sent. Thanks!

Have you heard anything back? Assuming it’s medium toast I’m ready to buy now if it’s available.

Well that’s a wrap. Let’s archive everything and shut it down! Point taken, but couldn’t resist [emoji1]

I don’t take great notes on my kits anymore but I seem to remember the Classico coming with both wet and dry skins.

I also made the RJS Cab and it’s tasting pretty good in the carboy at 9mo. I already prefer it to my 2016 WE Lodi Cab which I’m tempted to start using as top up wine to be honest. I’m not sure if it’s what people call “kit taste” but the finish on the WE kits especially is off to me. I’d...

I made the Classico about 18mo ago and it’s already my favorite. I have made almost all of the WE Eclipse red kits (many 2x) and I find them all pretty disappointing after 3 years in my cellar. The RJS Classico Amarone and the Super Tuscan are head and shoulders above any of the WE kits IMO.

I cheated

Fair enough, although I don’t think anyone has heard from him since 1895 [emoji41]

Let me know if it ends up being up for grabs. About to purchase a medium toast Hungarian barrel from Vadai within the next few weeks.

Thank you! This wasn’t obvious to me and the instructions don’t say anything about this so I would probably have ended up breaking it without this tip!

That pale ale does look really dark but it’s sometimes hard to tell for sure until it’s in a small glass. However, you mentioned the beer was from a kit and I personally have found those to be very disappointing but know others like them.

Thanks I hadn’t noticed that it could be loosened and the instructions didn’t say anything about it. Can you describe how to loosen it? Thanks!