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Joe,Re-coop barrels are best for this.I had a recoop giving oak flavors for 3-4 years now i use them as neutral and add oak to them.New barrels are best i just tossed a 6 year old barrel out.Keep them full as you know and when you rack,keep them cleaned right.I could have keep this other barrel...

Paul i always enjoy your photos thank you.What kind of grapes are they? what kind off numbers?

Hey Joe just wondering why so long on the skins?Am i counting right 37 days till you pressed?How long is normal for extended maceration?How does your wine taste now a couple months later?Thanks for all the info and pitchers.

Come on Rocky get a freind to help you.You say your too old,my uncle was crushing grapes till he was 90.Just do smaller batches.

Nice Jon, let us know how your numbers are.

Kujo66,i think you might of meant like welches concentrate,if you have the equipment like Wade said then please by all means use grapes.When using very good quality grapes you can make a very good wine as long as you follow good wine making procedures.As far as kits are concerned i only made 1...

Kendo go for it, please let us know in 3 yrs how your wine has turned out good luck.

Press when 1.00 or less wait 2-3 days rack of lees and then add your mlb.

I see that Jack i have been making wine from fresh grapes for years and never seen a ta this low on these kind of grapes,thats why i asked.Looks like you have all your numbers tweaked.Good luck.

Hey Jack are you sure of your ta numbers this seems real low at 3.75

Just ferment the numbers are right on.:h

I bet if we left it to the women it would turn out sweet.

Yea mike I thought he picked up fresh grapes not frozen.that's why I would have not used brew belt.

Hey gush,sounds like you could get around 5 gallons. #1-2"head space not enough get bigger primary. #2-Next time do not use brew belt.Add k-meta to stunt wild yeast,for an extended soak.Then You should have added your enzyme at the same time as the k-meta.Opti-red works great and you can add...

Sirs glad things worked out for you.Just wondering on how many egg whites to how many gallons?

I recommend the enolmatic electric bottle filler.Works great the perfect fill every time.Even if your doing 30 bottles at a time its worth the money.No back breaking lifting carboys or demi-jons to tables and bending down to fill bottles.

just skip kits,and you wont get the kt.O sorry better not.

Mojo we used to make wine this way with my father,like Wade said break them to give them a semi-crush.As you do punch downs you will want to take out as many of those jacks and stems as possible.We had a home made punch tool with spikes that would rip all those stems out as you stirred up your...

French and American blend for me.!!!!

Dont forget your yeast and k-meta, if your doing chilean grapes are coming soon.