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Excellent chat...thanks!!! Well both kits are now bottled and on the rack!!! Not to mention, I had a little left of both and they were actually quite good for my first attemp LOL!!! I am quite proud of myself :D At the moment, I have the WE Gamay Nouveau Limited Edition kit in the...

Greetings!!! So my first batch today sits at 14 days cleared so according to instructions I "should" be able to bottle. Now my second kit turns 14 days next weekend...I am assuming that leaving the first batch an extra week shouldn't hurt a thing and longer if I need to in order for the...

ROFL!!! I'm sure it was and I'm sure this store is good too but you're right to say that buying the starting gear is cheap and I did happen to mention that!!! Besides...I even have a mini jet filter and a good floor corker for her to use...helps that I have a buddy that got out of the hobby...

Morning!!! A co-worker, whose wife has been going to get her wine made, gave me a bottle of her Valpolicella...now I'm not sure if it is a Cru Select or a Legacy kit...those are the two that store has...but anyways...3 months after being bottled...terrible!! Extremely gassy...very bitter...

No...that actually does...thanks!!! I'll go down this weekend and have a look!! Thanks!!

Thanks Dugger!! I have looked at that one already and one retailer in town does carry it...awesome for you to recommend it...thanks!!! I do want to try a different brand of kit and a Bordeaux blend Meritage would be great!!! Can you tell me which type of Bordeaux it leans towards...the...

HA!!! Got it!!! From another suggestion I tracked down a Selection International French Gamay Nouveau Limited Release from last fall!!! Should be in my hands shortly :) Super fantastic!!!

I am leaning towards blends myself...just had a Bordeaux last night...wonderful!! Couldn't find anything in one of the stores for Rioja...found a Spanish Cab though!!! Didn't opt for it though...maybe today :) Here's the thing...money is not the issue...the wine is...seems like there isn't to...

Interesting...I never considered a Spanish Rioja...never had a wine from Spain...gonna have to go buy a bottle tonight and try...thanks!!!!

ROFL!!!! I like them all...that's the problem :)

Morning!!! So...off this weekend to buy a new kit...here are a few that I an interested in... Selection Original - Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot World Vineyard - California Trinity Red Vintners Reserve - Bergamais - Coastal Red I have the Vintners Reserve -...

I'm not going to bulk age these first two kits...the next one's I probably will... K...not sure if I did degass enough...I am assuming so...did it on and off for about 45 minutes and the last round was pretty good...just wondering if I should do it one more time later today or tomorrow??

K... Just curious...should I be degassing it again soon?? The reason I am asking is that I thought I read that somewhere...for the first few days at least!! That and I bought a drill adapter but the stupid thing is, the bung got hot and started to shread!! I took it off...now no...

Super fantastic!!! Get this...even tasted good this morning!!! Much better than I had expected!!! Woohoooo!!! :D

Morning!!! Well...it was stage 3 day today...stabilizing, clearing and degassing...seems to have worked well!! And I had to top off...does this look like a good spot?? Was a little over a litre to get it to there!! Thanks!! Dave

OMG!!! Looks awful and smells worst...yeast all clumped...tossed it LOL!!! I guess a 2 year old kit was pushing it :) Cheers!!

I'm a total jazz guy so regardless if I'm making wine or not, it's going!!! But...it does suit the mood of winemaking!! Cheers!!

Thanks!! Well...yeast is starting to work...it's foaming!!! For the little effort I'll keep it going...who knows...may turn out great!!! Cheers :)

k...so checked that date code... My box says 9020...so it's from 2009... Should I even have bothered??

The kit is a Wildberry White Zinfandel... I just mixed it up...here's a pic...