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Sounds good! Thanks. Yea I’m satisfied with the process on the OB kit, just didn’t know how OB and island mist varried in terms of flavor and such. I guess I’ll have to try it.

So my wife’s favorite wine that i make is Orchard Breezn Pomegranate wild berry. Apparently it’s not being produced anymore. I’m looking at the island mist kit as an alternate. When I made the OB kit, I added 1/2 F-pack at fermentation and 1/2 at clearing stage. When reading description of...

Oh I do, and the first time I bottled wine… did I make the mess. I have a bottle filler that came with my kit. It has a vent hose that I didn’t know should be placed into a bottle (didn’t have instructions and too excited to bottle). I had my 8 year old hold the hose straight up, I had the tube...

I want to thank everyone for all this useful information. I think I learned enough to try some different variations I have 2 batches going now and a third soon. My first batch going (did 1/2 f-pack in primary and 1/2 on racking) I will rack and bulk age for 2 - 3 months to see if that...

I didn’t even know they had these groups! I’m going to have to research them and some!

So about the F-pack. I tried searching but cannot find the right answer. This new kit I’m going to add 1/4 to 1/3 of F-pack to primary…. Plus some sugar The instructions call to add F-pack during the racking process (rack, degass, add f-pack basically). Can I leave out the f-pack until...

I will be starting my third wine today (again an orchard Breezn kit). I think I may do it per instructions (not putting any F-pack in primary) and just adding 3/4 of the pack when I rack to Carboy. I supposed, at time of bottling, I can always add the remaining F-pack to taste? I might also add...

Lol I’m not good enough yet to figure out what the “off” flavors are, or even how to describe the wine. For example… my first batch of wine was the strawberry wine from orchard breezn’. I’ve had this wine before… actually from a winery that made their wine from these kits… it was very crisp...

Wow! Thanks for all the replies! Ok so it seems like everyone is recommending some bulk aging? The kit just says to ferment for 2 weeks (making sure S.G. is .998 or lower before next step). Then transferring to a glass carboy for another 2 weeks to clear. After that, bottle. So, instead of...

huh... that's a good idea. I would have never thought to mix juice with everclear to the percent of the wine. Thanks for the tip. I will use this if I need to.

Hello all! Making my second wine kit from RJS Orchard Breezn. This one is the pomegranate wild berry. After reading other threads on this forum, I decided to do a tweak and add half the F-pack at fermentation and the other half after I rack it for the clearing step. Reason being is I wanted to...

Ok great… so the primary is already up to the 6 gal mark. Just add to it? Or should I take some out, add half the bag, then top off to 6 gal? I’m not sure how much 1/2 the bag will add past 6 gallons… Am I ok to have a little more than 6 gallons? This is the wife’s wine, she likes dryer, so...

I started my 2nd Orchard Breezin kit 2 days ago. Tonight I’m reading how people have been putting half the F pack in during primary to bump alcohol and reduce sweetness. Can I still do this, or is it too late? Thanks!

Hello all! Thanks for the reply’s. Just checked it yesterday and it’s at 1.030 so it’s for sure going down. I also tasted it and I feel like the taste was pretty good. I’m going to test it every other day now and when the S.G. Gets below 1, I’ll rack it into secondary to clear it up. I’m...

Awesome! Thank you for the quick reply.

OK, thank you! What about that bit of crud? Should I stir that back in?

Hello all! First, I'm new to wine making. I started my first ever kit on 1/13/23. It's RJS Orchard Breeze Strawberry. When I measured the S.G. at the beginning (before yeast), it measured 1.060 which I believe is about what it should be at. The first couple days, the top of must was pretty...