RJS Coffee Port

[skyfire322]

I just noticed this on sale with their seasonal kits and already have ideas on what I'd like to do with it. Has anyone had success with this kit?

 

[Brian55]

I successfully gave away most of it, rather than dumping it down the drain. It was sickly sweet. If I were to attempt it again I'd add the f-pac to the primary, but I'm not willing to gamble on it being much better so I won't be making a second attempt.

 

[joeswine]

I have and have received many a Best of show and professional judges awards over the years great dessert wine but you need to be very creative with it a Think outside the box.

 

[skyfire322]

I successfully gave away most of it, rather than dumping it down the drain. It was sickly sweet. If I were to attempt it again I'd add the f-pac to the primary, but I'm not willing to gamble on it being much better so I won't be making a second attempt.

That's the one thing I'd be concerned of. I personally am not a huge fan of most dessert wines, but there's enough of my friends and family who prefer it.

I have and have received many a Best of show and professional judges awards over the years great dessert wine but you need to be very creative with it a Think outside the box.

That's awesome! With this kit (or dessert kits in general), is it a matter of finding the right balance between aging, what you do/don't had, etc.? My idea was to drop bourbon soaked oak cubes in.

 

[joeswine]

yes it's about using their base and enhancing it to your taste, thinking outside the box ...follow this.

 

[joeswine]

follow the balance............................adding the coffee is the key and you must ,if you can let it sit for 6mos. to a year...outstanding kit for the price.

 

[Brian55]

I have and have received many a Best of show and professional judges awards over the years great dessert wine but you need to be very creative with it a Think outside the box.

Which brings us back to this: https://www.winemakingtalk.com/threads/winemaker-mag-top-100-kits.58399/
Not exactly a prime example of award winning wines.... Not trying to discourage Joe's tweaks, which I'm sure help save an obviously flawed kit, but there's obviously an issue when most of the wines in the top 100 are marketed for people who clearly don't appreciate anything that isn't loaded with sugar.

 

[joeswine]

There not designed for the conventional wine drinker, there designed and have capitolized on a market that they were in tended to capture and they did just that.Look at island mist and orchard breeze kits all there a base wine with an FPac design.,no oaking ,no deep red's just base and s fpac,done and they sell thousands.on the other hand you can tweak them a little bit but that's all ,they are what they are.and of you look at some major amateur wine contest they win in their own category.