Other Tweeking Cheap Kits

[joeswine]

Time to bottle AGAIN

 

[Christopher Anderson]

Wild Grapes Merlot with FWK grape skins and 16 oz of Vinyner's Blackberry juce added.it has been 2 weeks of fermentation. It is still slightly bubbling. SG is 1.000. Patience? Or something else?

 

[Khristyjeff]

Wild Grapes Merlot with FWK grape skins and 16 oz of Vinyner's Blackberry juce added.it has been 2 weeks of fermentation. It is still slightly bubbling. SG is 1.000. Patience? Or something else?

Probably patience but what’s the temperature?

 

[Christopher Anderson]

Probably patience but what’s the temperature?

71. Kept inside the house. Yes patience. But I have 3 fermentors and two FWK kits arrived today.

 

[Khristyjeff]

71. Kept inside the house. Yes patience. But I have 3 fermentors and two FWK kits arrived today.

71 is a respectable temperature but since you're in a time crunch I'd probably try increasing temp to 74 if you have a temperature control wrap or a warmer room. Otherwise , fermenting buckets aren't that expensive and I've become a fan of their simplicity. Hopefully some others will add their opinions to help you out.

 

[joeswine]

Wild Grapes Merlot with FWK grape skins and 16 oz of Vinyner's Blackberry juce added.it has been 2 weeks of fermentation. It is still slightly bubbling. SG is 1.000. Patience? Or something else?

Patience

 

[joeswine]

71. Kept inside the house. Yes patience. But I have 3 fermentors and two FWK kits arrived today.

All good things come in time ,YES?

 

[Shurt1073]

If you can't make those FWK immediately they can be placed in a refrigerator. Last year I had two FWK in the refrigerator for three months before I got home from winter vacation to make them. Bought them on sale but just couldn't make them right away. Good luck with your Wild Grapes Merlot.

 

[joeswine]

Ok here we go started these this new year already,
4 in secondary
2 in primary
Balance out 3 whites / 3 Reds
5/ Wild Grapes
1/ Wine Experts

 

[joeswine]

My new experiment, ORANGE RIESLING , if you no me I used orange zest directly in to the primary , ABV 12.5% its wine not orange juice

 

[joeswine]

Well this ORANGE RIESLING IS VERY , tasty , clean upfront , smooth in the middle and nice bright orange finish .
This one came out just nicely.

 

[joeswine]

this is where we started in 2007__0_-------now- 655k views shooting for one million before I'm done thank you all for your input making is a great hobby fun and sharing your ups and down ,its not Rocket silence its wine making, keep it FUN

 

[Khristyjeff]

My new experiment, ORANGE RIESLING , if you no me I used orange zest directly in to the primary , ABV 12.5% its wine not orange juice

How much orange zest did you use in the Riesling?

 

[joeswine]

One whole orange ( large). In or around 5 to 5.5 gallons of kit volume , let your hydrometer be your guide not the water level, got it ? Just the ABV

 

[joeswine]

Final volume: 4 wild grapes kits my way,

 

[AFW]

So would you say you got about 20 bottles per the 6 gallon kit? Or reduced the added water to make 5 gallons instead of 6 gallons?

 

[joeswine]

Ya , that’s about right , the reason I always say let your hydrometer be your guide, is that I feel these kits differ a little ( of the same style).
So weather you get 5, 5.5 or 6 gallons for your initial volume let your hydrometer guide you .

 

[joeswine]

So would you say you got about 20 bottles per the 6 gallon kit? Or reduced the added water to make 5 gallons instead of 6 gallons?

It’s all about the structure of the kits body lower end kits less water better structure.
Higher end kits better structure water volume consistency per kit is good , adjusting for what ever ABV you want.

 

[mpdeem]

I expect that if you add golden raisins to a white kit, you'll get a similar result, depending on the varietal and the amount of raisins used. Tannin, color, aroma, and body elements will be extracted from the raisins. It's not going to be as heavy bodied as a red, but more so than the typical white.

I am trying a bariation of this. Rehydrated and fermented golden raisins - fermentation with skin contact. After fermentation finished, added to wine made from green grocery store wine grapes....hoping to add some complexity and a tad bit of sweetness. Will see how it goes.

 

[mpdeem]

follow the tweaks and take your time and you to will see that you can make a decent wine at a very reasonable cost.i have made a geat deal of kits and no matter what the starting price range a winemaker always tweaks weather you’re a pro, or a cellar dwellar you tweak bar none.follow the flow and as always think outside the box.

Thank you for creating this threads and for all of the wonderful suggestions. I have been using your raisin additions to add complexity to my humble grocery store grape wines - with great results thus far. Still super new to winemaking but finding this thread dowright inspirational