Karey

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• Posted in thread: What was the first wine you made? on 06-27-2012 at 02:28 PM
  In 2010 with a bumper crop of chokecherries I started my wine making ventures. Since I was also
  defrosting my freezer I decided to use all the old rhurbarb and raspberries up as wine too. So
  I jumped ...

• Posted in thread: Pee difference in kits with the grape skin packs on 10-26-2011 at 01:15 AM
  I'm just following the recipe for the skeeter pee: stabilizing, then a bit later adding the 6C
  of sugar, then waiting 2 wks before bottling. I needed the carboy! I guess I better start
  checking my SG ...

• Posted in thread: Pee difference in kits with the grape skin packs on 10-22-2011 at 07:22 PM
  I'm on my Skeeter Pee #12 and I've found a difference in the pees made on kits with the grape
  skin packs. Most of my pees have been made off WE kits that don't have the extra grape pack.
  Those have wo...

• Posted in thread: Wine juice vs fresh grapes on 10-02-2011 at 01:40 PM
  I'm ready to bottle a carboy of cabernet, and too an old vine zin, I started a year ago from
  juice from Lodi I bought at my local brew shop. At the last racking- downsizing from 6 gallons
  to a 5 gallo...

• Posted in thread: What are the tastiest fruit wines? on 10-02-2011 at 01:24 PM
  Our favorite fruit wines so far are red raspberry and chokecherry. I'm awaiting our
  elderberries to produce. Rhubarb is good too. Haven't liked peach or apple so far, but we
  prefer reds anyway. They s...

• Posted in thread: vitners reserve Pinot noir 10L kit on 09-01-2011 at 04:46 PM
  Does sugar need to be added as a diluted syrup? Couldn't you just keep stirring the sugar in
  the wine till diluted, thus no more added water? I've not done this in my wines other than
  Skeeter Pee. I'v...

• Posted in thread: Luna Rossa - grape type? on 09-01-2011 at 04:33 PM
  We so like the Luna Rossa I don't know if I'd want to mess with it, but if so, I'd cut/grind up
  the raisins first. And I'm no longer into bagging up fruit - don't like the work of getting it
  all out o...

• Posted in thread: Luna Rossa - grape type? on 08-23-2011 at 03:13 AM
  I'm on my 6th Luna Rossa Kit and we've drunk them all young. I wish I saved a bottle from the
  first kit cuz it would be going on a year. From now on, now that I'm developing quite a stash,
  I'll be sav...

• Posted in thread: Showcase Rosso Fortissimo on 08-22-2011 at 11:52 PM
  I'm about to start my second Rosso Fortissimo kit and am trying to save most of the already
  bottled 1st kit, but it's so good each time we try a bottle! The Amarone is very good too, tho
  it wasn't as ...

• Posted in thread: CC Showcase Labels on 08-22-2011 at 11:42 PM
  I've done two CC Showcase Kits and no labels. Did Amarone earlier this year and put some aside
  so they wouldn't be drunk for awhile, and too a Rosso Fortissimo - both excellent, even right
  away. I'm a...