Recent content by boltonski

I like the looks of the recipe Wade posted above but I have a question. In the ingredients used to flavor and back sweeten, there's this line: 3– Frozen Strawberry Daiquiri Mix Can you tell me the units? Is this three cans of frozen mix? Thanks! -Dan

Way to go, Darryl. That is awesome and really makes me look forward to the All Juice Amarone I've got going. Unfortunately, it's only about three weeks in secondary at the moment so all I can do is dream... Great report - thanks!

Well?? I read through this with baited breath, figured about a week would be enough time to shake off the wonder of these wines and bring a report down from the mountain top. How are they?

Yeah, and if I've read correctly, your first name is Dan as well? May be the reason I haven't posted much; two Dan Boltons may be too much for any one forum . Anyway, the sticks went in this morning - hoping for the best! I have found I really like heavily oaked wines as well, so put it in and...

So, I've worked my way through a few kits with some success, and I ordered the EP Syrah when George had it on clearance. It came with both oak sawdust and two sticks (staves?) labeled as "Hungarian Oak". The instructions had me add the sawdust during primary, which I did. I've now racked to...

Outstanding - thanks Joel! So, how many pounds of fruit did you use for your f-pac? Just blackberries? Seems like I read around here that someone liked using cherry juice post-fermentation...I may play with that. I hear you on the oak; I've got one portion of this on some Sta-Vin cubes; only...

Bump to the top - I'd love to hear any feedback on this, as I'm in a similiar situation with my first fruit wine: 12# Blackberries 2 cans Welch's 4# Bananas Sugar to a starting SG=1.101 Ending/current SG=0.996 The problem was, like the OP, I ended up with too much volume (I now have about 4...