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Sounds good, thanks for the advice. The taste I had when I transferred to the secondary was certainly a subtle delicate wine, so I don't think I will be altering it much. Cheers

Hello everyone. I was just wondering if anybody has any experience in oaking flower wines. I currently have 6 gallons of Lilac in the primary and having never made a flower wine before I was thinking about how I should finish it up. I do not drink a lot of white wines but love oak in reds...

I do a blend every year that is ~2/3 cherries and 1/3 raspberries and I add a package of french oak and love it. It is a personal taste choice though.

I may have to retract on this Malbec kit. I opened a bottle from the 4th kit that I made and found it to be incredibly thin and flat tasting, and that was after bulk aging for 10 months and another 6 months or so in the bottle. I though it may have just been me, but my mom makes these kits as...

Hi Rob, I am in Calgary and am in the midst of chokecherry and raspberry harvest right now. As Steve mentioned The Wine Warehouse is a great choice, they are my staple for kit wines and equipment but I am in the north as well. Their selection is a bit limited if you are looking to make a wine...

Not to side track this conversation too much, but it fits in with an interesting article I just read. My mom suffered from the famous red wine headache, sometimes it would put her down for days. But, we found it interesting that she was able to drink the red's that I had made with no problems...

Has anyone here ever tried the Party Pig for their SP? We have a brewer here that sells there beer in one of the pigs (with deposit) and I have been considering picking a couple up for my homebrewing. I am just finishing up my first batch of pee and am thinking at the rate we go through it the...

I think if you are still fermenting then topping off is not critical. You will be producing CO2 which will protect the wine from oxidation at this stage. Some of my wines sit in secondary for a few weeks under air lock as fermentation finishes up.

Agreed, I made a Founders Series Carmenere that was incredible. Haven't found a Showcase sereies that I was blown away by yet, don't get me wrong, very good wines, just haven't found one to my tastes yet.

That plan should get you a very nice clean finish. I find the Cheeky Monkey to have a bit bolder taste than other kits, which is why I like them so much. And you can't argue with the price!

That is my go to kit. I have done 4 batches so far and all have turned out very well. Drinkable fairly quickly and continue to get better with age. The longest I have had any last was 2 years and I would choose one of those bottles over almost any other. Straight forward kit, I tend to bulk...