Recent content by Madhampster

I put a muslin bag around my auto syhon. I have one long enough to go from top to bottom. I dont get any chips in the transfer.

I would pitch in anoter yeast. I use 1118 and it works great. Hydtrate the yeast in a 250ml of warm water and after 20 minutes add it to the must. I had one kit where the yeast was slow and I added another pack this way and it go it going. I always like to start the yeast before adding it to my...

I never put my chips in a bag. I let them float and when the get water logged they sink to the bottom off the carboy. When I rack my wine I put a long cotton muslin bag over my auto siphon and I dont get any chips in the siphon.

Is your primary a bucket or a carboy. I dont rack my wine to a secondary anymore. I use the cheaper kits that dont have a lot of sediment. I use a glass carboy and let it go until it finishes at 0.990. When it has finished I degass and then clear. After the wine has cleared i filter and rack the...

I just finished bottling the Costco Argentia Ridge chardoney and it turn out really nice. I picked another kit to store in my arsenal because they had them on foe 60 bucks again for the 60 bottle kit. That works out to a dollar a bottle. I would recommend the kit to other people.

My sons wine was dry. I hope mine gets as dry. I wont know for a little while yet. Dont follow the directions to close. Follow the specific gravity. I will wait until the airlock stops before I rack it.

I bought the same kit and it is going as I type this. The only change i have made so far is adding toasted french oak cubes along with the oak that it came with. My son just b Finished a double batch and he will be bottling this week and it did taste nice and dry. He did it all in a glass carboy...

Dont follow the directions to close. Follow the sg readings. My chardoney took longer then the directions recommended.

I have the same companies chardoney sitting in the carboys clearing and it taste really good. Costco had the 60 bottle kit on sale for $60. I should be bottling in 2 weeks.

After 48 hours that is when I saw the full fermentation. I dont use a primary bucket to ferment. I use a glass carboy to ferment both stages. I did add more oak to the kit.

I am making the same kit and mine took 24 hours to get going. The problem I am having is now it is going so strong it is foaming out of the air lock. i used a heat belt to get the temp up on the carboy.

Here is a airlock I made when I had a foaming issue. A rubber bung, tubing in the hole of the bung and a wine bottle with water in it

I just bought the chardoney kit and i am starting it this week. The price was good. Comes with the labels, corks, and shrink covers.