Recent content by Putterrr

Yes just continue on as per instructions. What wine are you making out of curiosity? cheers

Thx for the info. I also have been making wine from kits for many years and at least the last 10 years almost exclusively from 18L kits. I usually bottle around 12-14 months. Part of the batch is consumed at that stage with the rest in bottles for another year of so depending on how sampling...

Could you be more specific on your time lines and technique for the lodi cad replacement? How long since your started your kit? Did you follow the instructions? How long had it been bottled? How long did you typically age your Lodi cab for comparison? thx

I told one of my brew stores when they called to see if I wanted to order any LE kits, that I wasn't sold on the new sizes having the same quality as the 18L kits I usually make. RJS would get all my business going forward. Now I find out that they are also reducing kit sizes. I must admit I'm a...

I made this kit back in the spring 2020 and bottled it at 3 months which is 3 short of when i usually bottle whites/rose. It was good enough for me to order an second kit. it was a lovely summer wine with a definite berry flavor. i now have my second kit aging so it will be bottled at 6 months...

My brew store says the top line red kits with skins are 13L plus 1L of skins. I'm still not buying the whole smaller is better. cheers

I was just on my local suppliers online store and they have the new WE kits listed. They are the same price and the old eclipse kits . Some of them mention grape skins. but there is no listing of the quantity of juice so not sure if they skin kits have less volume to account for the skins as the...

The issue as I have with the new and improved and lets not forget smaller kits is the unknown. I usually have my top line kits sit for 2 years before I drink them. I make about a dozen kits a year and 75% are from Vineco or WE. So am I going to invest in 18 kits @ $120-150 per kit over the next...

I'm making another RJS EPWS Cab and was going to use a bottle of he same wine for top up. Should I have any concerns with using a 3 year old wine to top up a fresh batch? I always wondered about this practice. thx and cheers

If you started with 1.040 and ended with .991, then you have an alcohol content of 6.7% according to the online calculator i used. If this is a fruit kit or mist kit then the addition of what is normally a large f-pack will give it a sweet taste (also hides any flaws with the wine). it will...

or you could buy direct for 1/2 the price. ask for roger vintable.com

do you use your primary pail for EM or do you use another vessel like the wide mouth carboy? thx

Hi Dugger. it has been awhile since i've seen you here but then again, i"m not on here much of late either. Since I have never done the 14 day method, you are saying the whole bag will eventually sink?. How does that do for racking. I find the eclipse and now showcase (since i've done a few of...

I can't say whether this is a common mistake or not. Though it may be a bit misleading to call it a 18L kit even though it is 16L of juice plus the grapeskins, that should not matter if following the directions included. Under step one-day 1, 1.3 and 1.4 clearly state to add the juice and then...

Eclipse is 18L vs 16L for the atmosphere. that would make the decision for me every time but then i'm a wine kit snob cheers