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• Posted in thread: fermenting has stopped what next on 05-10-2013 at 09:31 PM
  Well since your a super moderator, take a look at this. These people selling these kits , the
  ones minus fruit, should include this. with the link to this forum.All ready I have figured
  out, I did no...

• Posted in thread: Perfect Temp for Bottle Aging Kits on 05-10-2013 at 09:22 PM
  For hobbyists there's a practical side to aging too. I store mine in the basement which hovers
  close to 50F in winter and 65F in summer (with the air on). Not many of us have a climate
  controlled cell...

• Posted in thread: when good wines gone bad on 05-10-2013 at 09:17 PM
  I do... I have a couple kits I will play with that way. I also have some Chilean juice I want
  to put thru mlf....Hope I am not reading your post wrong. You are never ever to put a wine kit
  through MLF...

• Posted in thread: yeast characteristics? on 05-10-2013 at 09:12 PM
  I see that many people talk about different characteristics that different yeasts impart on
  wine. Are these characteristics that the yeast itself imparts or that the fruits have and the
  yeasts either ...

• Posted in thread: when good wines gone bad on 05-10-2013 at 05:16 PM
  the addition of fruit into wine has been around since wine making began,the zest is the outer
  covering of the fruit in most all cases it's citrus of some sort,review the PICS AND ,,this
  week coming up...

• Posted in thread: starting sg was 1.095, ending was top of hydrometer on 05-10-2013 at 05:11 PM
  when i started the sg was 1.095, that was 11 days agoe.,wed,thursday,today hydrometer is at 0.
  last line on the hydrometer.how do you figure the contend of alcohol with that.does it count
  down, as .99...

• Posted in thread: not a hobby, its a science...... on 05-10-2013 at 05:03 PM
  Amen Brother! I could not agree more! Damn Prohibition! It took the US wine industry 50 years
  to recover from that stupid blunder!Saying Prohibition was stupid is not strong enough. I have
  to shake my...

• Posted in thread: WineMaker Conference here we come! on 05-10-2013 at 04:45 PM
  I'd love to attend one of their conferences. Maybe one day...Enjoy yourself; take lots of notes
  if you get to attend any of their lectures.While there, you won't be but 45 minutes from the
  Santa Lucia...

• Posted in thread: Impulse Buy: CC Showcase Argentinean Malbec on 05-10-2013 at 04:38 PM
  Well, if your wife is supporting you in your wine making endeavor, you are way, way ahead of
  the game! My wife wasn't at all supportive until some of my kit reds got to be about 28 months
  old. Now I c...

• Posted in thread: Perfect Temp for Bottle Aging Kits on 05-10-2013 at 04:16 PM
  The key factor here is you wrote you want to drink the wine in a year. If that's the case, if
  you age it at 55F, it will not be nearly as far a long in a year as it would be if aged at a
  little higher...