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Back in April I bought two kits of the green apple riesling. I gave one of the kits to my brother and I made one. We got together yesterday and we opened one of each of our wine to try them. Both wine kits had an "off" flavor. I can't tell you what it taste like just "off". Is it posible that we...

Just started a Vinifera noble Chianti kit. This is my first of this style kits. I was shocked to see that a 10 liter kit had a SG of 1.09 to start. I also added a 1.5 liter crush grape pack from George. Hope that will make the wine better. Can't hurt. After adding the grape pack the SG was...

Started this kit today. WOW did this jucie taste good . I am worried about the amount of room that the grape pack took in the primary bucket. I only have about 3 inches of head space. Will I have a problem with it bubbling up and comming out the air lock? I will be punching down the grape pack...

I am making a Cellar craft international show case Yakima Chardonnay. I followed the directions and added the Kieselsol and chitosan to clear the wine. all is going and looking great. The problem that I have is that I have found in the bag of things that came with the wine a pouch of...

I bottled my green apple reisling a few weeks back. I had about a half of a bottle left over for a sample. When I tried it I thought that it was not as sweet as I remember. This past weekend we had a get together and I found out that each bottle has a differant sweetness to it. Either the f-pack...

Well is anyone else cleaning bottles like me tonight? I need to bottle a batch tomorrow and my bottle are not clean. Well i guess it is a good thing that I don't have hundreds of bottles like some of you. But boy I really wish I did. This will be my forth batch this year and ever. I really enjoy...

I see a lot of pictures from people showing off there newly bottled wine. (which i like to see) My question is this. How do you get the shrink wraps on the bottle so perfect? I use a heat gun (from my wife's crafts) to shrink them. Is this how you do it? is the a easier way? The way I do it does...

Has anyone ever made a prickly pear wine? Or tried one? If you have made it will you share the recipe. Seams to me like it is the only fruit that I will be able to pick in Texas and thought it was worth a try. I think I will wear gloves

Has anyone put any of the fruit purees that George sells into a OB kit or other low end kit. I was wondering if this would give it more body and if it was worth the effort? Would you just add it to the primary and follow the instructions from there? My wife likes the OB blackberry merlot and I...