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It is now 18 months since starting the kit and it has been bulk aging in a dark cool corner of the basement with a strip of medium toast oak. The strip sank some time ago and I was unsuccessful in fishing it out. Note to self - get one of those oak holders or at least some stainless wire. When...

Hi Folks, I finished the kit and have been "aging" with a strip of medium toast french oak in the carboy. Everything seems to be progressing well. What seems to be missing "nose appeal". The color is great, the tannins are there just the "nose appeal" seems to be faint/muted. Does this...

Quick update. I moved into the secondary fermenter after 7 days. Fermentation is continuing. I 'solved' myprimary to secondary transfer problem with a very large funnel (really large with splash guard from a localbrew store), hose attached to the funnel outlet, nylon mesh filter bag and...

Just started a Wine Expert Sonoma Valley Carbernet Sauvignon. First thing I noticed was the quality (appearance, aroma and taste) of the juice. Did not get a look at the grape skins, but the color of the residual juice coming of their bag was intense. Getting the sawdust and wood shavingsunder...

Thanks for the feedback from all of you. Bottom line - use a glass carboy for vacuum degassing. Sorry, but I need to ask a question regarding vacuum degassing. 1) How much of a vacuum (inches water, millibar, psi, ..) is needed and for how long? 2) Also, how do you handle the "foam" which...

Just finished making my first kit. Learned a few things in theprocess. My brother-in-law gave me one of a Better Bottle carboy. He uses them in his beer making. I also have two glass carboys. Here are the pro's and con's from my Better Bottle experience: Better Bottle pro's: - light...

I am from Detroit, Michigan.

I am looking to make acab from a premium (18L?) or 100% juice kit.Generally speaking, how does the end product from one of these kits compare with winery produced? Not lookingto compete with Opus One, but would like to make onethat couldstand up against $20-$30 winery made cab. Also, any...