Recent content by Coastiejon

I took a look at the directions once again, and it did say to leave the wine in the fermenter for 26 days without touching it. The kit was a gift from a buddy that came with a barrel looking fermenter that the hold the entire kit, high quality stuff; so I put it in a 5 gallon fermenter I had...

Thank you all for the support. I was a little nervous because one of the kits did not start to ferment for the first 48 hours. I checked the temperature and it was in the low 60's were I had it stored. I moved it upstairs where it's always warmer and it began almost right away. I'm anxious...

Greetings from California wine country. I live in Petaluma which is right just south of Napa, Sonoma and Dry Creek Valleys. My wife and I enjoy wine tasting and I've made beer for years, so it's a natural transformation to move into wine making. I started my first batch yesterday from a kit a...