I went back and looked at my calendar, my spring juice is just over 5 months old. so no reason to worry about it being out of balance - for me, buckets need a minimum of 1 year before being anywhere near descent
Hello all - been making wine over 10 years. always a patient/lazy approach however this year I find myself with all carboys full and looking to bottle early (6-7 months since primary) from the spring juice buckets. I sampled some early wine today and its a hot mess lol. the pH and acid is...
Ok thank you. I took a phone call during the batch I guess I didn’t pay attention close enough. Im fairly certain the sh was that high.
So would you recommend adding water to the batch? It was a 6 gal kit made to 5 gal
Hello friends, I have 2 chard kits from fontana that i started last friday (10 days) i do the joeswine thing and make to 5 gallons, a little chaptalization and an oak stave. i think the initial read was 1.150 Ive done more of these kits than i can remember and never had a problem. Both kits...
good morning ladies and gents - I'm writing today to see if anyone can comment on re-using bottles with ceramic lid and loops from this company http://vodka360.com its water tight, i just didntk now about letting the wine "breath" through the cork. yes its fully degassed :D
i added dates to a dragon blood variation. I put in lots of different ingredients. initially it wasn't very good but i let it age for a year and wow is it good. Gourmet really. Going to do another batch for 2017 holiday season.
I can dig up the recipe i made if your interested.
how much oak chips do you all put in? the bags are IIRC 4 ounce but the label says its good for 25 gallons. I wouldn't think it would do more than 12 ounces.
Yes Bill, mostly oak, tannin, grape paks etc. some use raisins or chocolate, clove etc. but for me just adjusting SG and a little oak will probably do just fine.
I did 5 buckets last year and let them finish on their own with no tweaking. I feel like they could have been better so my lesson...
great advice i will do so thanks Phil. Do you know much about the barolo and the monte?
i bought 3 american oak staves and have lots of loose chips from LD carleson but they make such a mess.
Hello friends - I have 8 buckets I just brought home from luva Bella in Ohio. and Im wondering what if anything i can do to increase the overall flavor and profile etc. I will chaptalize a little bit but not too crazy - after I have a base SG as they are still super cold 60 degrees or so...