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Appreciate the feedback. Thanks!

Cool :cool: I'll sit tight. Workin on that patience thing. BTW Thanks for the quick response. Much appreciated.

I’m currently experimenting with a Burgundy Concentrate. I have a one gallon set up that is just now starting the secondary fermentation. Unfortunately the fermentation seems to have ceased shortly after racking I’m not sure if the fermentation has stalled or if the yeast has maxed out at it’s...

Thanks! Much appreciated. Really looking forward to trying this out next month. Currently got a WE Pinot Grigio stablizing/fining. Dry as a bone and about 1-1.5% higher ABV than what was advertised. Degassing was a :m! First time kit so only tweak was a light dusting of grapefruit rinds in...

A question on tweaking... What tweaks would you recommend that might give a red wine a nice earthy, mushroom note? I'm looking at possibly tweaking a Pinot Noir kit but I'm not a fan of most California Pinot Noirs (too much fruit, not enuff earth). Oregon and Washington are better but my...

Fair enuff, thanks! Realize I was rushing it a bit but the idea of sitting on a weak wine for a year well... :tz And thanks.

Very new to this, but wanted to post my game plan for an upcoming kit. This is only my second kit (first one was a 1 gal Pinot Grigio with the only tweak being grapefruit rinds being added to the secondary). I’m trying to replicate a favorite table wine of mine that was discontinued a few years...

Joe, Wanted to thank you and all the others for this thread. It's been very helpful and has already answered many of my questions. Of course as a noob, I have many other questions! :eek: (yes, I've read this thread but could've missed something!) A couple of questions that would help my...