Recent content by Guckles

Welcome to the forum! It's great to see another Texan here, although I must admit I'm a little jealous of you since you live so close to Fine Vine Wines and won't have to pay shipping costs! I don't know enough to technically answer most of your questions, but I'll jump in on two things...

Good point about the accuracy. The only reason I was concerned because the starting SG was a little lower than the kit suggested. (I think the volume markings on my bucket are slightly off) I didn't want to have a really weak wine, but you're right: if it's done, it's done!

I'm working on a WE World Vinyard Chilean Malbec. It's currently in the carboy for secondary fermentation and has been for seven days. The SG has been stable at 0.998 for at least 4 days. The instructions state that after 10 days in secondary, the SG should have dropped to at least 0.996...

Hi everyone! It seems I've caught the port bug and think that a port kit will be the next I start. (It's also a good excuse for getting another carboy since most kits I've seen are 3 gals! :D ) Does anyone have any suggestions they've had good experiences with? I've heard the Mosti...

Uh Oh! I got caught! I was hoping nobody had seen that little sideways glance... :e Of course, I guess that's why we're all here, really; to cheat off each other's knowledge. Maybe that's why you guys were lenient! ;)

I was afraid I'd be booted off, since there have been so many spammers joining recently. Glad I passed the tests! :-)

Thanks for the welcomes! I'd been to the one in SA and really liked it. I guess it's good to know I didn't miss one closer to home! I'm from ABQ, NM originally. Good luck with the fire season up there.

Hi everyone! I've been browsing your forums for a while, and decided I'd join up. I'm a newbie working on my second kit (WE Chilean Malbec). The first kit, a WE Zinfandel, is freshly bottled and seems to have turned out okay, thanks in no small part to all the helpful advice I read here...