Recent content by iowawine

I've been nothing but impressed with the Northern Brewer operation in my limited dealings, just 2 orders total. I ordered a beer kit on a Monday morning a few weeks ago and it arrived on Tuesday afternoon.

Sorry, I was in a hurry and didn't think about linking to it. I didn't even order any kits because I have a couple others waiting for open carboy space. Grrrr...

Sorry if someone else already posted this, but a quick scan didn't see it. From Northern Brewer Facebook page: "Get a FREE WINE KIT when you buy one! Just pick out any of our 100+ wine kits and you can get a second kit of equal or lesser value free. Add any two wine kits to your cart and use...

I too was surprised with the order of the Kieselsol and Chitosan, luckily I had only one kit going and had time to look at the directions. I just bottled this kit last week and the sample we tasted was quite good. I added half the fpack before fermentation and the other half before bottling. I...

We went to the Benzinger Winery and tasted off the reserve list and managed to only spend $25 on a bottle of Sav Blanc. I told my wife when we walked out that I feel like we made money.. :)

Nope no juice, just some bottles.

Had a great trip to Sonoma.. Learned quite a bit, more than I thought I would. Got to try some expensive wines for the first time some $80-$90/bottle cabs, I thought they were good, but not worth it for me maybe I'm just cheap. Enjoyed tasting them all though. We hired a driver for one day...

Thanks for the info, I'll keep these in mind.. We are not interested in the big wineries and we plan to spend some cash since we likely won't be back for many years.

We are staying in Sonoma the town, it's a little southeast of Santa Rosa, it was recommended by a friend who used to live in the area. We are planning to hit the a couple smaller wineries, don't have the names with me, but none of the big ones interest me. Kinda like touring the Budweiser...

I will be sure to let you know how it was.

The wife and I are heading to California next week and will be staying a couple nights in Sonoma County. Any recommendations for wineries we should check out? Also, what are some good questions to ask at the wineries? I've only been to a couple small local wineries and I'm not blessed with the...

FWIW, I just racked this Malbec last night. It's about 2 months along now, maybe it's the one you are mentioning I guess. I had a taste and it's definitely young but in a year it's going to be wonderful.. This kit came with wet grape skins.. If the product page doesn't display, just click the...

Thanks for the input, give me something think about and some new wines to try.

Is there another wine variety you'd compare Amarone to? Just curious.

That's what I was seeing in my internet research. Might be worth just buying a kit to determine if I like it, at least then I'd have 30 bottles right? :)