Recent content by jake77

Started this kit on 2/9/10 with initial sg of 1.092. Pitched the yeast (EC-1118) at 74 degrees and it has maintained temp. of 70-73 for the last 9 days. It satarted slow and has never really took off like all of my other wines have at the same temp and at the same spot. I have been stirring...

I only use a small amount of mild soap when cleaning bottles and rinse them twice. I sulfite them right before I bottle and sterilize the corks also. I tasted the same 2 bottles again last night before I went to bed and seemed to taste ok. So- I really don't know what it was. Maybe it was the...

I kind of thought the same thing- maybe it was something we were eating but I tried them again the next morning and they tasted the same way.

I opened 2 different wines over the weekend and both had a terrible bitter aftertaste to them that has not always been there. One of them was a WE vintners harvest Gewurztraminer that was bottled back in May. And the other was a WE Selection Liebfraumilch that was bottled this past December. It...

The last time I degassed I brought the wine temp up to 75-78 degrees with a small heater blowing in front of it and stirred it with drill for a good 5 mins to make sure.

This batch has cleared somewhat now. It still has a little haze in it. Does anyone know whether the filter will remove the haze or should I go ahead and super clear it. I filter all of my whites but all of them have been crystal clear before filtering.

My local winery called yesterday and said they have 14 cases of bottles ready for me to pick up. Looks like I will be doing the same thing! Don't even want to think about it but am not really complaining.

Are Walkers juces pure juice? If so I wouldn't mind trying some of their fruit juices. Looks like a good deal on them if shipping isn't too bad. Anyone know how much shipping runs from them?

I degassed again7 days ago and it really didn't fizz or foam. It has not changed at all, its still very cloudy. Any recomendations?

I downloaded the Avery program and have played around with it a little bit. How do you get all of the labels on one page? I only end up with one label to the page when it should be six. Which template does everyone use for a 750ml bottle? It is a neat program and should do all I need it to do...

Anybody have a recomendation on a Sauvignon Blanc kit? Budget would bearound $120 or less.

Thanks Guys! They are good articles that help explain whats what. You would think that by taking water out of the juice then the concentrate would have more of the TDS. So back to the RJS kits, would the 23L kits make just as good wines or better than the smaller En Premier series or vice versa?

I have been trying to figure out whats in the juice that comes with the kit. Well really, whats the difference in a 23L kit and a 10L kit when water has been added to make 6 gallons? Is the 23L pure grape juice? Is the 10L watered down juice? RJS has an En Premier line that is 18L and is a high...

I have been looking at the different software programs to create your own labels. What is the best program to get that is the easiest to use with good results. I am not very gifted when it comes to designing on the computer.

I stabalised and cleared this wine 3 weeks ago and it has not cleared. It dropped most of the sediment but is still very cloudy. I racked it again per directions almost 2 weeks ago and it hasn't changed a bit. I used the isinglass that came with the kit. I usually save the isinglass and use my...