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How are bottles a source of garbage? I have been using the same bottles for years, triple rinse when empty and sterilise before next use.

In Kit used if swapping for RC 212 you could need to add additional nutrient, it require more then the 1118

What type of grapes did you use? and post the exact recipe used (water, amount of grapes, sugar etc). With that information you will get better responses. And welcome to WMT

I emailed my concerns directly to them on Feb 23, I got no response.

Use the K1-v1116, the EC 1118 is included incase of stuck ferment as it will ferment anything.

I was able to get the buckets from work, because they are all the same manufacturer I was able to use a 3.5 gallon bucket at the middle one (drilled strainer). That way I didn't need the spigot, lots of room in the bottom 5 gallon bucket. So far I have only used it on my peach wines, but am...

Google bucket press, not as good as a real press but for the cost of a 3 5 pal pails it will work.

I made it when it came out, bottled it last month, as I remember I was impressed with the glass leftover from bottling but it won't enter my drinking rotation until next January.

My bigger red kits I tend to get sediment in the bottle after a couple of years, this is with bulk aging and racking for a year. I have been wondering if it is due to the higher iron content in my water but have not as of yet gotten around to doing a controlled experiment to verify.

Its my go to Gerwurztraimer, I use the full fpak after fermentation and it is perfect as an off dry. First time I did it I used 1/2 the fpak and wife thought it was not right, added the rest and its right on for a German Gerwurzt.

I use to do this exact thing, I feel it helped the Cru International kits. That said I now do 8-12 week EM and the skins have nothing left by the end.

Not into the 20s yet, they will age another year, but the 17s, 18s, and 19s all have been as good or better then the EPs.

More like the manufacturer makes/buys several concentrates and also buys fresh juice. They combine these in differing ratios depending on the quality of the kit there is also water involved to rinse the lines etc. Winexpert / vineco claims to have been able to reduce the process water on the...

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I use fine grind dark roast coffee in the primary for my coffee port, turn out wonderful especially after aging, the ground coffee seems to add tannins as well as coffee notes.