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I tried RJSpagnols coffee port and thought it was very good.......... I have orange chocolate and white chocolate port from almost 3 years ago and thought the coffee was better

I dont see any mention of it on spagnols site either although clickabrew has it listed for sale

My LHBS was handing out sample bottles of RJ Spagnols Orchard breezin Blood Orange........... so i took it home for the wife to try as those are the types she drinks............. she thought it was pretty good......... I thought it was the best OB kit I have tried yet. I dont usually drink...

I started with the goal of a kit per month when i got into this hobby almost 4 years ago............ and found that it was not enough to keep up with the demand and still keep some around for 2 yrs aging..... So last year I made 34 kits, mostly in the first half of the year and bumped up my...

I need to buy the owner of my LHBS a nice christmas gift then ! Cru select & Cellar classic $80 Winery series $90 Grand Cru $55 Orchard breezin $45 And at 34 kits so far for 2011 he has saved me a small fortune :re

Day 141 for the Super Tuscan , bottled it today and must say it tastes excellent !Also bottled the Winery series Aus Meritage and really like it too, a little more fruity than the Tuscan.I will likely make both of these again.Also Bottled the Cru Select Chilean malbec............ and really like...

I started this kit in June, which was my first Winery Series kit. I will be bottling it today, initial taste test says this is one of the best reds I have made so far, another is the Winery series Australian Meritage which I bottled yesterday. So far these are my only Winery series kits but I...

Probably indefinitely as long as you keep the airlock topped up and maintain the sulfite level.

Our pet dog Wilson he is part shi-tzu, Yorkie and cairn terrier. He is pouting on the couch because I was at work all day............. such a suck !

I have glass, plastic, BB and a water bottle and have had no problems using the water bottle......... I only age in the glass ones, but prefer using the plastic ones for wines that will be bottled in 6 wks or so, such as Orchard breezin etc....

Darn, im in Ontario and its still a 10 hr round trip........ not worth the time or the gas.

I thunk I read somewhere that they were going to eliminate labels to reduce costs, older kits will still have labels but new kits recently manufactured will no longer include labels ?

Ok count me in too ! Skittles are my wifes favorite candy, there is usually a bag laying around somewhere. I mentioned it to her yesterday and today she came home with 5 bags.......... We made up a 1 gallon batch tonight to see how it turns out. Its still cooling down so I will pitch the...

Being relatively new to this hobby and making mostly kits, I have moved up to the higher end kits for my reds......... buying mostly the Winery Series now and have made the Super Tuscan and just started the Australian Meritage along with comparable kits such as Cellarcraft showcase cab shiraz...

I made this kit, bottled it and forgot about it..... looking through the cellar last night I found a bottle and it was dated Oct 2009......... I was suprised it was THAT long ago........... but it was very good !