Recent content by timothyg

I guess I need to find marble/glass ones. Any linked/suggestions? Does anyone think, and/or have experience with, the CO2 wine preserver? Will it be a bad idea?

I have made the WE Australian Chardonnay and bottled with about the same time, and that kit turned out absolutely excellent. I am waiting longer and longer with my bulk aging, however I suspect bottle aging isn't too far off from bulk carboy aging. The displacement with marbles sounds like a...

The kit was RJ Spangol's Australian Chardonnay (Cru Select). I checked the gravity and noted it. It was .998 or less at bottling time. It certainly is possible I didn't fully degas the wine. It did taste a little bubbly and somewhat sweet. Typically I use a Vanu Vin and time (1.5 months bulk...

I made a Australian Chardonnay wine kit and I believe something is wrong with the wine about 7 months after start. I make many wine kits, have a cellar of 400+ home-made bottles, and sanitize accordingly. This is what I did: Started fermenting wine: 4/9/12 After following the instructions I...

I always add the extra metabisulphite during the step you mentioned. It doesn't hurt the wine. I do typically bulk age for about 2 weeks to a month though. I typically rack the wine when the instructions indicate that the wine is ready to be bottled. Then I bulk age for 2 weeks to a month...

I would agree. I have the WE Australian Chardonnay and it seems like there was some improvement from bottling to month 1, however at month 2 it tastes amazing.

So how does a rose wine compare to other wines taste-wise?

Thanks for the advice. I'll definitely add the meta-k in the primary too.

I really like White Zinfandel - I'm actually making a WE White Zinfandel win kit as we speak. I'm assuming you meant rose/blush wine, rather then the rose flower. I never could get a taste for dandelion, or any other flower, wine.

So I'm kind of stuck. I have 4 carboys and all of them are filled with wine. I do have an empty primary fermenter bucket. One of my wines (WE apple Riesling) will be ready to bottle tomorrow, however I really don't like bottling wines according to the kit instructions (I prefer if the wine sits...

If the yeast you are using can go to 17% ABV, but you have enough sugar for only 8% ABV you simply add more sugar. When you are on step 2 of the wine making kit (the racking/movement of the wine from the bucket to the carboy), then pour some sugar into the carboy and mix it around for a few...

The wine kit had "stabilizer", Kieselsol, and Chitosan - no metabisulphite...

If the kit would have come with the Potassium Metabisulfite I definitely would have added it. I made that comment below because I scanned the instructions for the ingredients, however I'll double check more thoroughly later today when I return home. The wine kit actually came with corks. You...

I mixed EasyClean with 1 gallon of water. Then I used this is a spray bottle to spray all the equipment inside and out during each of the steps. I'm guessing this is mistake number 1 since I should use potassium bisulfate as my sanitizer, however I heard that EasyClean can sanitize as well...

Would anyone have an idea of the lifetime of a Wine Experts Selection International Australian Chardonnay and Chilean Pinot Noir? Assume twin disc corks, added potassium bisulfate, and ideal storage conditions, I'm just curious of the wine's lifetime. I know for these it takes about 1 year...