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Ouch! That could be very bad. But hey if she is a mom Im sure it's nothing she hasn't seen before.....lol

Nothing like a nice pale ale in my opinion. Welcome to the forum. Do you also make wine or just beer?

Wife seemed very pleased with the kit. I also picked up a few bottles of wine from a local winery that she likes, that made here pretty happy as well! Not sure when we will put this kit together yet but I will keep you all posted when we do, I don't think it will be long. Im sure we will have...

Santa brought me a new 15 gallon brew kettle, a barley crusher, some cigars and a few other little things. All in all a very nice Christmas!

Merry Christmas and happy new year to all! :b

That is good to know. Since this one was a surprise maybe I will let her pick out the next one and have them order it.

Ok, I ended up with a Vintres Reserve Valpollcella kit. Since there is no description of the kit on the box it was pretty much a guessing game so I did not find out that this was a very dry wine until I got home. Kind of a bummer but Im hoping that this one will back sweeten well. Any one made...

OK guys, I got a kit, had to take what I could get but I think it will be ok. Im am dragging butt rite now so I will give the full report tomorrow. Merry Christmas or happy holidays (how ever you like) to all. Catch up with you all on the flip side!

Thanks for the welcome Troy. Al is actually a a shortened version of my first name, it's as good as any of the names that I answer to.....lol I must say that so far this seems like one of the friendliest forums that I have checked out and everyone seems quite helpful so I can see why it's...

Thanks Guys. I will have to say that I find Oxy Clean free or Sun oxygenated cleaner to work great on my beer making equipment so +1 on that! Glad to hear there is no problem with Starsan as I have great luck with that for beer making as well so that will make life a little simpler. arcticsid, I...

So did I read correctly early on in this thread? Starsan is ok to use for sanitizing wine making equipment?

I know the bloomington store has some kits but I never paid that much attention to them. I will check it out this morning and see what they have. If I don't see any thing I like there I will make the drive over and check out the Peoria store. I think the only thing we will need is a bucket as I...

Sorry to drag up an old thread here but I had a thought to expand on the dry ice idea. What if one were to take an empty pop/water bottle and drill a hole in the cap to fit a racking hose snugly. Then slip the end of you racking hose into the hole in the bottle cap and put the other end of the...

Nice tip! Thanks, I am going to try this.

Any tips on making this kit? Is the yeast that come with these kits good or should I get a better yeast? Is the time frame for fermentation/aging/bottling as out lined by the directions good or would we benefit from stretching it out a little? Hoping that Frier Tuck in Bloomington will have it...

Thanks you all for the welcomes and suggestions. I am going to see what Fryer Tuck has tomorrow. I e-mailed Harrington Press asking about a store front and he indicated that he was internet only, never mentioned any thing about local pickup. I may have to check into that a little more as it...

Hello all, Im would like to buy a wine kit for my wife and I to make together and thought maybe you could help me pick out the rite one. She prefers sweeter red's like Stella Rosa and Lambrusco (sp?). I know very little about wine so Im not sure what kit will be the best for her tastes. Checking...