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Hi Jason, No, unfortunately I didn't know about the Zymurgist until yesterday... d'oh!! I went all the way down to Rensselaer for supplies... double-d'oh!! I'll have to stop by Reed's place to check it out... look for a mother-of-vinegar... look into another wine kit to throw down (try to...

WE VR Cab. Sauvignon in the works... Hey Jason, We live in Ballston Spa and are on our first batch ever. We went with the WineXpert Vintner's Reserve Cab. which has been bottled for 7 weeks now. It's finally starting to taste like decent wine, and I hope it will improve. Curiously, I left...

what is inside the carboy floating atop the Chard?

Status Update + Question So, per the recipe, our wine was done a week ago - it all checked out, but I let it sit in the carboy 1 extra week due to a lack of enough empty bottles. I figured the extra bulk aging couldn't hurt.. I finally bottled this past weekend using the only 26 empty...

Yep, was not expecting this issue -- the spoon is plastic, and the carboy mouth opening is slightly sharp-edged. In order to do the job, I had to simply not allow the inverted spoon part from hitting the carboy mouth, using the skin of my hands... :-) I also noticed the spoon does not quite...

Thanks again, CBW -- exactly what I was looking for. I confirm those readings, or thereabouts: 1.074 - 0.994 I understand there are variables, but these being kits, I speculated there were specific starting and ending SG's for each recipe. The WE instruction manual is a bit too generic...

Thanks for the feedback, CBW! I'll get moving onto the next step right away. Do you follow the recipe, or age it longer before bottling? And, what % alcohol are you experiencing?

Hey gang, I'm on my first batch ever, and using a WE VR Cabernet Sauvignon kit. Primary fermentation was a quick 5 days, SG went from 1.074 to 1.004. In secondary fermentation (carboy) 7 days now and I've observed a steady SG of 0.994 for 3 days in a row. Color is great and sediment on...

A big hello to everyone from the southern Adirondack foothills. Just wanted to introduce myself as a new member who is also new to wine making, as I rekindle with a lost family tradition. I'm Portuguese, and my father made his own "pure wine" (as he called it) made from local grapes...