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6 week Vineco, amarone, grape skins kit Followed the instructions as per normal, with the exception, I only added one of the Chitosan packs that came with the kit, I meant to add both but didn't. After all steps were complete and the kit was ready for bottling on day 42, I decided to rack...

Making a Kenridge Grape Skin Amarone Kit. The kit is at a stage where it is ready to bottle, however it is my intention to age this kit for about a year before drinking. My intention was always to bulk age this kit, however I have a fair amount of head space in the carboy and I worry about...

As far as racking, I followed the kit directions exactly. The wine was filtered at the time of bottling with a #2 pad from Buon Vino. It may have improved, but we dumped it right away and had some 8 month old En Primeur which was great!

I made a 10L cheeky monkey Malbec about 10 months ago, it tasted OK at the time of bottling and was good until the time it was gone about 4 months later. After bottling this kit I gave a bottle to my mother who kept it at her house until last night when we drank it. Upon pouring this bottle...

I bottled a Kenridge 16L Australia Shiraz a few months ago. It tasted good young and tasted even better now, I can hardy wait to try it again in another month or two. I would recomend this.

I have the Buon Vino Super Jet, so the pads are bit larger than the minijet. I always use the #2 filters. I think my best bet maybe to buy another glass carboy for $20 at the store. When I am done I can always sell it on Kijiji if I dont want it.

I have a kit of Kenridge Merlot that is scheduled to be bottled tomorrow (Friday), however on Tuesday my wife accidentally degassed the this kit instead of antoher kit with a drill stirring device, of course the kit is completley cloudy now. Typically this would not be an issue and I would let...

Thanks for all of the suggestions. I dont expext any of the wines to make it to the 4 year mark, so I am not going to worry about this. I like to bottle quickly as to not tie up my 3 carboys, but in the case that I do decide to bulk age some of the kits do I use a solid bung stopper or one...

The Kits that are in bottles are: En Primeur - Cab Sav 4 months in bottle Kenridge - Shiraz 16L - 3 Months in bottle WE Malbec (Not great I hope it gets better) 10L - 2 months WE Luna Rosa 16L - 2 Months Cheecky Monnkey 10L - Sangiovese Shiraz - 2 M The kits on the go are: Kenridge 16L...

I have been making a variety of different brands of 10-18L kits, and following the instructions to the letter. After doing a bunch of reading on this site about aging wine everyone seems to recomend additional sulfites to help the aging/longevity of the wine. I have not added anything extra to...

I agree that some of the kits could use a bit more body, particularily the CM Shiraz/Zin. Flavor was great, but needed a bit more body. I know my local retailer sells grape skin packs, but have never really looked at them. Do I need to buy a specific variety of grape skins to match the kit...

I am just wondering what people are liking as a 4 week kit. I have 2 carboys typically I like to make a 6 week kit in one and a 4 week kit in the other. This allows me to age the 6 week kit in the bottles and drink the 4 week kit right away. I have done a few cheeky monkey kits so far...

What is the reasoning behind not filterting at the time of bottling? Also I do not filter directly into bottles, I filter into a holding container and fill from there, this allows me to run the pump continuosly without turning on and off. But the time the wine sits in the holding container...

Yes I place the syphon end about 1/4 of the way down and continually adjust as the carboy level decreases. The filters that I am using are a Red #2 filter. Will I notice much of a differnence between the final product between a red and blue filter?

Hello Just finished bottling my 5th and 6th kit last night, and 3/4 of the way through bottling my filters were too clogged to continue. Luckily I had a spare set to finish the batch. I just wanted to know if this was normal. The 4 other kits that I have done I only bottled single kits...