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doing a dry cab and want to add green chile touch but don’t know when to put them in? Should I add them to the primary or after in secondary. I’m also putting some chopped raisins in the primary. Thank You.

going to do this kit but only making 5 1/2 gallons and in the secondary adding fresh roasted peeled and chopped Hatch Green Chilies in the secondary.... my question is how many chilis? I just want a under tone of the chili, I’m getting medium heat chili’s.

Need some suggestions for which dry white kit wine for a Hatch Green Chili wine. I most likely will add 2 to 3 lbs of fresh roasted peeled green chili chopped fine in a sock while the wine is in the secondary. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. I have made scratch jalapeño wine mainly...

Pushing 66

Stickman, I'll give it a try. The mouth after taste is very good just the nose that smells the vinegar.

Red kit, followed directions, I have done 10 kits in the past. Open a bottle and a vinegar smell hits your nose. Stayed in CB for 6 weeks to mature. Can this be put back into CB and if so how to eliminate vinegar smell?

I got a new white oak barrel for Xmas but stumped on which wine to finish up in it?

Southwest Airlines - two bags get checked free. One for my luggage and one for the case of wine I bring home from the vineyards in Northern California- every month for years

That's what I wanted to do, is bottle it up with the fruit and just chill pop a bottle add some garnish and consume...

Here is the southwest we drink sangria year around. I usually buy cheap red wine and add, oranges, Mexican limes and lemons to the wine after pouring into a glass container and smash the fruit into the wine. My question; what would you suggest fora good red wine as a kit? I'm thinking of...

On the subject of white, my cab is spot on but I'm very weak on whites. All my white kits are weak and thin, need to think out of the box. Next batch I'll add more raisins in the secondary but maybe I need to switch the yeast that comes with the kit. Both me and my wife like bold wine but...

I think as a token of appreciation the next contest we as contestants should wrap a $5.00 bill around each bottle submitted. At least the judges could have a nice dinner on us...

Wow, this old man from Tucson, bought a cheap kit and after reading many posts from Joe on how to "think out of the box" won a Gold with a very simple Cab - and I will say it turned out outstanding if I have to say so myself...

Yes, I will jest 4 to 5 limes and stir in after chemicals and removing gas. Leave for a week, filter out the jest and bottle. You,get one of the bottles.

64 years old

Yeah! Found the notes from when I made the last batch. And yes Joe this batch will have lime jest in the secondary instead of the mint.

I lost my notes on the last batch.

thank you for the help

do I really need yeast nutrients?

my last batch of jalapeño wine went south - fermentation never really happened. here what I did; 3 gallon of water and sugar dissolved to 1.090 added 3 crushed campden tablets and chopped chili in a big. 8 hrs. later added: 1 1/2 tsp. of peptic enzyme 8 hrs. later added: yeast...