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    Bottle aging vs bulk aging

    Greetings, I have done a few dozen WE kits and just noticed something in the instructions that I hadn't noticed before. The very last sentence "Bottle aging is the preferred method". I'm wondering why that would be. I never do that and usually age in glass carboys for approx 6 months...
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    First batch

    Well, it has been about 13 months since starting our first batch. Actually a double batch using the vintage 13 gallon carboys that we discovered in a farm shed. We made a double of the WE Vintners Reserve Chianti. Started in Jan/14. It was clear w/o any sediment after a few racking by...
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    First batch .... time to bottle.

    Greetings, I have searched for info on sanitization of corks and found an assortment of methods suggested. However what wasn't clear was the type of corks being used. I have plastic corks and am presuming it would be prudent to give them a bath in sanitization solution or perhaps a quick...
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    WineXpert Away on vacation debacle

    Greetings, First batch was all good until I went on vacation for about 9 days. While gone at some point my first batch which was reaching the end of secondary fermentation went really bad. The thermostat sensor taped to the side of the carboy came off. Fermwrap was running (presumably) 24/7...
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    WineXpert Secondary Fermentation

    Greetings, 1st batch is fermenting. Been vigorously fermenting for 5 days and continues as I type. I'm doing a double batch of a WE Chianti kits. Instructions suggest that you start checking SG after 5 days in order to decant for secondary etc... I have been brewing for many years and...
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    Exothermic

    Greetings, I have been brewing beer for many years and had never been aware that fermentation is exothermic. Ambient temps in various rooms have always done me well for brewing. I started my first wine kit today. The slab floor in my unfinished basement in MD today is 46 degrees. I made...
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    WineXpert Diverging from kit instructions

    Greetings, Started first batch today. Vintners Reserve Chianti. I'm using 13 gallon carboys for primary and secondary ferm so I actually did a double kit batch. The yeast appears to be very active :h and just pitched it in a few minutes ago. I have been home brewing for years but this is...
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    Sanitizer of choice

    Greetings all, I'm getting ready to do my first batch and am curious what the preferred sanitizer is? I have been home brewing for many years w/out contamination issues by simply using boiling water to clean EVERYTHING before and after use. I'm thinking that approach will not be plausible...
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    Newbie getting ready for first attempt

    Greetings, Found and joined here today. I have been home brewing beer on and off for 20 years. Recent events provided me with access to three 13 gallon glass vessels. Apparently at some point in the past these were used for wine making. That was enough to get me willing to give it a try...
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