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Got the kit this week and it comes with both RC-212 and EC1118 yeast ,60 grams med/heavy blend oak chips and 30 grams of american oak cubes .any suggestions on tweaks ? possibly adding more tannins ? going with only the RC212 ?

I recently got a vaccum brake bleeder and to date had vacuum degassed 3 kits and and really like how well it works. tonite i was degassing a kit that i was making for my father inlaw and had first stirred it for a few minutes with the drill . i then put it under vacuum and slowly built up to...

Making the WS Carmenere kit and swapped out EC-1118 for RC-212 .I rehydrated the yeast with goferm and add fermaid at start and mid point of fermentation, it has stalled at 1.000 for the past week and prefer my reds dry. Is it possible to add some or all of the EC-1118 to restart and how to you...

I'm really interested in getting a 23 litre vadai barrel and on the website they claim they can be up to 10% larger. has anyone had one be that much bigger ?Would make for a lot of topping wine. Also do you normally bottle right after racking from barrel or go back to carboy ? Thanks

Hi everyone. been reading on this site for some time now and have learned a lot. I made some kits and fruit wines back in the late 90s but quit and only started up again a year ago. looking forward to what this board has to offer. Carboy aging RJS en primeur super Tuscan RJS en primeur...