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    WineXpert Argentine Malbec

    Just bottled my Malbec and of course I had to taste what wouldn't fit in the bottles, about 1/2 cup. All I can say is WOW!!! I can't believe how good this taste already. The only change I made to kit instructions was to (mistakenly) add the kit oak blocks to the secondary and because of this...
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    bottle opening vs cork?

    I received some bottles from a friend and I noticed some of them looked like smaller openings so I measured them. Half the bottles are 18.5mm so they should not be too much of an issue but the other half are only 18mm, standard size is 19mm. Now the question, I use #9 corks with a floor...
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    Filtered some small batches

    Filtered some small 1 gallon batches this morning, ran out of time for bottling, will do that after work Figured I would share some pictures. First picture is my Vinbrite filter setup second is the 4 gallons, left to rigtht, WE California cabernet sauvignon, WE Australian Chardonnay, R.W...
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    Bee Pee ?

    I have been kicking the idea around. I want to make a mead and I thought, how about using the Skeeter Pee recipe and substitute some of the sugar with honey? Bee Pee? any thoughts? I am sure someone else has tried it, couldn't find anything with search.
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    Wine making fiasco today

    Hi all, Was working on my WE Chocolate raspberry desert wine today and things got touchy. The wine started 6 days ago at 1.128 SG the instructions say to chapitalize the wine with the supplied 350 gram dextrose package included when the wine gets below 1.020 , it was at 1.015 this morning...
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    mistake in Malbec kit

    apparently I can't follow directions. I have made 10 wine kits so far but this is the first with added oak. it is a wine expert Argetine malbec, I was suppose to add the supplied oak cubes (30 grams french, unknown toast) "After" I degassed and stabilized. I added them when I first racked to...
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