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Has anyone tried converting their Portuguese Corker to a Pneumatic operation? I have seen several videos of this, including one by Steve at All in One, looks pretty slick but nowhere do I see anyone post pneumatic cylinder size, etc. Would love to try building it.

I have a 3 room system in a finished basement, 1-Production room with sink, concrete floor, for mixing, transferring, etc. 2-Fermenation closet, 4 buckets max and 3-Walkin cellar with active cooling, capacity about 1500 bottles and carboys. I'm thinking of expanding the fermentation room to...

Does anyone have recoommendations as to who sells this series? Seems CC is harder and harder to find. Thanks.

Not sure if this has been posted, they are offering a $20 gift certificate to next purchase on $100 spend, and its good on wine kits!

Has anyone heard what happened to this kit? I have not been able to find it for some time. It was markedly better then the WE product, as it included skins.

I saw a must plunger recently and thought it would be nice to use when punching down skin packs in kits. Only problem is the shortest handle I can find is 36". Has anyone found something a bit shorter? Only using it in buckets. Thx

Curious how long you use a plastic fermenter? They develop a little scratching in them over time, from the Bentonite stirring I believe. Wondered if anyone developed problems with bacteria. Is this something with a limited life span? thx

Has anyone every combined 5 of the same kits at once to produce one larger batch? Example, 5 Exclipse Lodi cabs in one tank? If so, did you simply just use all the ingredients X 5, water, the 5 yeast packs, clarifiers, etc.? Curious. Winexpert would not comment as they have never tested that...

So I've a choice to make, while I was trying with earnest to keep a gravity fed winery design, I've come to the conclusion I'm going to need a pump. I will be using a 150L stainless variable capacity fermentation tank and will want to then transfer it to 30G flextanks for long term storage...

Wondered if anyone had any pictures of shelving they have made to store full 6 gallon carboys? I'm needing to make some storage to store approximately 25-30, 6 gallon carboys, full. Any pics would help. Thx.

Curious what everyone else has done for cooling? Did you spend the money for a true wine cellar cooler or make due with an air conditioner of some sort. Love to hear real world applications. Thx

I'm curious if anyone has any experience at adding a bit of tobacco to their wine? I really used to love Cosentino's CigarZin. I'm trying to recreate it with the Winexpert Lodi Zin, just don't have any idea of how much tobacco to add, what type and when to add it. If you have any thoughts, would...

I'm curious if anyone in this hobby for a while, has noticed better years than others, amongst the same kits. Example, I'm making the WE Lodi Cab repeatedly, has anyone ever noticed a change in the taste from year to another? It would seem likely that just like normal pressings/years, some years...

Given that this kit is supposed to be released in January, has anyone heard when we can start pre-ordering?

To date I have only made WE kits, about 24 of all grades. Nothing wrong with them in fact some are finishing after my first year pretty good. Recently expanded into some CC showcase kits, Cab and Chateau du pape. Does anyone have any experience in comparison between the two brands? I'd love to...

So I'm curious if anyone has jumped up from the 6 gallon batch to a system of production to 2 kits at once, 12 gallons or more. I seem to generally settle into many of the same wines, once I try them, then remake them over and over. Was wondering if I could cut down on the effort and produce 2...

I started making wine kits in January 2016. To date I am on kit #20, all red, a wide range of juice, all Winexpert. As I am starting to open a bottle once in a while of each of batch, I'm noticing that while I am liking nearly all of them (Eclipse & Selection), a common thought through most of...

Does anyone have any thoughts as to what commercial wine you might top this off with? It is combination of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Merlot. Not sure I know of any commercial wines with that combination, perhaps an Orin Swift product?

I can't really find any data that indicates bulk aging (at least in glass carboys) does much of anything over bottling. If you are oaking, that's a different story, but simply bulk aging after the kit instructions to bottle does not seem to matter. Sure the temperature issue (bottle vs bulk)...

I have a couple of kits that are due stabilization next Tuesday. Just realized I will be gone and it won't get done until Thursday. Will this be a problem to extend it by 2 days? Thanks.