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About 5 months old from the start of fermentation. Last bottle has pigment sediment, so probably bottled this too early. The taste is great. I consider this project as success, most likely going to do another batch of the same and age it longer.

Yes, informative and also record of progress for my personal use Yes I got the smaller kit very cheap, 8€, now it's 25€...

So I got two Malbec kits, they would yield 27,5l of wine but I decided to make it 25,5l so bit more concentrated. Also using 5 grams of grape seed tannin and 10 grams of grape skin anthocyanin. The kits had two different kinds of oak, other was heavy toast dust and other was medium toast chip...

Bottled 2th of November aka Day of the Dead. 2 weeks of bottle shock. Already used most of it with cooking because I got addicted to Red Deer Burgundy... Few bottles to friends and family too. 7 bottles left which I try to save for later lol. Already making the next kit.

Almost 7 weeks old from the start. Seems clear already

Yes I have smaller bottles, 150ml, just used the 1l bottle because I was not sure how much there was

Exactly 4 weeks from the start, rerack to tapless carboy. 0,4l leftover after I filled the carboy to the neck.

Oh well, I added another 750ml Biona Organic Grape Juice and EC-1118 to get some protection from spoilage and to make up the leak losses as I wait the tapless carboy.

I contacted the seller and they said other people have been having issues as well. IDK but might be just that the tap is not tightened properly. They do not sell tools to do it but send a link to another company that sells the proper tool.

Luckily I was at home and noticed pretty soon, lost only about 1dl.. Not sure if I can fill up the new carboy to the neck though... Might have to add some water

And we have a leak.... Not great not terrible, I racked it back to stainless steel primary which has huge airspace... The wine still had some CO2 though and potassium metabisulphite so I guess it will be okay for a few days. I'm getting a 23l PET Carboy without a tap to replace this one.. Had...

makes sense, good to know

I got stuck at 0.994 with California Merlot but its been only a week since and I have not measured it again yet.

Bottles arrived today and been tasting the 1l bottle for a few days. Very nice.

I dry them and make a powder, I have sweet and mild-ish gourmet chilies too, Fatalii Aji Fantasy, Sugar Rush Peach, BBM and Cheyenne combined as one powder. Less than a teaspoon is plenty

Just a bit over 14 days, 0.994. Taste is great, nice aroma. 23l carboy full + 1l bottle, lost about 1-2dl in the sludge. The airlock got very slow about 3-4 days ago already, pretty fast fermentation. The carboy is slowly tilted because the chair is not completely even so the lees will gather...

Yes they are on the south side of the house. Also big stone wall gathering heat in addition to the stones on the ground around the vines. I could get a greenhouse at some point but I have to cut some trees down first and save some money.

At least the Zilga will be under snow, as it is growing free at the moment, and very close to the ground. I'll get some trellis system next year. Hazaine Sladkii is so short it is still upwards, but Idk if it falls down soon. It has 5 branches, the Zilga has only one. Probably that's why the...

Big Black Mama. It's Naga Morich X Trinidad Douglah cross. Absolutely horrible heat. I also have Apocalypse Scorpion Chocolate growing, just started flowering, it's about double worse, about as hot as Carolina Reaper

Ah yes, found a source for rare red varieties from Estonia. I'll get them next spring http://www.roogoja.ee/index_en.html