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It seemed to be bubbling away quite well but it did take about 3 weeks to stop. I was worried about lifting the lid to test gravity but is it ok to do this and if so how often? I'm going to set off a couple of other kits whilst we are having slightly warmer temperatures my hose is now at a...

Thank you that makes good sense. I'm going to look for alternative yeast nutrients if I get this type of kit again. And yes the fermenting tubs were new, so although I thought I washed and sterilised them all the same perhaps I didn't and I will take more care. Although now the tubs aren't new...

My house rarely gets above 53.6 F I have been wrapping the fermenting tubs in duvets near a radiator but the radiator is only on for about an hour 3 x a day and I rotate the tubs when it's on.

Oh that doesn't sound good. I'm guessing the whole batch is wasted? Would that happen from leaving it too long in the fermenter? My house is cold so it can't be from heat and I'm guessing the nitrogen is in the packets?

I mean it smells like wine.. there's no hunt of the after taste in the smell..

Update. Two weeks on and the wine is better than shop bought (to me) Thank you all so much x

The other batch (different wine) smells of yeast but tastes ok

It doesn't smell. It tastes of polyurethane with a dash of petrol

Thank you all very much lots to think about. The kits I have bought are all "7 day" wines but my house is cold and I've fermented them for about 4 - 6 weeks in the plastic tubs before syphoning into the plastic carboys. None of them taste "off" I have bottled as all of them read ok on...

So I am on my third box wine kit. The first - a very cheap Sauvignon Blanc can't out wonderful, I like it better than what I can buy in the shops. The second a zinfandel rose is ok. To me it has a bit of a yeasty smell but it tastes ok. The third a pinot blush smells ok but has a chemical...

I did add sugar to the bottle when bottling. And I did use champagne bottles :)

Thank you. Very clear and informative.

Do you have to add K-meta? I'm new and have no idea what this is? I made an elderflower wine 7 years ago with nothing except yeast and elderflower. I only lost one bottle that leaked out of 20. I found a few bottles in the cellar last week and it still tastes like elderflower. Albeit not as...

Thank you. I did add it and it tastes lovely now. Thank you and everyone for their encouragement and advice 😊

The flavor thing is an add back there's a picture of the packet in previous reply. Mine was fermenting for a month. I think because the house is cold circa 10°C / 50Fand gets up to 12° C /53F maybe 14°C / 57F on a really good day and when the radiators are on (3 hours a day) the yeast seems to...

My ex partners dad did this. Every "recipe" recorded. He did make lovely wine. ❤️

I actually liked it before! I have another exact same pack. Maybe I will do it and not back sweeten it. Thank you both. Learning lots. 🥰

For Bob..

Hi I'm making a wine kit wine. My house wasn't very warm so the 7 days turned into a month before it stopped bubbling. I transferred it into demijohns for another two weeks and it was really clear Read 998 Then I realized I hadn't added the flavor thing and so did that and added the first...