Anyone make a dry white zin?

[Brew and Wine Supply]

I have a white zin kit at the store that is a few months out of date, hate to sell it to anybody. Wife and I like dry wines so my thought is to make it with out the F pack. Has anyone done this and how did it turn out?

 

[Dugger]

I made one about 3 years ago - it was an inexpensive kit that had started fermenting in the bag at the store so, rather than throwing it out, I brought it home and finished it off with the wine yeast. It didn't have an f-pack so it finished dry. I would have preferred it off dry so I quite often mixed it with a mist kit and the blend was quite nice. I just think the color of a blush type wine tells me it should have some sweetness to it.

 

[cpfan]

I have a white zin kit at the store that is a few months out of date, hate to sell it to anybody. Wife and I like dry wines so my thought is to make it with out the F pack. Has anyone done this and how did it turn out?

Doug:

I thought you'd been here long enough to know..."ALWAYS TELL US THE KIT" to get the best answer.

I think you handle Vineco products. One of the Ken Ridge Classic blushes (the White Merlot) does not come with a sweetening pack. I would think that if it's OK dry, then a White Zin would be OK dry too.

You could make the kit dry, then sweeten it slightly by the glass if you need to take the 'edge' off.

Steve

 

[Brew and Wine Supply]

Doug:

I thought you'd been here long enough to know..."ALWAYS TELL US THE KIT" to get the best answer.


Steve

i'm at home, and I don't remember which kit it is.....

 

[Brew and Wine Supply]

Doug:

I thought you'd been here long enough to know..."ALWAYS TELL US THE KIT" to get the best answer.


Steve

Yeah, I deserved that one.

Vino Del Vida by RJS, its only a 9 liter kit, juice still looks good (not brown).
Will get it going in the next few days.

Comes with the standard EC-1118, thinking about changing that out.

 

[cpfan]

Yeah, I deserved that one.

Vino Del Vida by RJS, its only a 9 liter kit, juice still looks good (not brown).
Will get it going in the next few days.

Comes with the standard EC-1118, thinking about changing that out.

I've never made that kit for myself. I think I made it for a couple of customers without adding the sweetening, but that's too long ago.

What yeast are you thinking to use? What do you expect to get from the change?

Steve

 

[Brew and Wine Supply]

Thinking of either 71B or D47. Leaning towards the 71B for the fruitiness.

 

[Brew and Wine Supply]

Used the EC-1118 that came with the kit..... because I forgot to bring some home