MisterDrew
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Intro's first.
Hello everyone, I'm Drew. I have a handfull of friends that have been brewing beer for years and I finally caught the bug. However, unlike my friends, my lovely wife and I are also wine drinkers so I have aspirations of not only homebrewing beer but dabling in the wine side of things as well.
First Kit:
I picked up my wares yesterday afternoon and thought I would start with a wine kit. I picked up Wine Expert's California Trinity Red. My thought process was that since I'm brand new to all things homebrewed I would just get a kit that sounded good and follow the instructions to the T and get used to the process before attempting to play with the recipes and all that jazz. I plan on bottle aging this batch to free up my buckets to start a beer earler. My goal is to start the batch this afternoon at somepoint.
A quick initial question I have is about bottling (which I realize is a handfull of weeks down the road). After talking with the brew shop owner I wanted to get some other opinions on the "wine-on-tap" bladders. Has anyone used them instead of bottles and can give me the low down on how well it does with aging the wine? The product says "great for aging 6 months or more" but I'm always sceptical about that without feedback from people who have used the product.
At any rate, I'd love any feedback / advice on my first batch and beyond.
Drew-
Hello everyone, I'm Drew. I have a handfull of friends that have been brewing beer for years and I finally caught the bug. However, unlike my friends, my lovely wife and I are also wine drinkers so I have aspirations of not only homebrewing beer but dabling in the wine side of things as well.
First Kit:
I picked up my wares yesterday afternoon and thought I would start with a wine kit. I picked up Wine Expert's California Trinity Red. My thought process was that since I'm brand new to all things homebrewed I would just get a kit that sounded good and follow the instructions to the T and get used to the process before attempting to play with the recipes and all that jazz. I plan on bottle aging this batch to free up my buckets to start a beer earler. My goal is to start the batch this afternoon at somepoint.
A quick initial question I have is about bottling (which I realize is a handfull of weeks down the road). After talking with the brew shop owner I wanted to get some other opinions on the "wine-on-tap" bladders. Has anyone used them instead of bottles and can give me the low down on how well it does with aging the wine? The product says "great for aging 6 months or more" but I'm always sceptical about that without feedback from people who have used the product.
At any rate, I'd love any feedback / advice on my first batch and beyond.
Drew-