So what's the difference between 18L concentrate kits and 23L all juice. I'm not sure how I feel yet but adding about 2gallons of water to the kits vs all juice. What do you guys think.
Those of us whom have made kits long enough and made enough AJ kits are 99.99999% sure that an AJ kit uses the exact same materials as the 18L kits, they just don't remove the water. AJ kits honestly did not turn out all that great compared to many of the big end 16L or 18L kits with grape packs etc.
YMMV as they say. Out of all of the AJ's I made only the Amarone really turned out good and then I had to open all the bottles up after ~18 months and add additional tannin.
Made that one as well and for just that reason! It turned out just as you described…….
Moderately drinkable…...
I picked up a Petite Syrah, since it's one of my favorites and I've never seen it in kit form. Hopefully it turns out to be at least moderately drinkable.
Williams makes a petit syrah kit. I currently have one working. Should be bottling at the end of March. So far, it looks, smells and (the juice) tastes pretty good.
Let me know how it turns out. 1.5 gallons of concentrate to make 5 gallons of wine has me a bit skeptical.
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