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Joe:
Mistake #1: Remember the White Zin I told you about? The one that came out amber instead of rose in color and has this really bitter after taste to it? The one I couldn't figure out why it came out that way being as I followed the direstions (save the note taking part anyway) to the letter?
Well. It just nowdawned on me, after puzzling over this for months. I bought that kit June, 2006 as a birthday gift for my sweety, closeted it and finally opened it and made it August 2007. Hmmmmm. Guess shelf life of the juice really does play a part in the healthy creation of wine.
Mistake #2: Did you know Blackberry wine during fermentation, will respond violently to rapid agitation? I didn't. But I do now. Decided to buy a clever agitating device. A stainless & nylon stiring device that attached to your drill. Hmmmm. Hooked it up and dropped it in the 6gal. carboy and on the highest speed the drill operates on, gave it a couple quick bursts.
That was fine. The wine growled a bit and let up some really cool teeny tiny bubbles.
Then, enjoying the ease and resultsof this action,I gave it a couple more bursts of a little longer duration.
That really pissed him off and he commenced to frothing right up the neck and all over the carboy, the table and the floor. All the while I'm trying to hold my hand over the mouth of the bottle that the stirer is in and reach for anything that might slow the gush.
Won't do that again.
Mistake #1: Remember the White Zin I told you about? The one that came out amber instead of rose in color and has this really bitter after taste to it? The one I couldn't figure out why it came out that way being as I followed the direstions (save the note taking part anyway) to the letter?
Well. It just nowdawned on me, after puzzling over this for months. I bought that kit June, 2006 as a birthday gift for my sweety, closeted it and finally opened it and made it August 2007. Hmmmmm. Guess shelf life of the juice really does play a part in the healthy creation of wine.
Mistake #2: Did you know Blackberry wine during fermentation, will respond violently to rapid agitation? I didn't. But I do now. Decided to buy a clever agitating device. A stainless & nylon stiring device that attached to your drill. Hmmmm. Hooked it up and dropped it in the 6gal. carboy and on the highest speed the drill operates on, gave it a couple quick bursts.
That was fine. The wine growled a bit and let up some really cool teeny tiny bubbles.
Then, enjoying the ease and resultsof this action,I gave it a couple more bursts of a little longer duration.
That really pissed him off and he commenced to frothing right up the neck and all over the carboy, the table and the floor. All the while I'm trying to hold my hand over the mouth of the bottle that the stirer is in and reach for anything that might slow the gush.
Won't do that again.