kyleb
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I just found your forum last night and the information seems very helpful! I'm going to buy a fruit winemaking kit this week and attempt an apple wine with some cider from a local apple farm. I have 2 questions:
1) Whats the difference between hard cider and apple wine? Is the process for making both relatively similar? Ideally I'd like to end up with a sparkling cider/wine instead of a still, but I'm worried that might be too complex for my first try.
2) This is the kit I'm planning on buying from my local shop:
Product Description:
1 Gallon Wine Making Kit. This kit includes all the equipment, yeast and additives you need to make one gallon of fruit wine. There are enough additives to make up to 15 gallons of wine. Kit includes Winemaker Recipe Handbook, featuring 101 one gallon fruit recipes, 1.5 gallon plastic fermenter, 1 gallon jug, tubing, airlock, stopper, straining bag, sanitizer, campden tablets, pectic enzyme, yeast, acid blend, grape tannin, and yeast nutrient. (Fruit, corker, corks and bottles not included).
(I couldn't post the link because I don't have enough posts.)
Is there anything you would recommend adding to the kit for my first wine making experience? I'll probably get the corker/corks/bottles right away also. Or I may skip the bottles and use the empties from my normal wine habit.
Thanks!
1) Whats the difference between hard cider and apple wine? Is the process for making both relatively similar? Ideally I'd like to end up with a sparkling cider/wine instead of a still, but I'm worried that might be too complex for my first try.
2) This is the kit I'm planning on buying from my local shop:
Product Description:
1 Gallon Wine Making Kit. This kit includes all the equipment, yeast and additives you need to make one gallon of fruit wine. There are enough additives to make up to 15 gallons of wine. Kit includes Winemaker Recipe Handbook, featuring 101 one gallon fruit recipes, 1.5 gallon plastic fermenter, 1 gallon jug, tubing, airlock, stopper, straining bag, sanitizer, campden tablets, pectic enzyme, yeast, acid blend, grape tannin, and yeast nutrient. (Fruit, corker, corks and bottles not included).
(I couldn't post the link because I don't have enough posts.)
Is there anything you would recommend adding to the kit for my first wine making experience? I'll probably get the corker/corks/bottles right away also. Or I may skip the bottles and use the empties from my normal wine habit.
Thanks!