Hello everyone!
Newbie here from San Diego. I've been brewing beer for a couple of months now and decided to try my hand at winemaking.
I enjoy a good glass of wine but my wife, she is the enthousiast.
She has been my right hand through the beer making process, but really doesn't enjoy the end product.
Her birthday is coming up and I ordered her a Cabernet kit from Brewmasters Warehouse called the Selection Cabernet Sauvignon Wine Kit. I am hoping for the best. My wife really loves an "oakey" cabernet, so if any of you have any advice for me there, it would be much appreciated. Even if the advice is to just stick with the instructions on the kit for our first go at this.
I also haven't see much written about proper wine fermentation temps. Are the fermenting temps not as much as a factor as with beer? (creating esthers with higher ferm temps?)
We actually did do an Apple Wine with Motts apple juice, dextrose and Mantrechet. Super simple but came out great, all of our friends enjoy it.
Thanks for creating and participating in this great site!
Ryan
Newbie here from San Diego. I've been brewing beer for a couple of months now and decided to try my hand at winemaking.
I enjoy a good glass of wine but my wife, she is the enthousiast.
She has been my right hand through the beer making process, but really doesn't enjoy the end product.
Her birthday is coming up and I ordered her a Cabernet kit from Brewmasters Warehouse called the Selection Cabernet Sauvignon Wine Kit. I am hoping for the best. My wife really loves an "oakey" cabernet, so if any of you have any advice for me there, it would be much appreciated. Even if the advice is to just stick with the instructions on the kit for our first go at this.
I also haven't see much written about proper wine fermentation temps. Are the fermenting temps not as much as a factor as with beer? (creating esthers with higher ferm temps?)
We actually did do an Apple Wine with Motts apple juice, dextrose and Mantrechet. Super simple but came out great, all of our friends enjoy it.
Thanks for creating and participating in this great site!
Ryan