Shelf life of ingredients

[brushwood24]

I got some new yeast and pitched it a couple days ago. The juice color was a little off, a little bit of a brown tinge and there was a bit of a tarry taste but the juice still tasted pretty good so I figured I'd give it a shot. It's fermenting pretty well so far, so we'll see how it turns out.

 

[Wade E]

Fingers crossed for ya!

 

[brushwood24]

I just got finished bottling the 5 year old cabernet. Surprisingly enough it came out looking great, a nice ruby red. The lees were pretty dark brown and the wine was still pretty brownish before fining but once it cleared, it looked great. Tastes pretty good too ... about what you would expect from a just fermented wine. No off flavors, so I'm pretty happy. Do I get to say this wine has been aged for 5 years? 2005 vintage.

 

[Wade E]

Glad it worked out for you!