I've started my first batch of wine, a Pinot Noir from a kit. Really quite interesting, over 6 gallons of must, but it only took about 2.5 gallons of water to top off, there was so much liquid in the juice. Should yield around 30 bottles.
That sucker is going to wind up blowing foam all over the place, I think... hmmm... tomorrow I think I'll have to setup a blowoff tube for it.
It's a midrange kit... I'm very excited to see how it turns out.
Also wonderful: the instructions implore the winemaker to "Try" to keep some back for the 6 months or so it takes to get really good.
The picture sure doesn't look good, but that's with foam from stirring, oak chips floating, and the yeast on top of that.
Also started another batch of flat tire.
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