Riesling time!
Here is the next wine on the way, a Riesling Auslese. Day one is pretty simple. Clean and sanitize the equipment, add 4 litres of warm water and mix in the packet of Bentonite that they give you, which is used to clarify the wine. These kits have all you need to make wine, except the equipment and sanitizing agents. Equipment consists of things like the primary fermenting bucket (seen here with wine), long spoons for stirring, hyrdrometer....etc. I just bought a bundled kit that had most things I needed.
Next. in goes the grape juice, and enough cool water to bring everything up to the 6 gallon mark. Sprinkle on the yeast provided, and put the lid on (with an airlock). Time to let this sit for about 2 weeks, until it gets racked into the big glass carboy that I have.
Wow, this is exciting. Looks like you are doing a fantastic job with it.Looking forward to following your wine making
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Thanks! I hope to keep you up to date!
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How is this wine coming along? Looks amazing
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Thanks! It's been bottled and labeled, but beyond that I have no idea how it's doing. They are sitting in the basement and should be ready to drink in 2-3 months. I'll probably crack one open in another month to see how it's coming along! Trying to think of what to make next
I may even try Dandelion Wine, as those are just starting to appear and I'll have tons of them to pick soon.
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