Beaverdale Red problem
woo-hoo! That is good news, John.
John wrote:
> "Barb" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I've found Coinnoisseur to be marginally better than Beaverdale for red
>> wines, and there's not much in price. I agree that you're probably never
>> going to get anything wonderful, but you can get good, everyday "glugging"
>> wine. I have done a Coinnoisseur Borolo which was very nice, and I've now
>> laid down 5 gals of the stuff.
>>
>> I don't generally like Young's cheaper brand at all - they usually come
>> out a bit insipid and taste "homemade"....
>>
>> Aren't a lot of them made by the same people here anyway?
>>
>> I find it needs *at least* 2 months, and is not worth drinking before. I
>> also find it is better being left open for an hour before drinking, and/or
>> later in the bottle (I tend to re-use screw-top 1.5l bottles!).
>>
>> Barb UK
>>
>>
>> "Dave Allison" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> My 2 cents: White wine kits usually turn out good. Red wine kits - you
>>> need the top end ones. I also did a Crushendo type (actually 3) and they
>>> were great at bottling and better 6-12 months and still getting better.
>>> IMHO, the advice above is good. I am considering not making red wine kits
>>> anymore as the price of really good wine in retail is hard to match. I'd
>>> like to try grapes and juice some day, but not until I retire. smile.
>>>
>>> just my opinion. DAve
>>>
>>> racketear wrote:
>>>> On Dec 3, 8:02 pm, "Rodders" > wrote:
>>>>> "John" > wrote in
>>>>> message
>>>>>
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> I've made wine from a few kits in the past, but seem to have struck a
>>>>>> problem this weekend when making a Red kit from Beaverdale. Never
>>>>>> made
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> red wine before, so when a family member arrived on my doorstep with a
>>>>>> 30
>>>>>> bottle kit from Beaverdale to make a Barolo, I felt quite excited as
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> how things might turn out.
>>>>>> All my other kits had been Beaverdale, but whites, so I was fairly
>>>>>> confident about things and everyone who had tried the wines were
>>>>>> suitably
>>>>>> impressed. Everything went as planned and I bottled-up this weekend.
>>>>>> Last
>>>>>> night I tried a bottle and was quite suprised at the 'watery' taste.
>>>>>> Colour was good, but there didn't seem to be much taste at all. My
>>>>>> wife
>>>>>> tried some and agreed with me - I finished the bottle and went to bed
>>>>>> wondering what had happened.
>>>>> You have only left it a couple of days. You will need to wait at least
>>>>> a
>>>>> couple of months for flavour to come through. I also have a 30 bottle
>>>>> Beaversdale Barolo on the go which I will be bottling at the weekend,
>>>>> but
>>>>> dont plan to taste it till at least March 2008.
>>>>>
>>>>> Rodders
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> There is wisdom in waiting after bottling to avoid the bottleshock
>>>> etc, but the 2 red kit wines that I have made both tasted pretty good
>>>> straight out of the fermenter. Both were intended to be fairly light
>>>> bodied though. One was a 30p a bottle kit which was very, very much a
>>>> make do thing. It tasted pretty low grade - though smooth - from
>>>> start to finish. The other was a £2 a bottle pinot noir kit. The
>>>> latter was beautiful straight out of the fermenter, but in my opinion
>>>> peaked after 6 months. I think as per the previous posters' opinions,
>>>> reds which haven't fermented on skins aren't going to have the
>>>> character you want them too. My first single gallon red from grapes -
>>>> this year is showing terrific colour and character.
>>>>
>>>> A friend of mine has made a 'Crushendo' red wine kit this year which
>>>> comes with a sachet of grapeskins which you ferment on as well as the
>>>> juice/concentrate. It's pretty expensive for a kit (I think about
>>>> £3.50 a bottle) but it sounds like it is the mutts nuts...
>>
>>
>
> Just thought I'd post an update... Opened another bottle last night and it
> tasted much much better. I had passed a bottle out to a friend to try (the
> guy who bought the kit) and he reported how damm good it was... Oh well,
> sounds like I paniced to early.. Next time, I'll give it time to settle in
> the bottle....
>
> Thanks for all your responses - much appreciated
>
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