In the better kits (e.g. Brew King's) the F-Pack usually contains some
unfermented juice appropriate to the style of wine. The Ice Wine kit
contains unfermented grape juice that tastes like it comes from grapes with
a long hang time and some raisining.

If you choose not to use it, it will probably result in an unbalanced wine
without the sweetness to balance acid or in the case of the ice wine, the
sugar.

Alastair

On 2004-03-16 15:55:37 -0500, "Daniel_B" > said:

> I've made a few wines with the F-packs, even cheap Overwaitea (Spagnols)
> $25-$35 kits. It's just a bit of a sweetener that help you make your wine
> taste more like the stuff made at the wineries. I forget which ones have
had
> the pack, I recall the white (blush) zinfandel. Piesporter may have had
it
> too. It's not neccessary to add it to your kits. If you prefer a dry,dry
> wine as opposed to a very slightly sweetened one, then don't add it.
>
> If you get into scratch wine making, you can buy it (AKA wine
conditioner)
> really cheap, so I can't see it as a marketing game to make the kit worth
> more.
>
>
> "Denis Marier" > wrote in message
> ...
> > At time, I have made wine using higher priced kits. Many of them
included
> > an F - pack (finishing small foil pack). They claimed that its purpose
is
> > to provide an accurate authentic sweetness? The wine I made with these
> > added packs came out OK.
> > I wonder if this really contributed to style or its just a marketing
game
> to
> > justify the higher price?
> >
> > Denis
> > Sprucewood, Rothesay, N.B
> >
> >
>
>
>
>


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