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Default Wonder Wine kit - Anyone try these?

Thanks, that was the information I was looking for. This really helps.
I'm trying them, just for the experience and uniqueness of it.

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DAve

Todd Talsma wrote:
> Dave,
>
> The kit contains everything you need except sugar and water. It's a dry
> kit and you disolve the flavor and the sugar in warm water, put it in
> your carboy, add cool water and then pitch the yeast (included in the
> kit). These kits are a little different than the juice kits that I've
> done. You just let them keep bubbling until they stop. The
> instructions give you general guidelines as to how much sugar to add for
> the ending batch of wine to come out dry, semi-dry, semi-sweet or sweet.
> You don't check SG to determine if the wine is finished. You just let
> it bubble away. The first batches that I did, I did the most sweet that
> I could. We like sweet wines and they turned out a little too sweet. I
> backed off a little and these last 2 batches were pretty good. The kit
> has a packet of "fermentation stopper" (I can't remember exactly what it
> is) and a clarifier. My wife likes to call these the "Koolaid Wine"
> batches! ;^)
>
> Like I said before, I just finished up a 3 gallon batch of Loganberry &
> Peach. When I added the clarifier, I used a stirrer in my portable
> drill and it worked great! Cleared the wine better than ever! I'm
> going to be starting another 3 gallon batch of the Loganberry and a 3
> gallon batch of the Cherry shortly.
>
> Oh, you're correct about using 1 kit per gallon, so if you want to make
> a 3 gallon batch, get 3 kits!
>
> Todd
>
>
> Dave Allison > wrote in
> :
>
>> Good to know, thanks for the info. A question, what is actually in the
>> kit? Is this like powder or juice? The website doesn't tell much of
>> what is in the $3.25 kit.
>>
>> I assume you used 3 kits to make 3 gallons. I've never had Loganberry,
>> so think I may start there, though Peach sounds like I'd be a hit with
>> my "sweet lovin" friends.
>>

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