Comments on: How Much Does it Cost to Make Wine from a Kit? http://winemakersacademy.com/kit-wine-making-costs/ Your Winemaking Educational Source Mon, 25 Jun 2018 06:46:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Matt Williams http://winemakersacademy.com/kit-wine-making-costs/#comment-129 Sat, 30 Aug 2014 20:08:00 +0000 http://winemakersacademy.org/?p=549#comment-129 In reply to Ry Guy.

To be honest I made a lot of mistakes so it didn’t turn out too well. For one I topped up with water which diluted the flavor. To be fair the directions said to do this but later that year the manufacturer removed that step from the kit instructions because of this very problem.

Second, I fermented the wine at around 67 degrees F and had a really hard time degassing the wine. As a result I didn’t get it all out and to this day the wine is somewhat bubbly and has an acid issue as well. Suspended carbon dioxide is carbonic acid which can contribute to this.

All in all it’s a good kit but due to errors of my own fault it is not as high of quality as I would have liked.

Thanks for the question!

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By: Ry Guy http://winemakersacademy.com/kit-wine-making-costs/#comment-128 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 06:05:00 +0000 http://winemakersacademy.org/?p=549#comment-128 Great post. How did the wine turn out??

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