MattN
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- Aug 13, 2013
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The instructions indicate that this should be ready to bottle after about a week. From starting to bottling it took 24 days. I added extra sugar in-order to bring up the ABV to 13.2% (4kg Sugar).
It was temperature controlled from the start, was made up to 20 litres, used the supplied finings and I did not filter it.
Result, well it isn't red but a very dark rose. It tastes great much like a cheapish supermarket brand or a Blossom Hill although with a slightly higher ABV.
Would I make it again? well I have a few left in stock, so that is a yes!
Would I buy it again? well if I wanted a cheap red (and I have very limited experience thus far) I would probably do a WineBuddy or Cellar 7. The cost, including the sugar and the kit resulted in 25 bottles at only 36p each!
Matt
It was temperature controlled from the start, was made up to 20 litres, used the supplied finings and I did not filter it.
Result, well it isn't red but a very dark rose. It tastes great much like a cheapish supermarket brand or a Blossom Hill although with a slightly higher ABV.
Would I make it again? well I have a few left in stock, so that is a yes!
Would I buy it again? well if I wanted a cheap red (and I have very limited experience thus far) I would probably do a WineBuddy or Cellar 7. The cost, including the sugar and the kit resulted in 25 bottles at only 36p each!
Matt
