Beer brewer wanting to try a moscato. What do I need?

[mcfire12]

Hi guys, I tried to search but didn't come up with a ton. I'm a beer guy, but recently had a few bottles of moscato wines that I enjoyed. They were beringer moscato and bosc moscato d'sati. Liked both of them, they're super sweet wines which is what i'm after. Can anyone recommend a kit for me?

I'm an all grain brewer so I have plenty of fermentor buckets, racking canes, as well as a 6.5 gallon big bubbler fermentor. I have a hydrometer and refractometer. Sanitation stuff... I guess what do I exactly need extra to make a wine? I'll just grab empty bottles from amazon and friends and i'm sure i'll need a tool to insert corks as well as the corks. What else will I need? Again, just want to make a moscato kit. From what I understand, they make 6 gallon batches, which is fine with me! Let me know where to start please!

 

[menerdari]

I made both the Moscato and the Pink Moscato kits by Wine Expert.
I have been handing out the moscato to my friends and family and everyone says it taste great. Not having tried it myself, one day last week I opened a bottle after work. I ended up drinking the whole bottle. The Pink taste good at bottling, not ready for full test yet.
If I do another batch I wil only add 2/3 of the F-pack, just a bit over sweet for my taste. But if you like sweet it just might be perfect for you.
I went from beer making myself, wine kits make 6 gallons, you will need a about 8 gallon ferment bucket, (my vino vessel is 7.9) and a 6 gallon carboy, aside from that use the same stuff you use for beer.Unlike beer there is reasons to do a secondary fermentation on these kits, so the need for the carboy.
PS: on both kist I added 2 lbs. dextrose to boost the ABV a bit. the kits come out about 9% I boosted them to about 11%
You might also look at the Island mist line by Wine expert, I have done the pomegranate zinfandel and the strawberry white merlot, both delicious and on the sweet side.

 

[pumpkinman2012]

Another option if you can still find them is a Juice bucket (if you're on the east coast, M&M might still have them), not as easy as a wine kit, but it will give you a great white wine that you can back sweeten to your preferred level of sweetness.
As a home brewer, you are already familiar with hydrometers, fermenters, yeast and so on, white wines are usually drinkable within 6 months give or take a month or two.
I usually make approx. 12 gals of Moscato, along with other whites every year.
If you'd like more info, let me know.

 

[DoctorCAD]

Williams Brewing, yes the beer brewing comoany, makes a 2 1/2 gallon Muscat kit.

You could bottle and cap with beer bottles, you already have them.

 

[Mismost]

We had some friends over and they were tasting some of my wines and being very brutal in their comments...which I wanted to hear since I know squat about wines! They pretty much trashed my early efforts and they were right.

BUT...I had made a Island Mist Peach Apricot Chardonnay....they said it was a wonderful Moscato...not even close to a Chardonnay, but a really pleasant Moscato! It is a sweet wine (bumped with 3# of sugar) and it is a nice enjoyable wine....cheap too.