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Hi all, is there a kit that makes a beer similar to Rickards Red?

Shoengine, Thank you so much for the link to the article! This is precisely what I was looking for. I've ordered qty-7 3.5oz packs of French and American oak cubes of different toast levels. Looking forward to finding out how these will enhance the wine over a few months in the carboy. The...

Thank you so much for the reply. I'm finding that oak powder and oak chips are not strong enough to my liking of oak level taste in my wine. I'll now be experimenting with cubes for bulk-aging.

Hi, I'm looking for the answer to that question as well. I wonder if it sits in wine for 3 months, will it ever sink?

My original question was essentially, can a lower quality kit be augmented to improve the end product, nobody has chipped in with that yet. So forget the costco part -can a low end kit be improved by changing the yeast, adding oak cubes, or other ingredients to help, or other things which can...

Hi all, I bought a $7 kitchen probe that measures from -10C to +110C. Then I used a short piece of an old cork and shaped it to an OD of about 15mm; roughly the ID of the thermowall probe head. Then drilled a hole thru the cork for the probe for a snug fit. Now I have a cheap thermometer that...