Winexpert Wine Kit, Cabernet Sauvignon, Part 2

[@shaniemattox5813]

Enjoyed watching! I start my first day at a Beer & Wine Craft store tomorrow. You are my first lesson. Cheers!

[@SimpleHomeBrew]

That's awesome, I hope you don't pick up any bad habits from me. Cheers Pierre

[@finnroohomebrewing]

Always enjoy your videos mate. Cheers

[@SimpleHomeBrew]

Thank you. Caught some of your video before you removed it. Hope you are okay. Cheers Pierre.

[@finnroohomebrewing]

@@SimpleHomeBrew thanks mate. Having a dog like Finn succumb to cancer is a bit hard to take. However he's been a great dog . And is going alright with the meds at the moment so he may well outlive me yet lol. So thanks for your support I really appreciate it. Cheers mate. Takecare.

[@willmosswick]

Great video! I've always wondered a thing. When you buy and open a bottle of wine, it's drinkable for a few days because of oxidation. How don't the wine oxidize in the video when being bottled? Do you add anything to the bottles when filling up?

[@SimpleHomeBrew]

Great point! I learnt that when bottling the wine a little oxygen tends to help the wine age. If you leave the wine alone for a year or two it starts to age slower and slower until it stops. At that point it's at it's best and ready. Of course you can drink it earlier and will taste great. Once you open the bottle and let additional oxygen in that's when organisms thrive and spoil the wine.

[@willmosswick]

@@SimpleHomeBrew Thanks for the answer. I really do enjoy your videos, so much so I actually might try this for myself. :)

[@thesawch63]

It gets much better with age , and yes you need to degas the wine like the instructions say

[@SimpleHomeBrew]

Yep, work that one out. Cheers

[@darkvalebrewer93]

I tried wine once.... complete disaster!!! Good job though bro. Down to earth, love it 👍👍

[@SimpleHomeBrew]

Thanks Tim I do really enjoy making it and drinking it.

[@pilsplease7561]

lol, its pretty hard to actually mess up wine, ive made probably 400 gallons total at home, and I am a pro winemaker and have worked at several wineries, because of cost of equipment, we would crush the grapes, destem them after by hand on a conveyor belt then dump into stainless tanks, and put our boots on spray them off and hop in and walk around in the tanks crushing the grapes and would do that 5x a day for 1 week.

[@goodolboysbrewery125]

Why dont you just put the carboy on a stall mate

[@SimpleHomeBrew]

That would be the smart thing to do. 👍

[@thesawch63]

That carboy should have been full to maybe 2 inches from the top .too much air in there. That glass carboy is 23 litres. At least they are in Canada here !!

[@SimpleHomeBrew]

Thanks for the advice. It's a 30 litre carbon so no chance of that happening. I do pump co2 into the unit before the air lock is fitted permanently just in case. You also mentioned degassing the wine do you have any of how I can do it better?

[@thesawch63]

I have the same glass carboy and it looks the same and its 23 litres but maybe where you are they are bigger . We are from The parries of Canada . The camera maybe adds 7 litres to the video !! lol . To degasify the wine just stir it 3X a day 3 days before you bottle it . Best case scenario . Stir it a couple times before bottling is better then nothing if time is a matter . Close to 50 wine kits made by us .

[@BEARSMIX]

All these steps are a prime example of how NOT to do this! So many errors and misteps here I would not want to risk drinking this myself

[@SimpleHomeBrew]

I turned out great. The good thing about this system is tou can miss steps and still get a great result. Thanks for your input cheers

[@pilsplease7561]

I have even heard of a guy who fell into a tank of wine , died and they didnt know about it till they pumped the tank out a year later