Hi,
I've made wine from a few kits in the past, but seem to have struck a problem this weekend when making a Red kit from Beaverdale. Never made a red wine before, so when a family member arrived on my doorstep with a 30 bottle kit from Beaverdale to make a Barolo, I felt quite excited as to how things might turn out.
All my other kits had been Beaverdale, but whites, so I was fairly confident about things and everyone who had tried the wines were suitably impressed. Everything went as planned and I bottled-up this weekend. Last night I tried a bottle and was quite suprised at the 'watery' taste. Colour was good, but there didn't seem to be much taste at all. My wife tried some and agreed with me - I finished the bottle and went to bed wondering what had happened.
Not being a Red Wine drinker normally, I'm not sure what it is supposed to be like, so pushed a few bottles out to friends and am awaiting their response. In the meantime I thought I would try to find out what may have gone wrong and what I could do with the remaining 27 bottles!
Before bottling I did a Hydrometer test which read 996, but I didn't take readings at any other stage.
Help!
John Leigh-on-Sea, UK