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I just noticed that the Argentia Coast Reserve Italian Amarone is on sale at Costco (fellow Canucks).

It is a 23 L bucket of juice/concentrate and is described as a 6 weeks and as a

"Full bodied, dry red wine. Intense aromas of currants, dark chocolate and oak. On the palate, complex flavours of cherry, dried fruit and spices with balanced tannins. Lingering ...

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Fig Wine

I searched around for information and found some great pieces here and there of what folks have done, but nothing definitive, so thought I would start a thread of Fig Wine for people to add to, pose questions, and post their own experiences.

My dad has a number of small fig trees and so I thought about doing a fig wine for him for Christmas next year. I only had about ...

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I just got the 2 kits today, did another Amarone 2 months ago.
When opening the packages I notice the super tuscan only contains 1 yeast, ec-1118, with expiration march 2023, the Amarone has 2 yeast. Should I only use this yeast or buy another fresh or maybe same 2 yeasts as Amarone, ec-1118 and rc-212?

Also the Amarone package has a skin pack labeled "sangiovese" w...

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So here goes :
Going to post my beer adventures here.
I wanted to try making beer with out a tin of brewing equipment so I both a kit them my friend joined me and we bought more kits .
This is a simple process better of enjoying beer making with a partner.
On the 26th we’ll bottles about 96 more with 3 larger full gain kits to go.
If you also make beer join ...

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Dark ale ideas

Good morning. I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving. I normally add dark espresso coffee grounds to my dark ale. I am looking for other ideas to try. Please let me know what else you have tried.
Thank you,
Stumped

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