another new adventure.

hi guys, having been a bit bored since classes finished and with my new collection of demijohns, I decided to try a wine kit to make some homebrew! I bought a Vineco merlot kit from my local homebrew store and tonight i set about making it. I first sterilised the equipment using a Campden tablet solution. The wine concentrate was then added to the demijohn. I added bentonite and a packet of oak shavings, which will hopefully impart an oak aged flavour to the wine. I then topped up the wine with cold water. The yeast, Lalvin EC118, was added to a small cup of water to rehydrate for 15 minutes. First time using lalvin yeast and I'm impressed. I haven't seen such activity in a starter solution ever with the previous yeasts I've been using! after 15 minutes the yeast was added to the wine and as per instructions the airlock was added. heres a few pics of the process.

lets just hope it tastes alright!!

happy winemaking!