A member made a similar thing a few years ago. The MaltMother
It looks like a good system and he had some success with it, but it needed a lot of tweaks and mods to make it work well. I can't help thinking that if you want an all in one, you may be better off just buying an all in one that has...
I'm not a big winemaker, but from what yoou have said it sounds like the Gervin yeast is a faster acting strain than the kit yeast (I'm assuming that the kit and therefore the provided yeast was in date), so the kit yeast will get going eventually.
Table sugar (sucrose) requires additional...
Peter Kaye did a hilarious routine on this subject a few years ago. Misheard Lyrics
The one that used to confuse me was Kim Carnes' Bette Davis Eyes: 'And she'll tease you, She'll unease you, Haul a bathtub just to please you.'