So glad (not rubbing it in) that I got see to this thread before I make any mistakes with my winnings. I've never brewed wine before, so I was interested in your thoughts and possible mistake. I've been watching a few youtube threads and doing some research.
The only thing I am gonna change is use cane sugar and not brewing sugar to brew the white wine when I get my winnings posted. I believe they want an honest review as possible so that's what they are gonna get - after all it will hopefully sell the product.
This summer most of us went through some temp crisis or other with regards to brewing beer and wine. But I guess most of them turned out fine. My only problem was using gervin yeast and having FV eruptions which aint so bad once you get the hang of it.
Brewing short seems like a good idea to be honest, but what sort of abv are you looking for? 16%? 18? I've not tried a wine that is more than 14%. I am not so sure a shorter brewing time due to the heat and grape juice and brewing short will necessary give you the desired effect. But who am I to say that, I am just a wine nQQb so I dunno. Depends on the yeast and what it can tolerate heat wise. Had you used kviek (which would possibly been amusing and interesting) for that room and brew temp then you might not have needed to worry so much depending on the strain of yeast.
You are likely to have a false positive were your brewing time is slightly shorter. I would consider adding a wine sweetener if on first taste its sharp or bad. (see here
https://www.biggerjugs.co.uk/produc...a0XuaBjmqHamXuCuDccRuP3l9hZKekwkaAnjIEALw_wcB) as an example, can also get from wilko.
The only bad beers I brewed were the first one I did because I was a nQQb and the burton bridge porter because it's a waste of time and tastes like pi$$. Let the temp drop off and perhaps also consider more brewing time till the fermentation stops.
If it tastes like crap do consider the sweetener and either ask for more advice or google it. Hope it turns out well in the end. I think it should be ok though and my own adventure with it should turn out fine as long as I sanitise. This is a cheap kit by standards of other wines which involve a few more ingredients and are not that hard to fathom. Good luck.
