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Best Bottle Filler - Filter system
I plan on bottling 40-50gals of wine each year. I usually let them age, and clear. I am interested in a bottle filler pump type system. I have seen the Buon Vino table top type and the Enolmatic...
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19 years ago
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Copper tubing technique for H2S
Dear All I know that a lot of people recommend the copper tubing technique for H2S. Is there any problem in using this technique if there is only extremley small amounts of H2S. I think there are tiny...
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19 years ago
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sulfur wicks/sticks
I dry stored my 60 gal oak barrel for the first time. I burned sulfur sticks as recommended. I couldn't find any commercial pieces/devices to catch the burning sulfur drips. I tried a home-made device...
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19 years ago
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1st time cherry wine has maggots!
Long time beer brewer 1st time wine maker. So I picked some fresh cherries (10kg), mixed'em with sugar and boiling water, let it cool, put a 1/4 teaspoon of sulfate in it, let it sit 24 hours, then...
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19 years ago
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Costco/Sam's Club Cheap Wine Kits-Results
Several months ago there was a discussion about cheap Costco/Sam's Club type kits and I said would post some results—so here they are. The kit was bought at Sams Club and was sold for $C24.80 (thats...
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19 years ago
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Wonder Wine...
Greetings all... I hope I didn't make anyone shudder with the heading, but that's what this message is about... I was at the super market the other day, and I noticed wonder wine... I figured, for...
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19 years ago
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funky odor to a chambourcin?
I made a batch of chambourcin from local Maryland grapes last year, and it had a funky, barnyard type smell...not at all floral or "grapey". Although the chemistries were OK, I figured that the wine...
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20 years ago
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high end red wine kits
Anyone done any of the new high end red wine kits. I noticed a few in the local brew-your-own store that were $140-$150 and I wondering if they've finally gotten past the usual weak tasting red...
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16 years ago
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helllppp ..... No bubbles in airlock on secondary fermentation
I am brewing some Plumb wine and really need some advice. This is my first time and I have fermented on the Pulp in a bucket, a gallon of plumb wine (using greengages from a tree in my back garden)...
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16 years ago
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Turning wine into brandy
A friend asked me how to turn wine into brandy. He was thinking of using Carlo Rossi. Which types of wines are appropriate for converting into brandy? Is there any legal (in the U.S.> to do such a...
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18 years ago
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Odor of finished Watermelon Wine
I just finished bottling a gallon batch of watermelon wine and it has a strong watermelon smell. It always has smelled like that, even after the rackings. I may be crazy, but I was assuming that odor...
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19 years ago
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Potassium Sorbate
I have started a rhubarb wine. I accidentally dumped some Potasium Sorbate Into it at the same time I added the yeast. Since the Potassium Sorbate keeps fermentation from starting is there any eay to...
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10 years ago
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Oxiclean/Oxyclean
A while back someone posted about using Oxyclean as a cleaner sterilizer. He also mentioned using it as a spray on his grapes against fungal activity. Was it Oxyclean or Oxiclean? They are very...
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15 years ago
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Your Favorite Obscure Fruit for Country Wines
Blueberries, blackberries, pomegranates, black currants, and elderberries are all popular fruits for country (non grape) wines. But what's your favorite "unusual" fruit for wine making? Greg
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16 years ago
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Benefits of Red Wine Cold Stabilization
Other than minor acid reduction, are there any significant benefits to cold stabilizing red wines? I'm working with several low pH / low acid red wines this season. I might have to add tartaric acid...
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17 years ago
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Wonder Wine kit - Anyone try these? (2023 Update)
While wondering around the internet, I found this 1 gallon wine kit. Anyone try these before? At $3.25 for a gallon, it's a little more than a 6 gallon kit, but wondered if this was real poor quality,...
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17 years ago
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Standardizing NaOH and HCL
I recently found data pertaining to the pH level of certain concentrations of NaOH. Specifically, 0.01 N of NaOH is suppose to be at a pH of 12. Seems like this would be a way to standardize the...
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18 years ago
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Cranberry Wine from Juice - Recipes?
My sister has asked me for wines made from cranberries, any sort I might find. I'm looking to do a batch or two from Welch's 100% White-Grape Cranberry, and I will also be using Jack's Cran-raspberry...
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18 years ago
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Plastic demijohn
Since I can't find glass demijohns for sale on the net, I wondered if the plastic kind are considered as good? Can anybody advise before I put in an order? Many thanks flowerpot
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18 years ago
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Raisin Wine Bottled Clear NOW ist Cloudy
Hi All I have not been brewing non-kit wines for long and the wines I have done lately I have racked three times and made sure I am not rushing the clearing process. Six months + and make sure it is...
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19 years ago
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