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pH meter recommendations

Any suggestions on brand/model for pH meters?? I found this one: http://valleyvintner.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=...
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posted by C2H5OHeart
10 comments posted 23yrs posted by C2H5OHeart

Re: Garbage Posts - Time to Clean House

> > > What's with all the garbage posts?? We get bins here. > How/who do we contact to get the > > garbage taken out??...
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posted by shaun
2 comments posted 23yrs posted by shaun

Air Lock on primary fermenter

I am about to make peach wine using this recipe... http://www.defalcos.com/peachapricot_wine.htm In part 3 it says to "...
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posted by steve
3 comments posted 23yrs posted by steve

Re: How can I carbonate . .

> a slightly sweet peach champagne? I do not have the ability to filter out > yeasts, so anything I do to carbonate wil...
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posted by spam.chhorsel
1 comments posted 23yrs posted by spam.chhorsel

Grapes at Niagra Falls

The 1st several days of Oct. my wife and I are visiting Niagra Falls. I wondered if their are any good sources of grape...
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posted by ptmcnally
7 comments posted 23yrs posted by ptmcnally

How long on Sediment?

I added Bentonite to my wine 11 days ago and as stated in "First steps in Wine Making" by CJJ Berry have not racked yet...
1 comments posted 23yrs
posted by REMOVETHIS101001
1 comments posted 23yrs posted by REMOVETHIS101001

Barrel Stirring for Red Wine

Dear All I know the benefits of barrel stirring for white wine but does it work the same for red wine. I have a 227 lit...
0 comments posted 23yrs
posted by mcameron
0 comments posted 23yrs posted by mcameron

Re: This might be blasphemy...

Boy oh boy oh boy!!! Must people like you - who fail to make the simplest of decisions in their lives - have their hand...
4 comments posted 23yrs
posted by chrisisnow
4 comments posted 23yrs posted by chrisisnow

Ascorbic acid as an anti-oxidant?

What is the general consensus on an addition of vitamin C to act as a preservative in wine? (I'm not talking about repla...
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posted by evilpaul13
8 comments posted 23yrs posted by evilpaul13

Refractometer

I was just browsing E-Bay and noticed a few refractometers listed... What are the options to look for? I assume ATC wou...
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posted by therealms
12 comments posted 23yrs posted by therealms

Sugar Question

Is there a generic scale for sugar / S.G.? For example, I want to look up a must I have with an S.G. of 1.062. I added...
4 comments posted 23yrs
posted by therealms
4 comments posted 23yrs posted by therealms

Barrels

Just bought some new barrels for this years wine. How do you prepare them for use, and how long should the wine be left...
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posted by rj.daw
11 comments posted 23yrs posted by rj.daw

Re: wine without the sugar

> Might be a daft question but can wine be made with a low calorie sugar > substitute, I'm getting fat I think you were...
1 comments posted 23yrs
posted by dfhudson
1 comments posted 23yrs posted by dfhudson

Vapona no pest strip

Would hanging a Vapona No Pest strip 6-8 feet away do the wine any harm. The fruit fly situation is getting out of hand...
2 comments posted 23yrs
posted by weez1959
2 comments posted 23yrs posted by weez1959

Sterilising Filters

I have just bought some plain old wine filters (paper discs) and was wondering how to sterilise these safely?
5 comments posted 23yrs
posted by REMOVETHIS101001
5 comments posted 23yrs posted by REMOVETHIS101001