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Removing glue from wine bottle labels
There has been considerable discussion on this topic, and I've tried a number of different approaches. Most were mediocre at best. Butyrate dope thinner works remarkably well. After scraping the...
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storing and drying siphon tubes
Anybody have good tips on storing and drying siphon tubes? I hang them from a hook but the ends curl up and the water gets trapped. Then I have to worry about mold. I know its a mundane topic but...
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FA The Small Cellar vintner wine keeping
The Small Cellar by L B Escritt ,slight wear to dustwrapper,otherwise VGC ,192 pages. Really useful old manual on the care of wine and the keeping of a small wine cellar.
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Barrel Rack
Hello, has anyone made a barrel rack for full-sized barrels (bordeaux export) that allows the barrels to sit off of the ground and side by side? I've seen some pics of wineries using 2x6 beams. How...
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Cold stabilization time
Hello, Been awhile since I posted to this group, but I see a lot of the same experts are still here. I've been pretty busy lately and have left last fall's wine in the carboys (I have racked 3 times,...
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Need a Recommendation
My passion is Mead and some beer. My child bride prefers sherry. But, I've never made a sherry. Any recommendation for a kit? Any tips I need to know? Dick
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Wine Cellar
I want to build a 10x10x8 foot room for storing home made wine and if the flavors won't mix also cure ham, and make cheese. I want to heat and cool this room using ground source water. Here is my...
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Primary size and fermentation
Is the length of time to see meaningful fermentation have a correlation to primary size? I am doing my first 10-gallon batch. I pitched the yeast on Tuesday and again 24 hours later, and am just now...
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Making My First Batch - Ken Ridge Showcase Australian Shiraz
Anyone have any experience with the Ken Ridge Showcase Australian Shiraz? Still in the primary fermentation period and more than five weeks away from bottling. Just wondering what to expect. TIA John
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large primaries
Guys I was joking about the 65G barrel (i do have it though) as a primary. but it got me to thinking, wouldnt larger primaries (and secondaries) help balance out fruit? one sour plum in a 10g primary...
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Tea Wine - Problem
Hi I started a gallonof tea wine a couple of weeks ago and it just seems to have stopped. Any ideas on what I should look for when I check it please? I used the requisite amount of sugar and my basic...
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FA Old Sherry History 1935 Gonzalez Byass vintage
Old Sherry ,The Story of the First Hundred Years of Gonzalez Byass & Co. Ltd.1835 - 1935 1st Impression.1935,slightly grubby boards,otherwise VGC , 155 pages. Really unusual old book on Gonzalez...
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Alcoholic Taste
I just bottled a 5 gallon batch of Carignane wine made from fresh (California) grapes. Brix was an even 23 and it fermented to dryness, so that would put it in around 13% alcohol by volume. The wine...
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Wild Mustang grapes..
Picked about 70 lb of them today...only took 6 hours. :^) The problem is the clusters are very small and scattered. The good thing is the way I picked them they were already stemmed when they hit the...
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Plum wine recipe - need advice
My plum tree is once again producing prodigious amounts of fruit. Having nothing better to amuse myself, i want to take a crack at a sweet plum wine. Went to Keller's site and got a recipe ( But I...
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