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• Posted in thread: Is there any sound better than..... on 04-21-2013 at 04:38 AM
  Better sound: (wife) O-Honey come to bed.....NOW!!!!!

• Posted in thread: What wines can I find that might have Brettanomyces? on 04-21-2013 at 04:35 AM
  Make your own

• Posted in thread: Help! Too much K-meta? on 04-20-2013 at 10:06 PM
  That is why you start the yeast a day or 2 before you prepare the must. None of us is good
  enough to see every microbe growing on the fruit. I have never lost a batch to infection of
  must. BTW it may ...

• Posted in thread: Help! Too much K-meta? on 04-20-2013 at 03:21 PM
  If you can pour it from one container to another allowing it to splash several times. I dought
  if you have a tester(yet) so you are going to have to guess. get a yeast starter going strong
  separate us...

• Posted in thread: Looking for favorite Reisling *KIT* for the lovers of sweetness... on 04-16-2013 at 07:51 PM
  Riesling put Washington on the grape map. It is not the juice, it is how you make the wine. I
  feel sorry for you not being able to get kits with Chelan Riesling juice. I believe it is the
  best .

• Posted in thread: Crystal Clear mead... that's gassy! on 04-12-2013 at 12:39 PM
  I have almost always get mead clear before I can get all the gas out. I have done at least 50
  batches and everyone is a pain to de gas. No worries, time is needed for mead to be real "GOOD"
  and as lon...

• Posted in thread: Sweet Mead Yeast on 03-26-2013 at 12:53 AM
  I am using D-47 almost entirely for mead now days. with an alcohol tolerance of 14% I dont have
  to make rocket fuel to kill the yeasties. I don't sorbate or K Meta my mead so dead yeast is
  good yeast ...

• Posted in thread: When will my strawberry wine clear? on 03-20-2013 at 07:17 PM
  Looking at the pictures, it looks like it is already clearing. Strawberry drops out a TON of
  stuff. Adding a clearing agent may make you happy. If it is not completly degassed it will not
  clear

• Posted in thread: Advice needed on explosive Blackberry fermentation on 03-19-2013 at 06:57 PM
  Original question answer: Get a bigger fermenter or make smaller batches. Welcome to Pasteur
  Red yeast., I us 7B1122 for Blackberry because the Blackberries here have high acid if you dont
  wait until ...

• Posted in thread: When to bottle fresh juice Lodi Chardonnay? on 03-19-2013 at 06:35 PM
  No sorbate, you did MLF