I have one kit and realized that I should probably get a second, so that is on order. In the meantime, I'd like to scheme out a plan.
My wife and I love LBV Ports but we are not huge fans of Tawny or Ruby. What can I do to encourage a more LBV character from this kit?
I do have a Vadai...
That is not the description of a corkidor that I have seen. Nor is it consistent with it's humidor origins (where the idea is long term storage of cigars).
My understanding of a corkidor is that the corks are stored in a sealed environment where all humidity is in KMeta. This should prevent...
You have to store it somewhere. And before I posted to this older thread, that was the last unchallenged advice.
I pointed out that it didn't work out for me, and others have said the same.
I know this thread is old, but I am wondering if anyone here has had problems storing tubing in a corkidor.
I tried doing this and my tubing became cloudy and sticky.
I am pretty careful about cleaning. so I don't think that there was anything in the tubing. But it did sit in the corkidor...
Thanks for the reassurance. I've been under the assumption that she is OK, but it's been gnawing at me. Plans are underway to move my operations to a secured room. :rdo
After primary fermentation on a batch of plum wine, I poured the top of the remaining gross lees into a wine bottle to help separate off any remaining wine. I had already decanted most of this, but was holding out for a little more.
This morning, I discovered that my mother-in-law drank about...
Well, I waxed up everywhere that looked like it could be related to the leak and today I see a pool of wine on one end and a stain on the side spreading out from under one of the bands. I guess it must be leaking from under the band and then following the seam between the staves to the end of...
Free SO2/PH/TA testing in the Twin Cities
Not sure if this would be better in the classified section, but I'll post here and let any mods set me straight.
I have a Vinmetrica SC-300 and the reagents are only supposed to be good for 6 months. For me this means through about mid June. I...
Thanks for the encouragement. I am already using the vented silicone bung. I will do the KMeta/canning wax tonight.
Rocky, you may be right about the leak just being visible now. Or maybe it was really really slow before and picked up with the weather. I guess on the plus side, it is...
Is there anything that I can do about it while it is full?
My wife bought me a 23L Vadai barrel for Christmas. It came a little late --mid January. I preped it early February and it sealed up well.
I've done two back-to-back Chardonnay barrel ferments in at two weeks each with it no...
The permission that I am looking for is from Five Star. In the past (on other forums) I have shared responses from employees of companies that I have contacted and been told that they wish I hadn't done so.
It seems to me that it is in the best interest of Five Star to refute this sort of...
I have a response from Five Star basically discrediting the article WRT Star San. I am asked for permission to post the response here and will do so if permission is given.