Recent content by rhoffart

Your welcome and welcome to the site. Keep us posted on how it's coming out.

Very nice Mike! Love that last pic ... kinda looks like a prepper :)

I bought one off eBay for about $30 and it works great ... It's this one http://www.ebay.com/itm/0-32-Brix-Beer-Sugar-Wine-Wort-SG-Refractometer-RSG-100ATC-Gray-Case-HD-/221256283223?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3383e6f457

I hope this helps, I'm sure you will some more experienced members chime in.

I always top off with wine. Buy an inexpensive similar wine. As your stock grows you can use something you already made. If you top it off with juice you will be back sweetening your wine and you will need to stabilize it. No sugar added still has the natural sugars from the fruit.

I use the OL150 from here: http://www.onlinelabels.com/wine-bottle-labels.aspx#scrollRegular

Just curious, out of the 8 carboys ... how many different finished wine types? How big is each blend in bottles? I'm thinking next year I may try something similar on a smaller scale.

nice labels ... where did you get them?

Very nice ... I know you must be tired.

What part of the world do you live?

Well, this one I know a little about with 25 years in the HVAC business. Actually cooler temps can hold more moisture then warmer. I'm a little confused ... do you want it less humid in the winery? That will dry your air lock even faster. At 60-62% humidity it should take months to dry an...

Wow, gorgeous wedding. I know you were a proud papa.

I hope you start a new thread with lots of pictures. I wonder if Georges have been delivered. When we were out there (Napa) last week they were picking in the lower valleys. The higher elevation still had lower brix. It looked like they may have received some rain today and yesterday. I hope...

Oh damn ... I never looked. He said at 5 am when we were de-steming "This is the last year I'll do fresh grapes" Have you been buying from him? How were they?

Yup, about 5 - 10 inch vacuum will degas very well. The video show a vacuum applied - removed - applied. http://youtu.be/16bwKZsEVbQ?list=UUkaOF53r9rXYAaHWntscafw Warning a vacuum on any container can be dangerous !!!