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• Posted in thread: What to do before barreling? on 04-13-2012 at 11:06 AM
  Thanks Guys!!! Not sure I would of been able to do this without this board. There was a lot to
  making wine from what I recalled making as a kid. I used the instructions that Maltose from
  Monroe gave m...

• Posted in thread: What to do before barreling? on 04-12-2012 at 02:01 PM
  Ah f'it I opened and drank like 5 gallons of it during easter weekend with family. Had fun
  bottling. For sure the time consuming part was the bottle washing! Can't wait for this fall to
  do it all over...

• Posted in thread: What to do before barreling? on 03-30-2012 at 12:02 AM
  Oh man!!! I guess I will have to sleep on it for a little longer. I really wish to break open
  this wine for Easter. I may just do it anyways. Yes I know I maybe a bit impatient but next
  fall I plan on...

• Posted in thread: What to do before barreling? on 03-28-2012 at 03:42 PM
  Hi Folks, Almost that time for me to bottle this wine in time for easter! How do you guys
  bottle from Barrel? I have an auto siphoning pipe setup. I've been reading up on pumps and
  filtering but used ...

• Posted in thread: Bought 2 juice buckets with my grapes on 02-09-2012 at 03:39 PM
  Yes Avery labels although I wasn't impressed with my Laser printer with them. The ink was
  rubbing off when I was applying to the bottles. You can see it not adhering well in the
  closeup.Mmmsk comes fr...

• Posted in thread: What to do before barreling? on 02-09-2012 at 03:31 PM
  Well its about 1/2 inch space to fill every week or so. Not sure if that is good or bad. I have
  3 gallon jugs I set aside to refill.I paid $150 at the local wine shop. He had a bunch. This
  one looked ...

• Posted in thread: Bought 2 juice buckets with my grapes on 02-08-2012 at 10:56 PM
  Wanted to put out an update on my juice buckets. I am very impressed at what the final result
  with this wine. Here are some pics of the bottles with made up
  labels.https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...

• Posted in thread: What to do before barreling? on 02-08-2012 at 10:53 PM
  Just wanted to put an update out there. I Barreled the wine early December into a used 5yr old
  barrel bought at the local wine shop. It was used for aging "toasted head" wine. So far the
  barrel is hol...

• Posted in thread: What to do before barreling? on 12-06-2011 at 07:41 PM
  The ph on the 5 15gal demijohns vary from 3.5 to 3.6. I'll take a look at that calculator

• Posted in thread: What to do before barreling? on 12-05-2011 at 02:25 PM
  how much k-meta for 59 gal barrel?we talking "Potassium Metabisulfite"?