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Very true, but honestly when you work in such a tight place. It allows you to think about your problems and solve them. The puzzle for the mind is a great challenge. Rob

I bought it used off from Craigslist. It was very hard to find a used two base sink with a left handed shelf. However, searchtempest helped a lot and so did search all of the local restaurant equipment websites.

Here are photos from the original working space in our old home. It was a wooden shelf and then for working space. I would lift the carboys/equipment to the chest freezer top. Anytime I needed water, there was a laundry sink next to the chest freezer. When I was done, I had to lift...

Newest Release Here is my newest wine label. This wine was a pear base with pineapple juice used to backsweeten.

Three years ago my wife and I sold our home. Shortly after we bought a new home with significantly more space. In the home there was a little hobby room or workshop. My goal was to covert this space into a wine making area. I have recently completed all of the updates and thought I would...

Newest edition to the cellar...

Last June/July I started a batch of blueberry wine. At this time I am done and to the point of backsweetening and bottling. My issue is trying to come up with a range to target for residual sugar when backsweetening. I did bench trials of 1% to 3% residual sugar, but it really didn't seem to...

Newest addition to the basement wine rack Rob

Newest Label Here is my newest label for last falls Concord wine. Here is the label before bottling: Here is the label after bottling: Rob Smith

Really, snowcone flavoring? How would you make bench test trials using snowcone flavoring? Regarding the high ABV, I would be a bit worried that such a light flavored wine would be overpowered by the ABV. Thanks for the response, the snowcone flavoring sounds interesting. Rob

Hello Everyone, I have enough mangos to make a 5 gallon batch of wine. The mangos end up making a pretty light wine, so I was going to add some white grape concentrate to the recipe. My goal was a TA around .7 and add enough sugar to get the alcohol level up to 11%. However, this time I...

Another batch of wine recently bottled:

Cranberry Apple Label Here is one of my newest bottles:

Try: http://midlandwineandgrape.com/ They are near O'Hare. You can get either juice or fresh CA grapes. There was a crusher/destemmer on the property. Rob

Saturday I decided to try steam juicing my mangos: - Estimated 35 lbs of mangos (7 qty 1 gallon bags each weighing about 5 lbs). - Mangos were skinned - All mangos were placed in the freezer after skinning. - Used both Ataulfo and Red Mangos from the local grocery stores reduced produce rack...