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Bench Trials, Taste Testing Blackberry Port
Hello, everybody 👋 I've got a blackberry port in bulk aging, fortified (brandy + Everclear) and backsweetened (invert syrup + frozen fruit 'f-pack') 1 month ago, <2 months since pitching. I under-shot the sweetness, and added no acid, with the intention of doing a further adjustment after the...- yeasty_boy
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On the footsies of vinegar flies
Thank you all for your warm welcome to the forum! :) @sour_grapes You are right I'm probably just extra sensitive to seeing this "myth" - I first heard it from my father many years ago when we used to brew together. I did the calculations back then which felt like 'closing the case', so seeing...- yeasty_boy
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On the footsies of vinegar flies
I've read countless posts in countless threads on this forum warning of the dangers of fruit flies landing in your wine causing it to spoil and turn to vinegar. To me this has always seemed a bit ridiculous, and contradicts a lot of how I think about about fermentation and microbes. What is...- yeasty_boy
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- airlock chemistry fault fruit flies oxygen spoilage vinegar
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