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If you really want to use your shop compressor and get into the vacuum wine business cheaply, I see Harbor Freight has their "Air Vacuum Pump with R134A and R12 Connectors" for 14.99. This is the venturi type that others clarified. You don't need the connectors that come with it but a few...

Another possibility is, I have received the grape pack in a separately shipped smaller box ( which would allow a shipper to delivery it later (hopefully) or lose it

So I got a MM MLE Rojo Grande this year (with ALLGRAPE pack ), put it in my 10gal primary and read the directions ( pretty lame eh.. ) Of interest is that while this kit came with both raisins and the ALLGRAPE pack, the instructions say to use one or the other "DO NOT USE BOTH" So what are...

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So I have tried the "blue box store" tile and grout cleaner... as the phosphoric acid. a) using test tubes ( not the flasks ) i had an issue with "foaming" (bubbles) filling the wine/acid tube and going up into the hose going to the "indicator" tube. b) suspect that there are additives to...

OK, So I buy ph calibration standards for cal /checking my ph meter. And with a decent scale, di water, and sugar, can make a calibration checking solutions for my refractometer and hydrometers. So now I am starting into free so2 testing. ( aeration / oxidation method ) So any ideas...

How to caramelize sugar: (albeit to make flan ) I used to use Wades technique, but created a new one. I combine 2/3 sugar with 1/3 water (in my case tablespoons) in a Pyrex glass measuring cup (heavy duty with no chips) stir it well one time Place in microwave upon two thick wooden...

I could not figure how to include a link to another earlier post, so refer to one of mine in Friendly chit chat, that includes a photo / PSA on these types of bottles. ( just an accident ) I just located that case and indeed mine were from China too.. ( I had received them as a gift ) I'm...

Hey there, I remember Charley Chips as a kid delivering to my family farm in NW Pa ! That is a blast from the past ... Wish I had one of their tin cans ... Duane

OMG, Sorry to hear of your loss, It was quite a few years ago my mother left to meet my dad too. My mom was only 62, cherish the times and years you had with both of your parents ! I do wish my parents had lived long enough to try some of my wine.. Duane

Thanks Appleman, With your informative keyword, I have found some good info on the subject. Lysozyme article

Thanks for the link Appleman, Im trying my first ever MLF this year (got a pail of some fresh Chard juice ) Its the accuvin strips for me ..... On a related subject, this year Im trying to do MLF on a whole carboy ( but in racking down after primary I have a 1.5 L bottle that I did not...

Hi Ron, Over thanksgiving I was gifted a bottle of the plain choc variety and was able to compare it with my just 1 yr old WE Chocolate Raspberry port. If you watch the video, via the link Appleman posted, it revealed my tasting suspicion, that it is composed of Cab, Choc, and a cream...

New ( old ) vineyard tractor ? A multi-tasker (AB would be proud ) Mow between the rows days, and take the Missus into town for Sat Night out !

Thanks for the support .. ( I think a gift list here would greatly exceed my legal BTAF production limit :>) Happy and safe Holidays to all ...

Agreed Wade ! maybe like this ? ( splits on the right ) In the previous case the target xmas audience is known for big gatherings. ( but in general, this port is definitely a good candidate for splits ... ) And now a PSA.... I was somewhat robotically cleaning the ballisimo...

Christmas 2010 packages are about ready ... and the label details... (before someone asks :>) Hope they do ok going down the chimneys !

My CRP had yeast cast on 10/18/09, and I bottled it today. ( I needed the carboy, this years juice is coming out of primary ) I filtered it last week with 3 micron pads. It tastes great! ( think both time and filtering is good on this one as Wade suggests )

The traveling exhibition of Titanic artifacts was well worth the fee I thought. ( it was in Vegas quite awhile back, not just the stuff, but they had set up scenes (staterooms etc) that you walked thru complete with one area refrigerated and cold "fog" emulated ...

Yes, that is the stuff. see: Potassium K is the symbol from the elemental chart for Potassium so you will often see K-meta as a "shorthand" notation for Potassium Metabisulfite. ( and that is what I use too )