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That time of year again for me. I always disappear from the forums as soon as the snow melts and come back when it returns. Well, I've got 2 inches of the stuff now, so here I am. In Minnesota you need to take advantage of the warm weather. Not really much time for indoor hobbies in the summer...

Wine bottles, and brand new carboys Oak it along the way There's too many wines and not much time Look what's going on inside you Ooooh that smell Can't you smell that smell Ooooh that smell The smell of fermenting surrounds you..... Sorry 'bout that. Had a song stuck in my...

I’ve made some super awesome blueberry wine in the past but I did not get that many berries last year, so this year’s batch will have to be “supplemented” somehow. I’ve got roughly 11 lbs of wild blueberries in the freezer from last year and I want to make a 5 gallon batch. I know this is...

Bottled 1 gallon of pomegranate and 2 gallons of Blueberry/Black Currant tonight:

I was searching the internet for some good plans for making a wine rack and I came across this on ebay: 120 Bottle wine rack I'm making my own and have no intention of buying it. Just wanted to put it out there in case anyone here was interested. $78.17 total for a 120 bottle wine rack...

I'm trying to solve a mystery and I'm hoping someone can chime in with an answer. I made a Vinefera Noble Gamay back in '09. Did everything according to directions, didn't tweak a thing. I bottled this one in December of '09 and stashed most of the bottles away for aging. I tried some...

Got 3 big boxes full from George today!! Oh, and these were in there too (except the pink and black glove of course):

Had some visitors this afternoon. I had to snap the pictures through a dirty window. If I had stepped outside they would have been gone in a heartbeat.

Do any of you have one of these? If so, does it screw right on to the threads on my faucet or do I need to buy the adapter as well?? I was placing another order with George and I'm not sure if I need to add the adapter or not.

Was going to wait a while longer but I figured what the heck. It can't hurt to bottle one teeny little gallon of wine. I've got about 10 different batches going in various sizes and with the exception of a Marquette that is currently bubbling happily away in the primary, they've all been clear...

A friend gave me some frozen marquette grapes from which I managed to get 3 gallons of juice. I'm not going to do anything super special with this one, although I will plan on running a MLF per appleman's recommendation. Starting S.G. 1.090 - grown in Northern Minnesota and I didn't...

I have a friend who, like me, enjoys fermenting things. Being a farmer by trade, he also likes to grow things. About 5 years ago he put in some grapes. I don't know how many he planted, but he had quite a few left over after last fall. He called me up a couple of weeks ago and asked if I...

We make maple syrup about every 3 to 5 years. The reason we don't do it every year is that we usually end up making around 50 gallons and even though you give a bunch away, it still lasts quite a while. We tapped the trees last Saturday. There were a couple that were running, but...

My Mosti All Juice Amorone kit is happily bubbling away in the carboy at the moment. The thing is I expect to be racking it in about a week or so and I'll need to top it up at that time. Water is not an option as I do not want to water this one down even a little bit. Using marbles is...

Just for fun I've started collecting tag lines from the e-mails I get at home and work. A few of these I've taken from forums such as this. I don't know many of the origins of some of these so if someone does know please let me know. Here's a short list of what I've collected so far: 1.)...

I had a batch of Dandelion that's been bulk aging in the carboy since last June so I figured it was time to go ahead and bottle it. I had done a 3 gallon batch but lost about a bottle or so during the filtering process. I always toss the first couple of cups off the filter as there seem to be a...

I didn't really want to spend any money on another kit right now, but I've been hearing so many positive reviews of the MM Amorone that I just had to get one. Talked my dad into splitting the cost 50/50. It's a funny deal though. I pay half, he pays half, I do all the work and he get's half of...

I am going to make a 5 gallon batch of wine from Welch's White grape juice concentrate. I bought 20 cans of it last week as it was on sale but the kids are bugging me that they want some grape juice. I conceded and made some for them today so now I'm down to 18 cans. I have to hurry before my...

Every year my Mother-in-Law cans grape juice in quart jars. There are 3 different kinds that they have, King of the North, Valiant and a third that was there when they bought the place and is a tad more tart than the other two. Anyway she did up probably 100 quarts last fall. Of these she gave...

Started my CC 5 Week Lodi Old Vine Zinfandel Kit tonight. Before adding the grape pack the starting S.G. was only 1.070. After adding the grape pack, squeezing the crap out of it in the mesh bag and stirring the must for 5 minutes with my mix-stir and a cordless drill, I could only attain a...