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This is obviously just for fun, but I thought it would be interesting to post a few lines of a song you are listening to and see if anyone can guess the song and artist. Being online from home the last few months with this COVID stuff, I've found it is really hard to gauge the intent and...

Living in South Central PA, we've had a bit of rain as of late. 13 inches last week, already over an inch this week. The lower end of my garden plot I planted my tomatoes in this year (I rotate plots every year) doesn't drain very well, and I now have six paste tomato plants on the way out, and...

This is an interesting article a friend of mine (I do have a couple) just sent me. Didn't hear anything prior to this, sounds really interesting, and it's close enough for a day trip to boot! https://www.themanual.com/food-and-drink/guinness-open-gate-brewery-baltimore-news/

Anyone else had issues with labelpeelers.com lately? Normally they give prompt service with incredible customer support. I made an order last Saturday, which they would normally process on Monday and ship. The order was created and "Awaiting Shipment" but didn't ship until Tuesday evening, which...

Appears that Kevin got the website up a little earlier than I remember last year, just got an email. I didn't remember juices from South Africa last year, but I may have been sleep walking through the Spring. Dear Winemakers, South African & Chilean Grape / Juice is now live and available for...

If you've watched the weather forecast, or even play fantasy football, you've heard the news of the large storm approaching from the Caribbean. Here's a sample of some of the not nice things that may happen: A potentially catastrophic storm surge for Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina If...

Just posting this thread in case someone is actually picking up juice buckets/grapes this Spring at Harford Vineyards. Sounds like things are due to get rolling this coming weekend. Still waiting for the final confirmation via email. Anyone planning to pick up juice? Just wondering if I should...

Last attempt at a lager before the basement warms up too much. Recipe from Greg Noonan's book Brewing Lager Beer (pg 181). 6.5 lbs Weyermann Pilsner Malt 1 lb 20L Weyermann Munich Malt 1/2 lb Dingemans Carapils malt 1 oz Czech Saaz pellets (2.2 AA) 60 min 1 oz Mt Hood pellets (6.5 AA) 60 min 2...

This is all @Boatboy24 's fault. Had made me make a Dogfish head 60 minute IPA last weekend, and decided to try the hop schedule on a normal English bitter. Recipe follows: 6.1 lbs Pale Ale malt (Avangard Malt) 8 oz 80L Crystal malt Hops: 8 g Apollo Hops, 17 AA, 75 minutes, 19.8 IBU UK East...

Dogfish Head 60 minute IPA clone Try #1 9 lbs Avangard Pale Malt 8 oz 80L Crystal Malt 1 lb MF Amber Dry Extract (I know, cheating a bit) 8 oz Sugar 24 g Warrior Hops 15.8% AA, added in 2 g increments every 5 min from 60 min to 5 min left in boil 24 g Simcoe Hops 12.9% AA, added in 2 g...

7 lbs Avangard Pilsner Malt 1 lb Avangard 20L Munich Malt 1 lb Avangard 10L Munich Malt 6 oz MF 80L Crystal Malt 8 oz Sugar (table sugar) 1 oz German Perle pellet hops - 60 min (4.5 AA - 14.6 IBU) .5 oz German Perle pellet hops - 20 min (4.5 AA - 4.8 IBU) SafLager S-189 dry yeast Infusion Mash...

Trying to keep my New Years resolution, I'm going to make an all grain batch on my day off tomorrow. My notes say I haven't made a batch since last February (yikes), this wine making thing is becoming too much of a priority. One of the first books I got when I started making beer (circa 1990)...

Since I have a limited budget this Fall/Winter, I've been spending most of my wine making time racking wine and occasionally bottling a batch. Needed some excitement, but on a limited budget. So started searching around and noticed a book by my bedside that my kids bought me for my birthday back...

Figured I'd start a thread since there aren't many on Cab Franc, especially ones from Spring Grove, PA. My record keeping also isn't the best so this is a nice place to put measurements so I don't lose them. Picked up my grapes this afternoon. Picked this morning/crushed and destemmed. Paid...

I'm ordering about 100 lbs of Zinfandel from Harford Vineyards this fall, and since I need to order some new Sodium Hydroxide solution (since mine has lost it's punch) I'm thinking of ordering oak for my Fall grape batches. The two white juice buckets don't need any oak (Pinot Grigio and White...

I have a Chilean Pinot Noir Juice bucket that measures pH 3.69, TA 3.5g/L, SG 1.085. I have never made wine from this variety of grape before and I have 18 lbs of grapes stewing in Lallzyme EX-V at the moment, in a separate container (ie. the numbers are without the grapes being added yet)...

Does anyone know if you need to allow your Sodium Hydroxide solution to warm up to room temperature before testing TA? I keep mine in the refrigerator as has been suggested here to increase it's longevity. Wasn't really thinking about it until I realized that if a pH meter doesn't adjust for...

Merlot - pH 3.52 TA 6.0g/L SG 0.992 @ 72*F - pitched MLB - added 2 oz medium french oak chips These are my Merlot blend numbers from last spring (yeast originally pitched 5-10-15), a Chilean Merlot juice bucket with a lug each of Merlot, Cab Sauv and Malbec. Haven't taken a pH or TA number...

Anybody make a New Year's resolution? Anybody break it already? I did. Resolved to let my wine age fully before sampling (last night). Already crawled into my "wine sanctuary" and retrieved not one, but two bottles of my Spring Chilean Merlot blend (bordeaux type) for sampling. At least...

I'm looking for feedback from anyone with experience with Wine Expert Pinot Grigio kits. I made a Chilean Juice bucket this past Spring and it is almost gone. Was very popular with friends and my wife. The juice bucket when finished was very fruity and highly acidic. It had a wonderful in...