I used to whip to degas but now just let time do it for me. I really think I'm making better wine going the slow road :) I also think racking my wines with my AIO has been a game-changer - swear by that piece of equipment.
I use FedEx and schedule a pick-up. We do a small amateur winemaking competition with our fair and charge $10 an entry but we only have medal and shipping costs so we almost break even. If we didn't get everything from food to event space donated there is no way we could stay at $10.
I needed attractive, simple and quick to assemble and reasonably priced - these were/are perfect! They where a little cheaper several years ago though.
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I have received fantastic feedback from this competition - some really great and some that made me take another look at my wine-making notes. I enter 2 competitions a year (3 if our forum hosts one) so I can get honest feedback on my wine making adventures....friends sugar coat from time to...
i used 8 - cut in half and cleaned out but not too clean. Sprayed everything with starsan before I did anything. Dropped them into the secondary container and racked on top (I use the All In One Wine Pump - LOVE it). Let sit 10 days then racked, added priming sugar and bottled.
Bottled a pretty nice jalapeno beer - used a blonde ale base. Made my labels with my cricut to be frugal. Sampled it at a BBQ contest this past weekend and it got great reviews. I'll stick to wine but I do love making beer!
Year #2! Our competition is very intimate and though it is a fair fundraiser we want to stay on the smaller side for several more years (as the wine making bug spreads locally). We advertise very little - basically this forum is the largest advertising. In addition I love our medals - put a...
I think you can do just about anything with a cookie so why not groom cookies. I'm just getting started so I have a lot to learn and probably lots & lots of screwing up in my future ~ Pinterest and I will have to break up after Valentines Day though!