Recent content by Banjoe

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Broker & broker You guys nailed it with the cross-border charges. Shipping across that line triggers all kinds of bureaocracy and fees so I prefer to just drive the 60 miles, pick up my goodies, and then declare them at the border crossing. We usually tie this into a pleasant weekend trip...

Hydrometer Source I'm back to square one..... Found the perfect wide scale hydrometer at E C Kraus but, living in Canada, I can't buy it and have it shipped to my drop box in North Dakota. Can't argue with their policy but it means that I'm back on the trail for a usable device. Anyone...

Simple answer I suspect that the ground crew saw a good thing in your fine wine and, after consuming the good stuff, simply refilled the bottles with local plonk. On the next trip, slip the bottles into your carry-on bag (along with a couple of suitable glasses).

Sounds like a good idea to me If I didn't have this group to fall back on I would appreciate the opportunity to learn this dark science from a knowledgeable establishment. If they offered wine tasting with chocolate & other taste confusers, so much the better. Probably pricey but a proper...

Eureka! Many thanks for the guidance group. Better light is a big help, working at eye level is a substantial improvement, still can't find the magnifying glass (then again if I could see it I probably wouldn't need it), and a wider range hydrometer has been discovered at E C Kraus. Even...

It's really great to have found this group. I've learned an awful lot just lurking in the background but now have first hand experience with the knowledge of this group. Thanks for the insights to my challenge. I do have a plastic tube-deal that I put the hydrometer in to get it to eyelevel...

I'm having difficulty getting any kind of accuracy reading our wine hydrometer as the scale is very narrow where I'm trying to read. I can't really tell if we're looking at 0.992 or .996 or some other reading. Is there a hydrometer available with a much wider range covering the values we are...