Recent content by JamesGrape

Great point, thanks.

I use a chest freezer with an inkbird controller that cycles power between the freezer and a interior heating element. I put a fermentation bucket in the freezer, and this has worked very well to control fermentation temp. I’m wondering if anyone here has used a chest freezer for larger...

And if you go with underground pipe ask about using perforated pipe wrapped in landscape fabric. That allows some of the water to percolate into the ground. The fabric keeps the perforations from clogging.

Gravity is your best friend in this case. My understanding of code in my own area is that storm water must be allowed to run into your property as nature intended before any development, and then to run off your property as nature intended. But what you do with it while it’s on your own lot is...

You can also use wheeled shelves instead of the sliding tracks. It might give more options for movement. The shelving units with wheels are very common, the kits can be made full or half height, with or without wheels.

Those pics are shocking - you will surely be successful with your claim.

I try to find out. It’s gotta be a high-volume automated process. Here is a pic of three bottles. The pattern is only slightly different in each. You can see here that the material does not contact the glass. And it’s a fancy bottle without a paper label. Link below. Seeing it makes think...

I’m reading that chilled reds are an in thing for summer. Works for me. So we are making some ice glasses for fun.

At my age dank = mildewy, Good to know it’s now complimentary like “sick”, lol.

Just opend a bottle of wine that had a very pretty sealant. The cork was inset about 1/4 inch. And it looked like some type of greenish resin was added to the top - and given a swirl of inner glittery gold to create a pattern in the resin. Sort of like what you might see in a pricey coffee...

My wife said the vineyard was totally out of control. Trimming even one vine was a battle she said. She’s such a drama queen.

I went ahead and racked the mead off the lees into a sanitized bucket. I was a bit surprised at the small amount of fine lees. I used an organic apple juice with pulp - thinking the apple pulp in a mead might be kinda sorta analogous to grape skins in a wine - so I expected more lees. I...

I hope this isn’t a hijack - but will aging mead with charred oak change the color of the mead? I have a first trial batch of apple cinnamon mead that is just a few weeks past fermentation and I thought I might add oak chips to enhance its aging. I thought I would try to simulate bourbon...

I wish I could recommend, but I will have to follow. Sounds like you will get to try some new wines - fun!

I read that in a simplistic view - your body first burns alcohol, then sugar, then carbs, People on keto diets often take planned cheat days where they ignore the diet restrictions. A cheat day just stalls your weight loss progress for a couple of days. I’d say plan to enjoy wine you like...