Recent content by JB1956

The day has come to drag out this old favorite of mine.

With the experience you have I’d suggest finding a local brew/wine shop and getting a 6-gallon bucket of Riesling juice. You might still be able to find some fresh Chilean juice from this Spring‘s harvest. It’s really pretty easy to make a decent Riesling from juice. I usually do a bucket in the...

I'd wager a guess it was Computer Shopper. It was the size of a small city phone book each month with some tech articles but mostly advertisements.

That's a great deal on the Mini Jet. Label Peelers has filters for about $3.50 for a 3 pack. It's probably worth checking but shipping to Western Canada might negate any savings.

This was a real frustration for me as well. I used a piece of Wiremold conduit I had laying around to stabilize it. It's not an elegant solution from an engineering standpoint but it has worked well for a few years and prevented a lot of cussing. Edit: Sorry, Looks like I'm a little late to the...

I just got an email from Luva Bella in Lowellville Ohio saying their remaining juice is 25% off. My carboys are all full but it seems like a good deal if you are in Northeast Ohio or Western PA.

For what it's worth, I just bought a 20 gallon gray vented Brute trash can from Home Depot. The SKU is: FG262000GRAY. It has a production date of 3/22 and does carry the Food Safe & NSF logos on the bottom of the can. (Highlighted in the attached pic for clarity) I also found this statement...

Mine was a 64 Valiant Convertible with a slant 6 and pushbutton automatic trans. It was pretty much identical to but not nearly as nice as this one that I saw at a local cruise-in. Lots of good memories of that old car. I built a Factory Five Cobra replica over twenty years ago but at this...

I started a 3-gallon batch of apple wine from fresh cider a couple of days ago. It’s looking good and fermenting nicely. My wife is making apple sauce today so I’ll have some apple skins available that I could add to the fermenter. I know grape skins make a big difference with red wines. Just...

A friend from work who is familiar with my Skeeter Pee addiction gave me this sweet Skeeter stopper for a retirement gift.

Thank you both. The advice is much appreciated.

I have a carboy of Riesling clearing that I had previously back sweetened. I added potassium sorbate at the time I back sweetened but now my wife feels it needs to be a bit sweeter. Should I add more sorbate when I add sweetener or will the last dose cover it?

That's my plan, I added a couple of cups of sugar and it is delicious. I finally have something to share with my sweet wine friends.:)