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Thanks for the help guys! I also spoke to a LD Carlson rep yesterday and below is the conversation via email. I was reaching out to assist you with your question on the oak chips. It is not necessary for you to sanitize the oak chips before adding them to the secondary. The alcohol content...

Hello, I have 6 gallons of Negro D'Avola that is in the clearing process. I'm planning on adding some French Oak after it clears and set it a side for some bulk aging. I have a 1lb bag of LD Carlson french oak wood chips but there's no directions on it. I was wondering if I need to put them in...

Does anyone know what this is called? It measures the alcohol content of the wine. You place wine in the top and let 3 drops of wine pass through the bottom and then it acts like a thermometer and you wait for the Mercury to rise up and take the reading once it stops. Thanks.

Nice website. Please count me in.

I'm going to add a couple of oak spirals to my DB batch. The package reads to let it sit for 6 weeks for full effect. I was thinking of adding after I clear the wine but wanted to see what anyone else has done. The wine is currently fermenting. Also, do you think I should put it in a mesh bag...

Thanks guys for the advice. I think I'm leaning towards marking my stir spoon or pvc pipe.

Hey everyone, has anyone marked the inside of their fermenter to show gallon levels, like 1, 2, 3 and so on? I have a Brute 20 gallon container and was wondering what would be safe to use being that I'm fermenting in it. Thanks for any suggestions.

We have lift off!

Just pitched my yeast and triple berry blend underway.

Got 40 lbs of blueberries and started a 6 gallon batch. Just got the brute container and it makes it much easier to work with. Thanks for the recommendations for buying the mesh painters bags too, got both of them at the home depot. Fermentation took off good :-) Sent from my GT-P7510 using...

Thanks salcoco for the advice.

That's what I'm wondering, will a clarifier drop out some of the chocolate flavor? So for you, it did but was it still good in the end and would you use it again or if next time would you not use a clarifier?

Hello, I'm making a chocolate wine. I got this recipe below from the JK's website. I didn't use strawberries though. My question is, after ferment has stopped he doesn't mention the use of a clarifier or using sorbate to finish it off. I was wondering if that has anything to do with the...

It's like a chocolate wonder world Sent from my iPhone using Wine Making

As a beginner, this recipe was easy and quite fun. I made 2 six gallon batches last year, a DB and a welchs concord. They both came out great and my wife and I really enjoy drinking them. This year I made this DB, a welchs red and white and I'm in the middle of composing a chocolate raspberry...