Recent content by keahunter

Please count me in. Cellar Classic Super Tuscan

I racked down and sweetened this weekend. I had a little unsweetened left in the gallon car boy so I chilled and added Splenda, it tasted really good. Has anyone ever back sweetened a whole batch with Splenda ?

I also had this interesting fact (well, interesting to me anyway). I started with 9 pounds of fruit, when I removed the fruit bag after the ferment, it only weight slightly under 1.25 pounds. I just found that interesting.

Thanks everyone I guess I'll just let it sit for a while. I am assuming that I do not need to add any more sparkalloid

I simmered it for eight minutes and added it after degassing. I wasn't sure if I degassed enough so I was going to go to degas again when I noticed it floating on top

What is this stuff in my DB!? I followed Dave's original recipe (except I added 9 lbs of fruit). This morning, after a few days at .994 I racked to my secondary, added the sparkalloid, degassed and went out. When I came home I went to check on my DB and found this. Was it not done...

That really is too bad.

Whew! Thanks so much! I was so upset with myself when I realized that I forgot. I think I'm getting old and forgetting stuff. :)

Yesterday morning I started a batch of DB. Last night, I realized that I washed and sanitized all of my equipment, except for the primary. I washed it but forgot to sanitize it. Did I ruin the batch? Should I chuck it or just continue on and hope that I didn't have any nasties in the primary?

Bill, I'm no pro, having only one DB under my belt, but I just tied the bag closed. I was using a paint strainer bag and had enough room to tie it. Good luck!

Dave, good luck to you and your wife. You will both be in my prayers.

It's just a grape pack but a pack of grapes that have been raisinated (I think that's what's its called).

I can't say for your kit but I'm in the middle of making a CC showcase Amarone and I had a grape pack. I was to put that into the primary and discard before racking down to the carboy.

Thanks for the heads up on this deal! I just broke one of my 6 gal glass carboys this weekend when I was about to wash it. I guess I put it down harder than I should, but not by much...so it cracked. I'm going to try these bubblers for a secondary and then age in glass.

Thanks Geek