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  1. K

    What is this fruit?

    Just to throw the cat amongst the pidgeons... are you sure it's not a Medlar? The fruit known over here as 'The dog's arse'! https://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/Medlar_Tree_Nottingham/ Cheers, Tony.:h
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    The use of mineral oil to "top up" a carboy

    How about filling the air gap using nitrogen? Cheers, Tony.
  3. K

    My Condolences to you all.

    I'm sorry to hear of your recent troubles in Boston and elsewhere, I shan't dwell on them but just to say I'm sorry to hear on the news of your recent troubles. My thoughts are with all Cheers, Tony.
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    Enology Question for the Pros..

    Thanks. Thanks for that most enlightening reply. :br Cheers, Tony.
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    Enology Question for the Pros..

    G.I. Bill, prereqs, A.S. , enology, gotten! ? ? ? ? ? "Two countries divided by a single language" George Bernard Shaw (I'm lead to believe.) Cheers, :h Tony. :b:b:b
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    If ye be Irish, ye need ta read this

    Red to the mast, British to the last. Me Dad was from London and me Mam came from Carlisle (350 miles apart). I was born north of Hadrians Wall but South of the Scottish Border. With relatives from Torpenhow (pronounced Trepannah) If you research the word Tor (hill) Pen (hill) How (also...
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    a question about calibrating my pH meter

    All this technology! Just my thoughts on the subject but all this technology is taking the mistyque out oif winemaking. I bekieve we do it for fun, but some of us are pretending to be manufacturers. I don't even have a floaty thingy. but my wine is drinkable (most of the time)! Just lurve...
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    Foil caps comming apart

    Looking at the pick of the end result I can say I have had the same outcome. I sorted it out by pressing the caps down onto the bottle top as hard as I could before applying heat. Cheers, :hug Tony.
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    Foil caps comming apart

    A heat gun is normally used to shrink on a plastic cap. Foils are ususally fitted by a divice with an inner red large diameter rubber ring that compresses the foil onto the bottle as the device is rolled on and off the bottle top / neck. Hope this helps, Cheers, Tony. :snw
  10. K

    Any other motorcyclists in here...

    Here's my 1926 Triumph Model 'P' Cheers, Tony.
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    Using Avery online tool for label design

    Try one of these mate. http://freelabelmaker.com/ http://www.freeprintable.com/view/search.html?q=Jam+labels http://pro.ovh.net/~mesetiqu/allmylabels/bottle.php Cheers, Tony.
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    Using Avery online tool for label design

    Try this site mate. http://freelabelmaker.com/beverages/wine/ #Cheers, Tony.
  13. K

    T.V. programme, "Man Verses Food."

    The inevitable follow on. Thanks to all your advice and directions, the family love ribs on the B.B.Q. :br :u Now I'm asking for more help! after (or sometimes just as) the cooking is coming to an end there is slapped or painted on the ribs a sort of sauce. Anyone willing to let me...
  14. K

    Steaming Elderberries !

    I would think that it may go mouldy if not used right away, best to freeze if not required soon. Cheers, Tony.
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    What a shocking year!

    Ornamental apples. Good afternoon ibglowin, I think we Brit's call those apples 'cocktail apples'. Cheers, Tony.
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