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Lead??? Ah crap!! I've had a small batch sitting on marbles for about two months now and I have no idea where they were manufactured. I bought them from Amazon. I just went to Amazon and checked the Q&A section, someone asked about lead and there were two answers stating no. One from the...

Thanks guys, that is how I was envisioning the method.

So are the corks suspended above the liquid or is the metabisulfite solution inside a smaller container that is then placed into the larger container?

Hello All, A place in MI where I buy some of my home brewing supplies has cases of "semi-Bordeaux" bottles for $10/case of 24. The shipping kinda kills it for me at $42 to the Atlanta area. Is $72 delivered a good deal for 72 new bottles? If you are in Michigan, it is Adventures in...

Hello Lads, I've been making wine about a year now. I have quite a bit or product coming up on the 6 and 9 month bulk aging mark. I've been using Zorks and a rubber mallet. However, Zorks are a bit spendy. They are nice for re-sealing an open bottle but I think when these are gone, I'm going...

Yes, each shelf has room to stack. I have several more carboys aging and some of those will be bottled in two months. I may do a little finishing work and make it a nice pretty space.

Thanks guys. I had a feeling that time would take care of it.

So, I have had a white wine in carboys now for about a month. I had gone through all the degassing and clarification steps. The last was to add chitosan and wait 8 days. The wine was absolutely brilliantly crystal clear and I could read the instructions through the wine....until....I racked...

Well, I cleaned out the space and have added a few things. I believe I can store 4-6 carboys elevated and keep misc supplies below the carboys. If I want to add another shelf, I'll have to go the stacking route...or try another configuration of the room. I can also stack cases at the near end...

No worries. The feedback is always welcome. I do agree about the primary buckets. I have been using SS Brewtech brewbuckets. They are actually stainless steel conical bottom buckets. They have ports on the cone but for wine, I've been using my auto-siphon and it really gets almost all the...

Hey guys, my carboys don't have markings for volume. So I'm not sure what the last two guys are referencing. I measured them myself and marked the 6-gal point. I'm still less than 6-mos into making wine, but I've been brewing beer since 1994/95 and I calibrate all my vessels for accuracy...

I now have two different wines in these carboys. It took even more (about 2L) to top up the second one but it had a little less than 6-gal after racking.

I have recently bought four 6-gal PET carboys. They are very nice quality and the price was right and on sale at homebrewing.org However, I think they are better for primary fermenting and not for bulk aging. With 6-gal in the carboy, I found it took a full 1.5L bottle of wine to top it off...

I completely forgot about this thread. How is the new batch working out? Williams has always been a good company in the beer making world, so I'm not surprised they replaced your juice.

That is going to be nice. Now I have to keep repeating: I will not remodel my basement. I will not remodel my basement. I will not....