Recent content by Mike Dunlap

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We planted 2200 vines 19 years ago. When we prune, we half fill two five gallon buckets with water and cuttings. When bud beak rolls around, we have leaves on the cuttings and use them as replacement vines or give the buckets to friends wanting to start vineyards. Not the proper rootstock but...

Reference “flat flavor”: Try adding a bottle of sweet white wine to your carboy. This should help add a nice nose to your wine as well. This is a trick when you have wine with an unpleasant odor. I sometimes add several bottles to a full barrel and it makes a noticeable difference. You...

I have used oak chips in my neutral barrels for years with success. I have an infusion tube (stainless steel tube about as deep as a 60 gallon barrel) which I fill with chips and drop thru the bung hole. After a few days, the oak has been leached out. I dry out the used chips and give them to a...

Thanks!! I forwarded the photo to myself, reducing its size. I copied and posted that. WMT sure seems like a nice way of connecting with others with similar interests.

I have four racks of baby backs in a Bradley smoker. I have the butcher cut each rack lengthwise and then split the half racks into serving size portions before coating with a BBQ rub and setting them aside in the fridge for a couple days. Trying 3 hours targeting 250 degrees, then double...

We bottled a 30 gallon barrel yesterday. I used a gravity feed filler with an automatic shut off and heat gun for the caps. The automatic filler works great for elevated barrels! The heat gum makes adding caps quick and easy. I had intended to bottle a 60 gallon barrel but the vacuum tube...

Beautiful photos! I joined this site yesterday. I have tried to upload a photo but when it indicates it is 99% complete, I get an error message saying the file is too large. I am trying to load a cell phone photo .. too large? Any suggestions? Thanks!