Recent content by mikey1273

very nice! I am technically an apartment dweller too. I own the place though. mine is a large house converted sometime in the 1930's to two apartments. I have the first floor which is a kitchen, living room, 1 bed room and office room and has a full bath. I do my wine making in the basement...

I have currently fermenting from Chilean juice, 6 gallons of Melbec and 6 gallons of Pinot Grigio I have a wine expert coastal red about to be bottled. last fall I made and have already bottled California Chardonnay, California Cabernet Franc Italian Dolcetto and Frescoti last spring and...

well its been a long time since I been here so in reviewing my threads I decided to update you all on how my baskets last xmas turned out. I got a mess of cheap baskets in a christmas theme at Dollar tree and basket filler $1 per each item they even had shrink wrap bags so that was a good...

I cleaned the iris and the rest of it with a micro fibre towel and alcohol. the unit seems to work great in my test with an empty bottle, it just pushes the cork in too far, not flush with the top of the bottle like my Portuguese model does. So going to have to work on getting the adjuster to...

I just was able to score a blue Italian floor corker for $30 it seems in great shape but was stored in a shed for some time I cant be sure of. It seems to work smoothly. Only thing that I have issues with is the depth adjust thing seems to be stuck with slight corrosion. I put a little pb...

Totally agree with giving things that will be used and appreciated. I used to stress out on shopping for the holidays. Now not so much. Several years ago I switched to giving wine from local winery or restaurant gift cards for adults and for my 2 neices and nephew I started a 529 college...

Thanks Glad I had good Ideas I just wish there were some cheese ideas that don't need to be kept constantly refrigerated that I knew of. Rocky We only have Micheal's and Ben Franklin Craft and hobby stores in York but the Hobby Lobby is in the new Hanover shopping area, I know about where it...

With the holidays coming I was planning to make up some kind of basket with say 2 or 3 bottles of wine, mostly wine I made. has anyone here done this before? what other Items do you include in the basket? I was thinking things like a cork screw, a pair of glasses, maybe some food items like...

We don't have redemption centers in PA and some townships and boroughs don't even require curbside recycling... mine is implementing it now. what O have seen a few years ago when I visited the San Francisco bay area is California seems to add a charge at the register to the cost of a bottled...

I soak in the hottest water I can with some dish soap. the labels from most local PA winery's comes off with in an hour or less. I scrub with a stainless steel scrubber to get all the paper and glue off. Some more big commercial wines and some labels in general are just a pain and leave glue...

I get people to save them for me and return the bottles if I give them a wine. some of the bottle I get are screw cap but I give those to a lady the makes those thing with lights inside. to augment that supply I buy used bottles from a local winery. they collect and rinse empties after wine...

I mixed some water dawn white vinegar and a little sugar made the trap and that cleared mine up. in a few days all them little bastards were swimming with the fishes

I have never not been able to get one off with my bare hands... yes they are often a bear to get but I always have managed so far. if I couldn't get one I'd go get the channel locks

I been searching the board and looking for a recipe for an apple or spiced apple wine that is not too hard to make. if I have to use fresh fruit thats ok. but seems what I see posted is for just one or 5 gallons. I could use that if I had some help modifying it to suit the amount I want to make...

I see the dose is 1TBSp per 5 gallons so for 6 gallons should I just heap the measure up some and mix it with warm water like I do for the kits?