Recent content by projectman

I'm hoping somebody on this forum has had this problem already and has figured out a solution. My bottle washer has a regular garden hose connector to hook it up to the waterline. With my old kitchen faucet I would remove the aerator, screw in a little metal adapter and hook the bottle washer to...

Awesome! Thanks folks - this old dog has learned another new trick. Thanks again.

Hydrometer vs refractometer: I'm making a kit Chilean Malbec and checked to see if it's ready for stabilizing. The hydrometer said .994 and my refractometer said 7.8 Brix which I read as 1.032. What am I doing wrong? I would expect both readings to be much closer than this.

Are the metal caps and capper used to put caps on beer bottles the same as are used for champagne bottles or am I missing something important? I made a batch of wine to turn into champagne (sorry, "sparkling wine"), added a yeast/sugar mixture and it it into champagne bottles for the primary...

Thanks guys, I'm convinced you nailed it with the excess pressure from over carbonation. I did start with a still wine but it was a sweet wine and I didn't take that into consideration when adding the sugar and yeast solution. Some of the bottles I've opened have had far more pressure than they...

I made my first batch of sparkling wine last fall and set two cases aside for aging. I thought I was being careful when I put the sugar/yeast solution in the bottles. I used new plastic "champagne" corks. Now I've found that about 1/3 of them have leaked. I had to use a rubber mallet to get the...