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    Winemaker Magazine amateur competition results

    Congratulations 🎉🎊
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    Chilian Malbec 24 brix

    That’s awesome that you are making some spring wine. How is the PH looking?
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    Flex Tank

    Is that video using a maturation flex tank or the thicker heavy flex tank.
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    Flex Tank

    So you can’t tell with the picture but it was $181 for the spring loaded airlock and the 15 gallon flex tank and totaled $231 with shipping. The spring loaded airlock was $30.
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    Flex Tank

    Shipping was $50 dollars to Massachusetts. If you call them up they have 10% off flex tanks that have some visual defects but are still 100% functional. I’m happy with it I have been very busy but will hopefully transfer from my Carboy’s to the flex tank this month.
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    Hello from the deep South!

    Welcome, one of my best friends lives in Jackson.
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    Homemade vs. Commercial and what I am doing to close the gap

    I have also made an over tannic Tempranillo with the similar quantities of grapes but I pulled enough juice off for 5 total gallons of rose. The rose taste great but the rest tast really tannic and will try to blend a little in with some Cabernet. Personally If I add the skins in from the rose...
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    Flex Tank

    Jim I just ordered a 15 gallon flex tank. I will keep you posted on how I like it. Don’t quote me but I don’t think you can use the 30 gallon skins on the 15 gallon vessel. I believe they recommended keeping it topped up with wine.
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    Unidentifiable sediment

    This is from this spring so only 6 months old I racked it about 2 months ago. I also made a large acid adjustment and was hoping to do a cold stabilization this winter in the garage.
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    Unidentifiable sediment

    Could it possibly be tartaric acid crystals
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    Unidentifiable sediment

    Please if any one has had sediment that looks like this ever please let me know. The wine was made from grapes and has a 3.31 ph and the So2 was brought up to about 60 ppm about 1 month ago I wast planing on touching it for another 6 months but may rack off. Other than that area in the carboy...
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    MLF not starting

    I had 4 separate batches of wine this spring two with all grapes that MLF is going great and About finished and two South African pails that did not start MLF. I believe they added to much SO2 as I did not add any to the pails. I also transferred about a half gallon of wine that was almost...
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    Micro-oxygenation and barrel size

    Thank you guys. I have been going back and forth between a 50L barrel and a 15 gal flex tank and I feel that with that small amount wine I would be better off with a flex tank. I do have enough wine to rotate through a barrel for the first year but will probably just hold off. I have two 15 gal...
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    Micro-oxygenation and barrel size

    I have a question regarding oxidation in a barrel or a flex tank. For all purposes we say the barrel is a neutral barrel, will the size of the barrel you use or the size of a flex tank change the amount of time you would let your wine age inside the vessel? Would wine in a 50L barrel add a...
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    Bummed out

    I’m sorry 😐 will keep him in my prayers
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