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I got to rack the wine out of the bucket this weekend so I opened up one of those teabags to see what's in there. You were right, big chunks of oak chips while the cheesecloth bag has oak sawdust. Currently, the wine has a very strong oak flavor. I mean it's thick. The kit came with a big...

Surprisingly enough, I found more winemaking shops in Airdrie than in Brampton, Ontario. A city almost 20 times the size of Airdrie. Heck, even "4th and Vine" (a bottle label company I used a lot) is headquartered in Airdrie. So I'm in wine making heaven. :) Found a few good shops in...

Is there anything special to be looking for in regards to whole house filters? I was looking at a Watts unit with two bonus 5 micron filters at Home Depot. Other than finding the right fittings, is this all I need to get?

The movers said that they're very cautious when it comes to wine because they never know what they're dealing with. Could be worthless vinegar or rare pricey bottles. Their insurance company imposes that they build special crates with lots of foam and stored in a special area of the truck. I...

Thanks everyone. The inventory is slowing rebuilding itself, but it's the aging that'll take a while. I got great hopes for the summer so I become popular with the new neighbors. ;)

I've been a member here for a while with few posts (mostly reading) and realized that I never introduced myself. I'm Marc from Calgary. :) I used to be in Ontario last summer when we relocated. I started making wine in early 2009 and when we moved in the summer of 2010, I just started to...

Now I'm starting to regret not ordering a WH filter from Wade along with my new pump.

In any case, someone suggested that next time I could tie that cheesecloth sock to a heavy cup or beer mug (sanitized, of course) and that'll keep it sunk into the wine. Or fill it with sanitized marbles. That wine is violently fermenting! Woke up this morning with foam overflowing (I don't...

I use Avery 8254. They're removable labels that make them really easy to remove from the bottle after. Some other labels are a real pain to peel off.

The oak dust came in two other bags that got mixed up in the cheese cloth bag with the grape skins. I have 3 large things floating in the fermenter: 1 big cheese cloth bag with oak and grape skins. 2 oversized tea bags that the instructions call infusion bags.

I'm not sure. They look like two oversized tea bags. That's what the instructions call them.

Check the "Classifieds" forum. There are several threads in there.

A moment of silence for your loss... :( That has always been my biggest fear everytime I moved a carboy. Even though I bought steel handles for my carboys and always have a large sheet of plywood on the concrete floor, the thought has always been in the back of my mind. I bought a pump...

Hi all, I bought the kit this weekend and it comes with a generous amount of oak chips and grape skins along with a cheese cloth tube sock (for lack of a better explanation). It also came with two infusion bags (I think that's what they're called). Fermentation started this weekend with oak...

He he he... Obsession... *twitch* *twitch*