Recent content by Ypedal

I got one.. but have lots of wine making friends.. so yeah.

Yeah.. sitting on the floor kinda sucks... ironic part is that i actually have an All in One Wine Pump on hand, next batch i have to try it ( got it for degassing mainly... )

With already clean bottles that just need rinsing, sanitizing and rinsing without time spent scrubbing... i typically take an hour without too much rush, includes after bottling cleaning of carboys and putting everything away. Copying the images ( 20 GB worth.. 1 pic every 4 seconds ) and...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjmUHQwVgtY

My only concern with those instructions is primary fermentation in a carboy may result in a volcano. .. Would be important to keep it on the colder side of the temp range.

Last week while making a fresh loaf of white bread, multi tasking and siphoning 2 batches of red from primary fermenter to carboy .. Looking at the yeast filled sludge in the bottom of my bucket... http://www.winemakingtalk.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=20429&stc=1&d=1422648001...

The joys of living alone ! Fermentation in the dining room.. bottling in the kitchen .. cleaning in the bathtub !

Ha.. never thought of it before but i just tried a quick drum solo with 2 plastic spoons and it does indeed cause a co2 cascade.. but not as good as doing it form within, stirring the wine at the same time. I use electrical tape to seal the plug, otherwise when you move the spoon you loose...

Got me an All In One Wine Pump !!! woot Back in December i emailed the all in one wine pump guy Allinonewinepump to inquire about getting one of his units... I had been using a commercial vacuum pump for he last while, made a video :\ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdlt45LRBbY But that...

Just to update this, i finally bottled this a few days ago, cleared up perfect and turned out fine.. just as you all expected :db Time to start the next batch !

it's a chlorinated / alakline pink powerder, quite common and sold under a pile of different names.. i was just surprised how my old bucket came out good as new .. lol..

As one of the most important things with DIY wine making, you must keep your equipment clean !! I do my best to always rinse buckets and carboys right away after a transfer, before things dry up and get cruddy.. then go back and sanitize everything before i put it away. The White Stuff...

Ok.. so i made a newb mistake.... argh I usually make 1 batch at a time, using the same primary fermenter, i know exactly where 22.5 L is and always hit the mark. This time i started 2 batches and used another primary bucket i'm not as familiar with and after day 7, transferred to carboys...

oh, and it turned into on heck of a friday.... me and a friend drank from the source, started at 11:30am, and by 4pm we were .. done.. in oh so many ways.. ( 2 kits bottled.. 54 bottles remain )

thx guys !. Last week while degassing a few batches, i noticed that bumping the carboy while under vacuum increased bubble production... so taking it one step further....