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    vacuum suction question

    I am building a vacuum racking/degassing system and have a question about the strength of pump I need. I found a pump on e-bay that has the following specs: OIL FREE THOMAS COMPRESSOR VACUUM PUMP: Model Number 100 115V, 60HZ, 4.0A 3.5 cfm FREE FLOW MAX: 6.6 CFM / 187 LITERS/MIN MAX...
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    SG has been a 1.000 for 3 weeks

    Zinns can sometimes have a little residual sugar, depending on where the starting SG level. A dry Zinn will be about .998 so 1.000 sounds like it will be "jammy". I like my zinns that way. If it is still that SG when you bottle, be sure and stabilize it. I have seen a sweet zin referment in...
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    Purchased Syrah grapes and new to wine making

    The bugs and raisins are fine. I leave them in. All wine has earwigs and spiders in it. Seriously, all that stuff settles out when it clears. I wouldn't bother with the pectic enzyme in a red wine. The yeast and alcohol will break it all down effectively.
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    Purchased Syrah grapes and new to wine making

    I looked at my notes and forgot to add that around 10-12 brix it started to smell a little sulphur-y so I added 2 teaspoons DAP and stirred it a bit to get some oxygen in there and the smell went away the next day and stayed away. I pressed when it hit 1-2 brix after 5 days. It fermented down...
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    Purchased Syrah grapes and new to wine making

    One of my first wines was a Napa Syrah from fresh grapes and it practically made itself. If you let it sit for a day, and can't sulphite it, be sure and keep it cold (below 60) to keep it from starting fermentation with the wild yeast. Sanitize ice packs or frozen 2 liter soda bottles and...
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    Oak cubes not floating?

    I added oak cubes to my mead and they floated for a little while but when I checked on it today, the cubes are sitting on the bottom of the carboy. How does that work? They are wood, right?
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    mead from pomace

    I am planning on making mead with the pomace from my Zinn this year. Has anyone else done this? Does anyone have any recommendations on a good honey flavor to use? I am thinking either wildflower or orange blossom.
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    Bottled my first wine,OOOPS.

    Speaking of messes, while bottling a Syrah out of a 3Gallon Better Bottle, I didn't take into consideration that plastic is way lighter than glass and when there was about 1-2 liters left, the bottle tipped over and dumped the wine on my back!
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    Potassium Sorbate in Prunes?

    I want to use some prunes for mouth-feel and noticed after buying them that they are preserved with Potassium Sorbate. Will boiling the plums lower the content of K-Sorb? Also, I have a plum tree, but the plums do not seperate from the pits. How important is it that they be pitted? I was...
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    slow fermentation with D-47 yeast

    OK. I added 1 tsp of DAP. Another thing that concerns me. Should I move it to secondary and cut off the air space while it takes a while to ferment out?
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    slow fermentation with D-47 yeast

    I have had 2 additions of Fermaid K energizer. Once at the begining and then again 5-6 days later when I got worried about it moving so slowly.
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    slow fermentation with D-47 yeast

    It's also 72 degrees. I think that is the perfect temp for this yeast.
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    slow fermentation with D-47 yeast

    It's 1.055 today. So I guess I shouldn't worry. It's a 6G batch, how much Fermaid should I add again? Or I could just keep checking every few days. The EC-1118 starter is bubbling away. Maybe I'll take a gallon off and see the difference in the final product. I don't have equipment for...
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    slow fermentation with D-47 yeast

    I am making a mead and it is taking a while to ferment. It started at 1.080 and is down to 1.060 today after 10 days. Is D-47 usually that slow with mead? I have added nutrients twice. First when I prepared the must and then again when it had been 6 days and it was only down to 1.070. I...
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    Grape Concentrate Additive?

    Do you use red or white grape juice?
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    My first attempt....Sour Cherry.

    What about using welches red concentrate instead of sugar? What impact does that have on the flavor? Positive or negative? I am having a real hard time finding Morello charries in the Bay Area of California, but Trader Joes has cherry juice with grape to sweeten it and dried cherries. Do...
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    Mild wine odor in empty primary okay?

    Interestingly, when I soak a bucket in OxyClean the wine smell goes away, but when I do the same with a beer fermenting bucket, there is always a faint beer smell left. Only the plastic does this. My glass and stainless come as clean as the day I bought them.
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    yeast banking

    the science of it is fun. I have successfully done it with beer yeast. And over time you could have quite a selection and not have to wait for a specific strain to come in the mail (I have 6 different strains banked for beer now). In spite of the 3 P's, what about minimum shipping cost on...
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    yet another yeast nutrient question

    Has anyone used DME in a pinch for nutrient?
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    yeast banking

    I have searched the forums and have not seen any posts of anyone trying to "bank" wine yeast. In beer making people do it from the primary or make a low gravity starter and propagate from that. I understand why you would not use yeast from a wine primary since it is stressed out from the high...
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