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  1. Smartdog

    Groan or Laugh. Perhaps Both

    Do photons have mass? Heck, I don't know if they are even Catholic.
  2. Smartdog

    Windows vs. Ford

    opps, If you have a car with keyless ignition number 10 IS how you turn off your car. More coming?
  3. Smartdog

    Small Winery Rotary Fermentor

    See: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/rotary-fermentor-mike-albrecht-p-e-
  4. Smartdog

    Rotary Fermentor

    I have seen some information on large (5,000+ gallon) commercial rotary fermentors, but has anyone seen any information on a small size (under 100 gallon)?
  5. Smartdog

    Road signs I actually encountered.

    STOP Men Working has always been a favorite of mine, and not appreciated if you comply
  6. Smartdog

    Apolitical aphorisms

    "Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." –Mark Twain “There is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress." –Mark Twain "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by...
  7. Smartdog

    Request to delete a link

    I recently received an email about a link on my website (www.smartdogwinery.com). "Hello, 
My name is Ernest and I manage the maintenance for the website www.----.net It has come to my attention that your website or a website hosted by your company contains links to our website. ..... "...
  8. Smartdog

    Bad day

    Fire authorities in California found a corpse in a burned-out section of forest while assessing the damage done by a forest fire. The deceased male was dressed in a full wet suit, complete with scuba tanks on his back, flippers, and face mask. A postmortem test revealed that the man died not...
  9. Smartdog

    Things are different in Canada

    Generally I am aginst stereotypimg .... but. Find the Canadian in the picture.
  10. Smartdog

    Redneck Love Poem

    Of course you hear about the new laws in Arkansaw and West Virginia? If'n you get a devorce, you are still cousins.
  11. Smartdog

    Other woods?

    Sebastiani winery used to use redwood barrels, and still has a collection of carved ones at their winery in Sonoma.
  12. Smartdog

    MLF On Top of Oak?

    If you are going to use chips MLF should be fine as the whole process should take only a week or two. And then you rack again for ageing. One problem with chips is amount of contact time (unless you like a lot of oak). Cubes and spheres give you better control. Some reuse their cubes and...
  13. Smartdog

    Corn wine

    You are on the right track for making a decent bio-fuel. You just need a small unit to separate the fuel from the non-fuel components. And it justs so happens that one of the vendors on this site Home brew Heaven can help...
  14. Smartdog

    Moving to NorCal/All in on Grapes

    Well first get in touch with the Sacramento Home Winemakers: http://www.sachomewine.com/ As to grape sources, while they were down this year, many of the packing houses will sell small lots. I bought 300 lbs of Syrah from Delta Packing in Lodi for $0.30/lbs.
  15. Smartdog

    World ending in December...

    When it is 12 December 2012 in Mexico, it will be 13 December 2012 in Indonesia.
  16. Smartdog

    Syrah! Syrah!

    Finally got started this year (work and a kitchen remodel conflicted (new kitchen appliances in work area)). :tz The source I was hoping to use had nothing available, so contacted Delta Packing and got 9 lugs of Syrah yesterday (drove over and picked up). They looked real good, did not see...
  17. Smartdog

    Stealing Grapes from 90 year old vines

    :slpAnd he blames it on homewinemakers http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/crime-law/owner-oakley-vineyard-angered-by-grape-heist/nRHr9/
  18. Smartdog

    Muscadine/ Chardonnay/ Pinot Gris Blend

    To counter act the distinct muscadine flavors I would actually pick something closer to Babera or Zinfindel
  19. Smartdog

    Wine, sweetness and acidity

    How about pH varies, S.G. < 1.00
  20. Smartdog

    Who has the biggest butt, beer drinkers or wine drinkers?

    Being into beer and wine (in more than one way) knowing how big a butt you will have is important! The butt (from the medieval French and Italian botte) or pipe is an old English unit of wine casks, holding two hogsheads (about (477 litres). A hogshead varied in size but today is most commonly...
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