Search results

Winemaking Talk - Winemaking Forum

Help Support Winemaking Talk - Winemaking Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
  1. JordanPond

    Other Grape packs

    I've started fermenting dry in the primary. The first couple of days I leave the top off the primary and punch down the grape pack a couple times per day. Once the fermentation slows I use a racking cane (custom cut to fit the depth of the primary) to submerge the grape pack and then snap the...
  2. JordanPond

    Avery Label Frustration

    I have had the similiar problems when trying tor print labels with images that go edge to edge. I don't believe the the low end home office grade printers have a precise paperfeed mechanism. This variations in the paper pickup cause the labels to print slightly off from what you expect. I've...
  3. JordanPond

    Bentonite

    The clay particles probably act as nucleation points for the C02 bubbles to form on making it easier to degass.
  4. JordanPond

    I must be doing something wrong with winecalc

    +1, I made the same mistake originally.
  5. JordanPond

    Skeeter pee web page

    Just tried it. Worked for me. http://skeeterpee.com/
  6. JordanPond

    nice cheap wine racks!

    Just loaded mine up this morning. Now I'll have room in the other rack for the borolo, pino noir, spertuscan, and we malice Shiraz.
  7. JordanPond

    Splenda

    I make a hard cider that I like sweet but also want to bottle carbonate. Back sweetening with sugar would result in bottle bombs. I'll back sweeten with Ideal sweetener and add enough real sugar for priming purpose only. The yeast only consume the real sugar and I end up with sweeter carbonated...
  8. JordanPond

    RJ Spagnols 1st Taste of Super Tuscan

    Just started this one today. Can't wait.
  9. JordanPond

    Cellar Craft Problem with Reds longevity

    Is PBW Powdered Brewery Wash?
  10. JordanPond

    Sediment in bottles

    My first grape skin kits are 6 months into bulk aging. I racked them into another carboy recently and was amazed at how much sediment had settled out. This is after I did the normal clearing process. They'll spend a couple more months in the carboy before bottling.
  11. JordanPond

    Other Need a Cab Recommendation

    We made the RJS Grand Crew international BC Pinot Noir and Cab Sav and found them very good between 6 months and a year. They are both a great table wine grade but were not the rich chewy decadent bottle of wine you can purchase. I've not done a cab kit with a grape pack but suspect that it...
  12. JordanPond

    Extreme air time

    In April of 2011 I started a cab. sav. from juice from Chile and bottled it in January of 2012. At that time my wife and were greatly disappointed because it didn't taste very good. So we waited and tried a bottle April and again it wasn't very good. More disapointment :-( We tried a bottle...
  13. JordanPond

    hydrometers calibrations and temperatures

    The most important practice would be to be concistent when taking a reading. Always read above or always read below. That prevents you from introducing an error.
  14. JordanPond

    Labeled a few bottles this weekend

    Just watched the video. That's pretty cool.
  15. JordanPond

    1.5's 750 and splits? Oh my!

    750s unless I'm doing a desert wine or a small batch.
  16. JordanPond

    First wine suggestions??

    My wife wAs originally a white wine drinker and I have slowly pulled her over to the dark side. Her favorite has been an rj spagnols British Columbia Pinot noir that we back sweetened to enhance the fruitiness. The beauty of making your own is being able to adjust the sweetness to your liking.
  17. JordanPond

    back sweetening using Alcohol sugar

    I make a hard cider that I like to bottle carbonate and want a sweet finish, not dry. Before bottling a back sweeten with Ideal brown, one of the alcohol sugar versions available at Meijers. at bottle time I add an appropriate among of dark brown sugar as priming sugar. This way the yeast...
  18. JordanPond

    Sanitizing oak beans

    Ok, same concept as corkador for your corks.
  19. JordanPond

    Sanitizing oak beans

    Do you sanitize your oak beans before you add them to you wine? If so, what process do you use? Being porous, would they bring too much SO2 into the wine?
  20. JordanPond

    Other Which Pinot Noir?

    I made the GCI BC Pinot Noir last winter and it has been great and tasting great at the 6-8 month time range. You may want to start this kit and then get a second, higher end kit going so it can age while you are drinking the fist kit. I'm trying to make a kit each quarter so I'll have something...
Back
Top