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A lady at work heard that I make wine, so she had some questions for me. I gladly accommodated her with that discussion. Well, she moved to making brandy with a "100 year old" recipe. She said you take the peach skins and put them in a jar, bury it 12" deep in the ground, and dig it up 6 weeks...

My new aspirator pump came in today. Looks good! Works good! Can't wait to use it now. I've got pumps running out of my ears now. Started buying pumps and didn't know where to quit. I've got two spare pumps, so I guess if one ever goes out, I've got backups. My old pump is to the right...

Although I'm sure others have, at the very least, considered it, I was wondering what you guys/gals think about using the flow control clamps on tubing while bulk aging? What I'm thinking is when you have a little space in the top of the carboy, or even when you have it full, pull a good...

Ole was hunting geese up in the Minnesota woods. He leaned the old 16-gauge against the corner of the blind to take a leak. As luck would have it, his foolish dog knocked the gun over, it went off and Ole took most of an ounce of #4 shot right in the groin. Several hours later, lying in a...

I bought a Blueberry Shiraz kit a few months ago. I made it by the instructions, saving the blueberry flavor pack for last. Well, the alcohol was very low and the blueberry flavor was, to me, too strong. I like a hint of the taste of the fruit I'm using. So, I bought another kit, Blueberry...

Just listened to this YouTube of a woman calling into a radio station because she wants the government to move the deer crossing signs. Too funny! http://m.youtube.com/?reason=8&rdm=2573#/watch?v=CI8UPHMzZm8&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DCI8UPHMzZm8

Has anyone every used this or something like it to make a watermelon flavored wine? I've read several threads about the difficulty in making the real thing so I'm a little scared to try it. I thought about making a basic niagara and adding this to it...

While walking down the street one day a Corrupt Senator(that may be redundant) was tragically hit by a car and died. His soul arrives in heaven and is greeted by Peter at the entrance. "Welcome to heaven," says St.. Peter. "Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. We seldom see a...

At a wine merchant, the regular taster died (drowned in a vat!!) and the director started looking for a new one to hire. A drunkard with a ragged, dirty look came to apply for the position. The director of the warehouse wondered how to send him away. They gave him a glass of wine to drink...

Happy Father's Day to all of my wine making friends out there. I hope you have a blessed day.

I just read this today. http://shine.yahoo.com/fashion/dress-made-wine-181300537.html Any takers? I'd like to see some of your homemade designs.

I just purchased this pump. It looks like it could handle anything I throw its way, but hopefully, it will be a good pump for my winemaking procedures. What do you guys think about this one? THOMAS COMPRESSOR VACUUM PUMP: Model Numbers 2619 OR 2639 115V, 60HZ, 4.0A 3.5...

I just planted a few (4) muscadines this past week. I know, it's not much but then I don't have a plantation. I just thought it would be fun to grow some more of the fruit used in different wines. I already grow plums, peaches, blueberries, and apples. This year will be the first year to...

I got a good chance to rub the win in the faces of the "smack talking" LSU fans this weekend at the country club. BAMA 21 LSU ZEREAUX

Ok, really.... which do you recommend? I know that the Italian floor corker is more expensive and has the brass whatever the thing is called, but is it really worth twice as much as the Portuguese corker where you can replace those nylon whatever the things are called for about 12.00? There...

Yesterday, coming back from the outlaws... I mean the in-law's, I stopped by the Perdido Winery which is the first Winery in the state of Alabama. It was very interesting and while there, I picked up 13 cases of used bottles. They cost .25/ea so I figured even though I have to soak them and get...

I just noticed for the first time today that Lowe's is carrying the 5 gallon food grade buckets for under $4.00 and the lids for under $2.00. I picked up one today.

I don't know why the Wine Calc is not working for me, now. I am working on my peach and trying to find out how much sugar to add to get to 1.085 from the current SG of 1.025. I know I could keep heating and adding sugar over and over until I reach that point, but the winecal has just about...

By Alice Baghdjian | Reuters – Tue, Jul 26, 2011.........LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The sale of a 200-year-old bottle of white wine for 75,000 pounds ($121,000) has set a new Guinness World Record for the most valuable bottle of white wine ever sold. The buyer of the 1811 Château d'Yquem...

Some of you have read some post regarding my two 5 gal mistake batches of Niagara/Cherry, where I added sugar per recipe before checking SG and adding just enough to get to the correct SG. I had two one gal jugs of left-over from the 5 gal carboys so I played around with those to try to get the...