Search results

I have a Buon Vino Mini Jet that I use on everything. Sometimes it is hard to see the effects in the carboy but if you fill a wineglass before you filter and one after you filter and hold them both up to a light, you can see adifference. I use the #2 pads and have never noticed any change in...

No worries, George. It smells EXCELLENT and I have every reason to believe it will turn out to be a top notch wine. I'm just glad you gave us out of towners the opportunity to get in on this buy.

Maybe my outlook is a little different, but I would never think of allocating the costs of my equipment across batches to calculate the cost per bottle. These things are critical in a commercial setting where pricing decisions are based on the total cost to produce a bottle, but I wonder how...

Thanks, Joan. I figured the low specific gravity was fine, but I'm glad to have some reassurance. I'm very excited about this one. It smells great. My wife has recently taken to Zinfandel and I think she would be pretty disappointed if anything went wrong with it.

Ok, looking for some advice on my Fresh Juice Zinfandel. It came to my place still mostly frozen, but I was able to warm it up over night with the help of a heating pad. Within 24 hours of brining the pail inside, it was all liquid and I took my first S.G. reading. After adjusting for...

It looks like it is a no go, at least through the USPS. See the following link: http://pe.usps.com/text/Imm/ce_003.htm#ep2041503 The second listed prohibited item "all alcoholic beverages including wine, etc" Matt

I just brought my Zinfandel in from the front porch. I'm in the St. Louis area so it was only 2 days ship time. We had temperatures in the low 60's today and it sat out there for about 6 hours, so I was a little worried it might have warmed it up a bit. I just unpacked it and it is still a...

The statute that provides the exemption for home winemaking is 26 United States Code, Section 5042. The language used in the statute exempts from the excise tax "wine for personal or family use and not for sale." If you read that literally, you could make the argument that any wine not consumed...

I made this kit last year. I pulled up some oldpictures I had from when I was making it and mine was almost exactly the same color. I think it just looks darker because it is in such a large container. If you pulled a little out and looked at it in a glass, I think you would find it to be MUCH...

I just got married over the summer and we had some centerpieces on the tables that required a lot of marbles in vases. We shopped around ata lot of places and eventually bought from Wal-Mart. The small bags at Wal-Mart were $.99 while a comparable package of marbles at a hobby shop (Michael's or...

Thanks to everyone who postedsuggestions. I started my second kit this last weekend and used the wine thief/test jarto take my SGmeasurements instead of just plopping the hydrometer into the primary. I'll probably continue to do it this way to make sure I am getting as accurate a reading as...

I found this one a while back and am thinking about giving it a try over the holidays. http://www.van-vliet.org/dempseywoodworking/winerack.shtml This one appeals to me because I am going to have a lot of bottles of the same kind of wine now that I'm making...

I'd like to hear more about the vacuum pump. Could someone familiar with this piece of equipment explain how it works? Thanks, Matt

Hi. I started my first kit a little over a week ago and I wanted to check to make sure I'm using the hydrometer properly. Specifically, I am wondering if it is ok to take the measurement directly in the primary fermentation bucket. The instructions I've read always say to use the wine thief and...