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Here's a big, typewritten oral history of Italian Swiss Colony. 12 Meg .pdf file. http://www.archive.org/details/italianswisscol00rossrich Very interesting. I particularly like the menu from their 1939 tasting room at the Golden Gate Exposition. Here's 35 cents. Give me the assorted lunch...

I've seen Chantix really help the quiting process. My wife and I were very lucky. We both smoked until 1988. At that point, my office was going smoke-free and I quit for that reason, marking about 100 efforts to quit. My wife joined me. A few days later, we learned that she was pregnant with...

I just picked up a decanter in this basic design at Ross, a discount realtor (like Marshall's and several other similar stores). It came with 4 stemless wine glasses. $9.99 for the set, made in Mexico. I didn't even know such a thing existed before reading this thread. Thanks. Brian

NW, my son and I made your apple crisp last night. My wife and I agreed that this is a 'keeper', and likely to be our contribution to our next supper club meeting. Our church sponsors small 3-4 couple pairings as a way to get to know each other at a deeper level. Next to try: Waldo's Shrimp...

I tried the PVC flute that I made, but darned if my wine doesn't prefer a Clarke pennywhistle. Brian

Lisa, I followed the package instructions, since I was in a hurry to let it be in the bottles at least a few weeks before trying it. No bulk aging. Regarding your wine being drinkable by Christmas, I can only say that the real change in mine occurred at about three full months in the bottle. Up...

Lisa, use as much patience as you can. We only have 17 out of the 30 bottles of the same wine that you are making, and I really regret that we drank so many before their time. Mine is only about 4 1/2 months in the bottle even now, and really tastes marvelous now compared when we had our first...

I'll take six of those, a cup of Mrs. Butterworth and a cold half gallon of whole milk, please. As my dad would have said, those look mighty larapin! Brian

If I had any doubt that home winemaking results in a product that isn't worth the effort, it was erased last night when SWMBO and I shared a bottle of Inglenook White Zinfandel. We had received it as a gift. This hobby definitely changes your idea of what a good $4-$5 bottle of wine should...

That's hard, isn't it. I do think that resource stewardship and environment protection is something that is a role of government. I don't see how those roles can be entrusted to private industry except in some areas of monitoring and enforcement of regulations. But again, it has to be a...

Peter, I took Chemistry in college in 1975. I just took it again in order to apply for a nursing program, as a prerequisite. It was a requirement that the science prerequisites be taken within the past five years. In my opinion, there was a substantial amount of new material and reprioritization...

I am so tempted to follow the "rinse with hot water immediately after use" and the just k-meta those when bottling time arrives. What I may end up doing just for my own peace of mind, is going ahead and getting a bottle brush and keeping a small container of OxyClean handy in a cabinet near...

You can email me at [email protected]. Thanks. Brian

Matt, I envy you your beer success. I've brewed 4 batches of extract kits or simpler can kits. I'd be very, very interested to hear what beer kits you think are worth brewing. PM me if you'd rather not divert the thread? Where my beer hasn't lived up to my expectations, I've been very happy...

As we said in Navy firefighter training "Wild Hose!". Brian

Define 'wash'. I'm slow. I know how to wash a glass. You put it in the sink of water with some dish soap in the water, stick a sponge in it to wipe every surface, and then rinse with fresh water and drain. Now.... a bottle? I know it isn't rocket science, but I am still curious about what...

For people that thoroughly clean the bottles after use, do you then wash them again when you pull them out of storage? Or just sanitize at that point? Do people use bottle brushes, or just a lot of warm-water rinsing immediately after use? If you wash them just after use with a detergent, does...

My first thought was "How do you pick up a 7+ gallon carboy when it's full?" Brian

There's also a joke that goes something like..... When you tell your doctor which medicine you want, doesn't that make him your pusher instead of your doctor? Brian

What a great, simple, elegant solution. I've been worrying about the same thing with my bottles. Thanks! Brian