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So I just ~ Just opened a bottle of my Pinot Noir that has been silently sitting in a bottle for about 6 months, I could not explain to people how it tasted in conversation, but I could paint them a great visual As I sit here, blank canvas before me; just awaiting each word to be typed...

Alright, thanks to all of you and yes even Wade had an answer or two I think it's all water under the bridge now excpet for one thing.. I read K-meta has a 2 to 3 month life when bulk aging. now, 1/4 teaspoon to 5/6 gallons, I do 3 gallons so I do about an 1/8. but...

Hey everyone ! back for a quick question. I bottled 6 gallons of some home design wine about 3 weeks ago. this batch was a 6 gallon batch, store bought concentrates " welchers " style., turned out tasting fantastic red grape and black cherry. now I did the primary, racked, waited...

I at this moment don't have enough bottles around to answer this one. If you took 9 750 ml bottles and put them in a square, what are the length of the sides ? Looking to start a simple weekend project of making a wine rack out of diamond shapes and each cell to hold 9 bottles...

I am blown away, When I was in Florida, I always just went to the local brew shop, it was instant gradification. But I made my orders with FVW as well for items I had to have at 2 in the morning Since back in Pa, I found a local brew shop, but what a pain ! a pain in the A#$ it is to get...

This 3 gallon batch came out so good ! 4) concentrate frozen cans welch's concord grape ( I like a thin wine ) 2) 1 gallon welch's concord grape juice 1) Pack lalvin 71B 1122 yeast 4) Oranges (Sulfites and all the other goodies you would normally use.) Add the concentrates straight...

No room yet in life for a great storge area, but plenty for a glass and some writing

Hey everyone, It has been awhile but that line stuck in my head ever since it was told to me here some time ago Anyhow, I came back tonight to place an order after being away from it for a bit. I moved back to PA. Yup left that sunny florida and came back tot he four seasons. . So It's...

Ok all, I played with my baby batches and drank them young just for the instant gratification, and to make sure I wasn't gonna get myself sick So, I bought a can of zinfandel concentrate, " Alexanders " 1 can, enough water to make 6 gallons and a care pack or chemicals...

So from the first bacth of wine I made, all of it is gone except for one bottle. They drank it all before it could age 2 days from the carboy after taking 1 1/2 months to make. They all said the wine was great , but I have a problem. I SAVED 1 bottle ! from 6 gallons~ I went to...

I am in the market for some oak,,,, figured I got a good batch of zinfandel going and I plan to make it age bulk for some time, as I am hitting up the shopping here, I wondered, is there a difference between the cubes, chips and spirals ? And just so you know, I am aware I can check out...

AS I type this I am sitting here with a glass of what I think is the finest wine I have ever had the joy of consuming , Thanks to the help of all of you here at FVW forums. I've learned alot along the way, I have learned never to add capmden to a highly co2'd carboy, not to degas a gallon...

Yup, you guys got me hooked on these little pills for saftey in the wine. My question is, I added 2 tabs to two gallons 10 days ago while racking. Well tonight I was ready and bottled. but how you say we use much less then the winery's, I added just 1 tab to the two gallons tonight just...

This is where my wine has been sitting for some time now. It is a month old since primary, then secondary , I have been scoping this out for 1 week now and I cant even find a single bubble or mist form..... Could this be done, just never reached 1.000 or lower ?

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So let me just run through my operational steps with all of you so as not to mess this up. Then from there, i think I will be a quick learn for the rest of the batches about to be finished. This batch is a gallon. No bubble action, SG .995ish Cleared well enough for me. It has...

I have seen alot of apple wines, but.. Instead of using oak in a fermenter, has enyone ever tried using cinnamon sticks ? I was thinking, wow. A nice apple wine w/cinnamon and when served heated a bit ? just wondering if this has been done by one before to offer pointers.

Ok, I am real excited here so I will try not to pee on the carpet, The process so far, from acquiring all the fermet buckets, jugs, hydrometers, yeasts, nutirents, airlock, concentrates, sugars, yadda yadda yadda, I think as far as PRIMARY fermentation is concerned I got that locked down...

I was a northern boy for many years till I mande the move, and I do and dont miss the cold , snow, sleet, hail. winds. So I figured to offer you some warm photos to get those through the final stretch of winter It's amazing, I fought for years to get the time and money to hit the...

Was looking through my digi photos for a pic for Wade, when I came across some I forgot I had. Well, I enjoy hitting the beach and taking my 7 foot kit to the sky and carving some wind with the dual controls. It was a starter kit, I always wanted to kite surf, so I figured I would buy a...