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    Bottle Brushes

    Has anyone found a source for a good, sturdy, long lasting bottle brush? I just used a brand new one I got recently from LabelPeelers and it's worthless. The photo below was taken after I had washed one case of 12 bottles . I had one long ago that cleaned hundreds of bottles over many years...
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    BOGO Finer Wine Kits

    Label Peelers has a buy one get one free deal today on FWK. No coupon code needed. Simply place both kits in your cart and one of them will be marked to $0 automatically. 72 hours sale.
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    Fresh Chilean Juice

    Fresh juice pick up in Boston or Hartford. Chilean Juice
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    Selling home made wine

    This is very interesting! https://www.ttb.gov/wine/wine-faqs
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    Master Vintner Kits

    Anyone have experience with these kits? I've made plenty of WE kits, but this is the first Master Vintner I've tried and I'm running into issues I have never seen. Instructions say to add yeast energizer when SG drops to 1.040 - 1.050. It's now day 7 and the SG, which started at 1.092 is...
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    Heavy sediment before fermentation???

    I started a WE California Chardonnay (Selection) yesterday. Followed the instructions, as usual. Today there's close to 2 inches of fluffy sediment on the bottom of the Fermonster I'm using for primary. For years I have kept the must temp up by setting the carboys in a wash tub filled with water...
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    Heavy sediment before fermentation

    I started a WE California Chardonnay (Selection) yesterday. Followed the instructions, as usual. Today there's close to 2 inches of fluffy sediment on the bottom of the Fermonster I'm using for primary. For years I have kept the must temp up by setting the carboys in a wash tub filled with...
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    Cloudy K-meta

    I have a batch of K-meta stored in a plastic spring water bottle. It's about a month old. I mixed it in spring water using 3 T K-meta and 2 tsp. tartaric acid as I always do. It was fine when I first mixed it and at least for a couple of weeks after that. I went to use it today and noticed...
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    How do you store your winemaking tools?

    Just curious to see how others store their various winemaking tools like bungs, airlocks, racking canes and tubes, hydrometers, funnels, bottling wands, degassing tool, spoons, measuring cups, hoses, etc. Most of my "stuff" I keep in a clear plastic storage box about 40" x 20" and in a small...
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    Cleaning used bottle necks

    Does anyone have a method of removing the waxy coating that's in the necks of used wine bottles? I assume this is the residue from the wax/silicone coating some cork manufacturers put on their corks. Soaking in Oxyclean won't do it. I've had no problem leaving it there, but it just seems it...
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    Moving the wine cellar

    We may be moving in the next few months. I have about 500 bottles of wine in various stages of ageing. Will moving the wine permanently damage it or will it just need a few more months of ageing added?
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    Wine temp after stabilizing

    What temp do you keep your wine at during the 14 day clearing period after fermentation and stabilizing is complete? (WE kits) I've been putting mine in a somewhat cooler spot (55-60 degrees) during this period because the instructions do not specifically state to keep it in the 72 - 75 degree...
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    Bitter Late Harvest Riesling

    I made a CC Washington Late Harvest Riesling a while back. I bulk aged it for a couple of months and it's now been bottled for 3 months. At bottling time it tasted pretty good - on the sweet side and fairly smooth. Tried a bottle yesterday and it's a whole different story. It now has a...
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    Diluting wine with grape juice???

    Has anyone tried reducing the abv by diluting the finished product with regular store bought grape juice like Welch's? I'm looking to make a slightly sweet red with an abv somewhere in the 8 - 10% range.
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    Nebie needs help! Is my Cabernet still fermenting??

    I'm on my second WE kit - Selection Int'l French Cabernet Sauvignon. My first kit, Italian Pinot Grigio turned out fine - no problems. But the Cabernet is giving me fits. Primary fermentation went fine. Secondary went fine. After the prescribed time SG was down to 994. There was no action...
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    Looking for a sweet Riesling kit

    I have made a few WE kits and would like to try making a relatively sweet Riesling. My wife and I like the sweetness level in Barefoot Riesling. It's quite sweet with only 8% alcohol - pretty weak stuff. But, from what I can tell, all the WE Rieslings are dry. Does anyone have any...
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    Bottling temp

    Need some advice on bottling...........do you bottle the finished wine without regard to its temperature or do you wait until it's cooled to the temp of the storage area? I'm concerned about the effect the temperature differential and expansion/contraction of the wine might have on cork movement.
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    Cold basement

    My basement runs about 65 degrees. To keep things warm, I'm planning to put the primary and later the carboy in a plastic rope tub ($5 from WallyWorld); fill the tub with water and keep it heated with a submersible aquarium heater and circulated with a small fountain pump. Anyone have any...
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