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Brett, bung taste, and mercaptans can all have a taste aroma of rubber. They say mercaptans are "burnt" rubber and brett is bandaid but im putting this up for debate, how can you tell which is which? I know the penny trick for Sulfide and I know brett hates S02 but nonetheless i had a wine end...

I usually make a white and a red wine every year from fresh grapes. I make both since the process for each is so unique. When it comes to my whites I prefer the fruity varietals that have that lovely fresh grape aroma. The process I use is this: crush, possibly cold soak, press, sulfite, cold...

Hello all. I'm not sure if anyone can help me. I bought a vinmetrica-300 and am already having problems. After pressing power, mode selection cannot be made. I press the button, hear it click, and yet nothing. I've replaced batteries. Tried with/without electrodes. The whole nine. Any ideas? Am...

Hi everyone, I have put this together to show anyone wanting to know how to go about converting a 15.5 gallon beer keg into a storage vessel for secondary fermentation or aging of wine. Step one: Acquire a beer keg. This becomes easy if you buy a used one from a beer distributor...

So as I was scanning over presque isle wine's catalog and drooling over the stainless steel cap masher they sell, it occurred to me that this is the only one I have ever seen (minus the potato masher most sites sell). So I got to wondering, what is everyone else using? I myself have grown fond...

Hey as promised im posting a pic of the chandelier I spoke of in a past thread. Even though I had to convert it from a plug fed swag light to a hanging chandelier I think it turned out rather nice. It was hard to get a decent pic because of glare but trust me its a conversation starter in any...

Hey everyone. I own the three spout bottle filler from ec kraus. Ive had it a few years after upgrading from the vino bottle filler and was wondering if anyone else uses it. The problem i seem to have more often than not is wine filling in it to much and overflowing from the reservoir. Anyone...

Well friends I was spoiled this year. I received many wine related gifts including a vinmetrica 300, a wine glass etched with my name, and a hanging wine rack. One gift tho I want to share with the group. Its a chandelier style light fixture made up of inverted wine bottles. Its really nice and...

Why does so many writing programs try to correct spelling on "winemaking" when you type it? Why do google searches show some as "wine making" and others as "winemaking"? We are skilled professionals (he he) that deserve the respect of a title not a string of words thrown together. Is anybody...

For my own curiosity does anyone know where the multiplier of 131 for finding ABV actually represents??

Hi all. I have been making wine for about 8 years now and pride myself on my knowledge but i recently stumbled on an article talking about back sweetening with a sugar alcohol known as xylitol. Apparently yeast cannot metabolize it so no stabilizers are needed. Anyone have any insight or...