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Heh, I had no idea, but I guess it is a thing so, thanks ...and sorry about that.

Facts: I started a Mango Tangerine batch in 2012 and it didn't clear for ages. It's around 18% alcohol I haven't racked it in years! It is cold outside. Narrative: There's alot of sediment around the glass ribs and on the bottom (finally) I really don't care to rack it and then bottle...

Nutritional Values: Alcohol is 7 calories. Protien and Carbs are 5 (each), Fat is 9. So i guess it gets its own catagory. Alcohol can preserve food. heh more ready food has a significantly greater nutritional value than less ready food. I think UC Davis has a fermentation program, it might be a...

GreginND's answer matches my extensive research on the subject. Thanks for the succinct and accurate information. 130ppm is absolutely no problem. I get around all the potential allergy issues by including on my packaging: " WARNING: CONTAINS SULFITES " and " ALSO: MAY CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT...

Illinois Appelation Grapes $800-$1800/ton based on type/quality.

Instead of topping off, why not just make an 11 if you're shooting for a ten or a 22 if you'ree shooting for a 20 and over time collect up a bunch of 1.75L handles, 1.5L 3L 4L bottles then fill your overflow into these. You just need a few more airlocks and 6 or 6.5 stoppers. Top up with the...

You really don't need to do a starter with freeze dried yeast, Lalvin rec's it, but I dont think red star does... http://www.lalvinyeast.com/faq.asp Red Star Bakers Yeast: It is not necessary to dissolve the dry yeast before using it. Some bakers like to do this, because it gives the yeast a...

A key point that the seller of the " Ferrari Italian Floor Corker for home winemaking **Barely Used** " did not bring up is that it will do champagne bottles. I asked the seller if it was the champagne corker and he sent me the link showing where he bought it...

Metro Shelving might be a good idea too. Metro Shelving is cool. At Sams you can get a set of six shelves and four poles for about $100. Then go to Webstaurant and get 4 more poles for about $5-6 each. (probably $30-$35 delivered.) so for around $135 you've got top shelf space for about 21...

Thanks for the reply. That first one is a nice link for approximate measures. (Which is probably the real culprit in all these wine tables on the internet...) I have something like that too. It looks like a good one. The second talks about different standard measures, also good for those...

Ok before you get all in a huff about this being a stupid question, I was raised to believe a tablespoon is always equal to three teaspoons. You can even go to google and it will tell you .333 teaspoons in a tablespoon. I am putting together a wall chart to hang in my wine room so I went here...

The only thing I would add to all these great rec's is cover every wall and ceiling in glassboard so you can hose down the entire place in sanitizer.... heh... and like Scott said, use more space.

Strainer Bags are cool The LD Carlson small size bags are 6"x18" and have a medium weave, and are top quality. The last ones I bought were four of five dollars each. When you fill them and tie the top they won't sit flat in even a 32 gallon "fermenter." That's not a negative, just an...

Actually Steve, Your post took me to page 36 (or something like that) of a monster post that I only scratched the surface of in the past. One of the things I was missing in #4 of my previous post was the issue of filter efficiency, I did not look up the efficiency of the $2 filter but it is...

Whole House Wine Filtering Questions Excellent information dangerdave thanks for the info. I've gone the route of nearly completing the set up one of these Whole House Filtering systems with a vacuum pump but have some questions for those of you (that I am almost certain) have already...