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So since we are traveling for Christmas, Santa came early to avoid breakage. I got two of these (Huge surprise from my husband). they came from a local auction. Can anyone tell me anything about them? The carboy next to one picture is a 6 gal. How much do they hold? There are lots of bubbles...

I'm going to ask Santa for a floor corker? What are your suggestions? Sent from my iPad

My hubs brought me a HACH 135 Minilab ph tester. I have tried, and tried to make this work. The instructions are pretty vague and I am really clueless in acid testing. If anyone has used this, can you please explain the step by step. I can sometimes get a good calibration according to the...

I don't see that anyone has addressed this, but there are pages here, pretty random that contain wingdings and Asian fonts in the static pages. This was brought to my atten by another forum member and I have seen the same. Seems to be a PC thing. Doesn't appear on my iPad. Has anyone else seen it?

I was wondering if anyone from the forum will be going to the Grapefest in Grapevine TX this weekend. I'd sure like to meet up with some fellow forum followers. We are going on Friday. I have tickets for Italian wine tasting and the 5pm Peoples Choice Wine tasting. Last year I made the...

I am making a WE Sonoma Dry Creek chardonnay, which I understand does very nicely when fermented at cooler temperatures. Since it is very hot here and my house stays around 78º I had to manufacture a swamp cooler using a very large cooler bag to set the primary in. Lined the cooler with 6 frozen...

In honor of my first anniversary if winemaking, I splurged and bought myself a kit I have been looking at for some time. It's my first Eclipse kit. From what I have read, it seems to be a favorite and has all the characteristics I am looking for in a white. Dry, fruity and crisp. Most of you...

I get emails from this company several times a week. They have become my favorite source for wine kits. Not only because they have a great selection, but the owner is one of the best customer service people I have come across in any line of business. (you may remember me singing the praises of...

My sweet daughters bought this for me for my birthday. It appears to be in wonderful condition. I have done some Googling and it comes up as a fruit press and a sausage stuffer. I guess it could do both but I don't think sausage because of the the holes in the basket. I prefer to think its just...

The answer is, when he is part of the glass. lol I looked at this for a long time before I figured out what it was. I couldn't even see the tentacles until I took the picture using macro. Then I noticed the bubbles around him. I guess it's ok if he stays because I'm not throwing this...

I have been eyeing the WE Pacific Quartet LE 2013 kit since they were announced. At the time, I could only justify one kit so I went with a red. I have been regretting not ordering both ever since. Long story short(er), they are shipping this month and I found some listed online. I tried to...

I found this at a local liquor store and just HAD to buy it. The label is silver metallic and black. Can it get anymore sexy? The tagline is the best part. :)

I bought a Orchard Breezin Watermelon white Merlot kit last week. Stupidly, I didn't look a the date till I started it yesterday and it was May 2012. Yikes! The starting SG was 1.065 so I bumped it up to 1.074 with a can of frozen white grape juice and 1/2 of the fpac. (I didn't want it too...

I am not sure if I am just not patient enough, or this still needs degassing. This is triple berry DB that I had bottled in Nov. It started dropping a lot of sediment and when I opened a bottle, it had bubbles using my vacu vin. So at the advise of a few vets here, I uncorked and degassed...

I have a not-quite-yet son in law that is getting his MBA in a couple of weeks, coupled with Christmas not too far behind so I need a gift. He likes his beer and although I though a brew kit might be a nice gift, daughter says no. She suggested a beer of the month club instead. Any...

I have a slurry that has been refrigerated about a week. It started the juice going in 2 hours. Rather strongly too. Will that be enough or should I add yeast anyway? 3 gal batch used frozen concentrate added nutrient, acid blend a peptic enzyme. Starting SG 1.098 thanks, Lori

I am doing a Symphony kit which I have just racked to secondary. I was wondering if anyone has ever used a flavored green tea in the secondary. I have a Celestial Seasonings green tea with blood orange and star fruit. The taste on its own as a tea is just the fruit, not too much tea flavor...

I learned two valuable lessons this morning. #1. Don't try to do blending and tasting without eating first. #2. Don't try to move a 3 gal carboy one-handed. EVER. The thing that makes me the saddest? It was my black currant wine that I have been bulk aging for 4 months and it was GOOD...

Sure I know this is a wine forum, but I also know there are a lot of great people here who have their own take on things. Normally with an educated reason. So here we go. There is a little discussion in our house about 'restoring' this Jeep. I might add there is a difference of opinions as to...

Ok, this is my second batch of white wine and I am really worried about the color. It is a Reserve Du Chateau Oriveto style. I have it in the 4th day of clearing and the color seems to have gotten darker since adding the fining agent and Super Kleer. It was dark to start with, but this color is...