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I bought 4 cases of glass Screw Cap Bordeaux bottles from Innovative Sourcing in Yakima, WA (www.innovativesourcing.com) for $7.80 per case. However, it was the high shipping cost to Phila, PA area that made that deal not so great.

You said it.

I think leaving the Tilt in the batch after primary fermentation is completed would just be a waste of battery life. It would be a glorified thermometer with an unchanging SG reading.

Love my Tilt. Hard to convey the value of checking the progress of the fermentation at a glance, both in terms of SG and temperature, with my iPad, which I just leave plugged in nearby. I would make the case that, even if the bubbles did impact the readings to some minor degree during the...

Hi Steve - No big deal. Your product is good and fairly priced. I will probably buy again. However, as others have observed, the bulb may not always be a reliable indictor if it locks in the vacuum position. What if that aspect could somehow be improved? Just to brainstorm - what if something...

Really like the gauge idea. Curious if using a brass hose fitting connector with 1/4" NPT Female and hose barb would work instead of the RTV silicone applicator? Because there is no graduated decrease in diameter the question may be what size hose barb would fit the stopper hole (e.g. in...

Or, like someone here once posted, just use a plastic (milk type) crate.

One web site says typical usage rate for Glycerin is 1-3 tbsp per gallon and should not exceed 4 tbsp per gallon. Your taste test on your batch would roughly equate to 0.43 tbsp per gallon. Maybe this goes to show it always wise to make adjustments in small increments!

To eliminate the humidity factor you could switch from corks to screw-top closures (very similar to what is commercially available). Eg. nicebottles.com sells Novatwist Capsules 60H30 (Pack of 100) and innovativesourcing.com sells screw-top wine bottles in various styles. (Then, if you live in...

Blanket with N2 (to replace the O2) and/or use a vacuum pump as already suggested above

Suggestion: If you can afford it, buy a TILT wireless hydrometer. You calibrate it in distilled water and drop it into your batch. It takes regular temperature corrected readings and lets you instantly read your specific gravity and temperature on your smart phone or iPad.

I have not yet visited the winery, but have tried wines made in the Lehigh Valley, PA area by Hackett Wine (hackettwine.com). A friend served their 100% Pinot Noir over dinner (it is called, "Handmade"). It was surprisingly good, so when I got home, I ordered a few bottles online, as well as a...

I just bought a new meter and so am selling my old Corning Model 140, which works fine. (Just search on Facebook Marketplace for "pH Meter.") Advertized for $75, but I will sell it to anyone here for $50 plus shipping costs.

Your winemakers academy link also warns that malolactic bacteria interacts with sorbate to produce rotting geranium odor (which is both disgusting and unfixable). The danger for some kits is, even if you don't add sorbate yourself, it may come pre-mixed in the concentrate for stability - and so...

in the Inside Winemaking Podcast, Episode 67, Dave Nakaji, winemaker for Sebastiani Vineyards and Winery advises extreme caution with post-ML pH adjustments. He says, at this point "it is what it is" because it is very difficult to make meaningful adjustments without ruining the wine, making it...

Tried out my EJWOX 5.3 this year and it works just fine. See my Amazon review with an easy solution to the EU vs USA hose connection.