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  1. kiljoy

    Grapefruit Wine

    Turned out pretty darn good. This is one that needs to age for a bit. I've not made it since this batch though.
  2. kiljoy

    Making Sassafras Wine

    Well, if you have any paint to strip, you're in luck :D
  3. kiljoy

    Making Sassafras Wine

    Don't know, but I'm going to try and find out if Alcohol does ::
  4. kiljoy

    Making Sassafras Wine

    And cigarettes used to be good for you. Is making a batch of sassafras wine going to give you cancer? Probably not. But, the safrol in it is know to have bad side effects. Not just cancer. I'd just watch how much I consume. That is all.
  5. kiljoy

    Making Sassafras Wine

    Probably not any more so than all the crap they put in our food. :h
  6. kiljoy

    Making Sassafras Wine

    Be careful there. Sassafras is considered by the USDA as a carcinogen. It's not allowed to be used in commercial foodstuffs unless the safrol oil has been removed. http://www.nal.usda.gov/wicworks/WIC_Learning_Online/support/job_aids/harmful.pdf
  7. kiljoy

    Pumpkin wine with LOTS of sediment.

    Last night I racked the clear stuff into a 2 quart milk bottle that I have and put the rest of the sludge into another carboy (only had 1 gallons left) and stuck that sucker in the fridge. Thanks for the advice!
  8. kiljoy

    Pumpkin wine with LOTS of sediment.

    Thought about that. The room is pretty chilly, but not fridge temps. I might try that. Anyone have a cetrifuge I can borrow??
  9. kiljoy

    Pumpkin wine with LOTS of sediment.

    Here's a pic of the wine. The top looks very nice. :h As for transferring to another carboy, I may have trouble getting that sediment to move through the hose.
  10. kiljoy

    Pumpkin wine with LOTS of sediment.

    I have 1 gallon of pumpkin wine. I more or less pulled the recipe out of my nether regions. I used canned pumpkin which gave me a LOT of sediment. I added sparkaloid when I transferred to the secondary. Racked once and was pumping a lot of sediment. So, after 3 months, I have about 50%...
  11. kiljoy

    Re-using bottles and Removing the labels

    I know I'm a few months late to this post, but anyone ever hear of "Goo-Gone"? Nice orangy smell too!
  12. kiljoy

    Cleaning a hydration pack

    I considered that. But I might not find my way back off the trail.:pee
  13. kiljoy

    Cleaning a hydration pack

    I recently took up hiking on a regular basis. I bought one of those CamelBak® hydration packs that goes into a daypack. It’s basically a plastic bladder with a drinking tube so you don’t have to take off your pack to get water. My question: It needs to be periodically cleaned and they sell...
  14. kiljoy

    Methanol / Methyl alcohol .... Question

    Moonshiners throw away the “heads” and “tails” when distilling. The highest concentrations of fusel alcohols are in the first bit that comes out and the last. One test is to burn some of it. If the flame is blue, you are OK, but if it’s yellow, then there is some bad stuff in there. However...
  15. kiljoy

    Grapefruit wine question

    Yes, rack, degass, and then add campden. As long as your head space is good, let the sucker sit for another month and see what happens. There are several additives that can be used to help clear a wine. I’ve never actually used any of them. Now, when I made grapefruit wine, it was pretty...
  16. kiljoy

    Grapefruit wine question

    Have you degassed yet? C02 bubbles tend to keep particles in suspension.
  17. kiljoy

    Grapefruit wine question

    I made grapefruit wine last year. Tasted nasty at first, but everything I read said this stuff just needs a lot of age. They were correct. It’s one of the best I’ve made. That being said, add the pectic enzyme and see what happens. Typically, you add it during fermentation. If you’ve not...
  18. kiljoy

    Primary Fermenters in bulk

    No. I haven't. That's a good link. I noticed the small volumes after I scanned it in.
  19. kiljoy

    Primary Fermenters in bulk

    I don’t know why, but I received this catalog at work. I was flipping through it and came across the following food safe containers. The hamster in my head started running in it’s wheel and I thought “primary fermenters”. The prices look very good. The volume is large, but maybe some wine...
  20. kiljoy

    poly-seal caps

    All I've used so far is the Saranex lined screw cap. It's a metal cap with a plastic liner. I've not had any problems so far. http://www.thegrape.net/browse.cfm/4,12458.html However, I just bought a corker. I think it may be more economical in the long run. But the screw caps are very...
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