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Squeezed out 6 1/4 gallons of rhubarb juice today. Freezing it again in gallon milk bottles and am going to cut off the tops to get rid of the bad acid before fermenting.:h Doesn't seem to want to load pictures from my phone. ::

Have a 5 gallon jug of rhubarb wine that stopped fermenting at 1.01 and I was not able to restart fermenting. Letting it age I noticed that there were bubbles moving thru the air lock even tho I have checked the CG over that past 3 weeks and it has remained T 1.01. There is also junk...

Got 2 large blocks of wax to give away. Approx. 12x16x1 1/2 inches. Grandmother used this type of wax to seal her jelly jars. I used some of it to seal wine bottles. Wife say I have to get rid of some. If someone wants them I live about 4 miles north of Mankato, MN on highway 22.

Went to an estate sale in Minneapolis last sunday and got 4, 5 gallon and 2, 6 1/2 gallon glass carboys for $7.50 each. I called another wine maker to see if he was interested at $7.50 for the 5 gallon jugs. No return call so I put them on Craigslist and sold them for $15.00 each the next...

There are some sweet dark cherries located in Fond Du Lac, Wi. If anyone is interested they are packed in approx 430 pound drums, @$.75 a pound. I am looking for someone interested in making wine from them. I live just north of Mankato, Mn and could pick them up and divide them on the way...

Picked about 90 pounds of frontenac grapes today. There appears to be maybe another 30 pounds on the vines plus some left for the birds. This has been a bad year for my grapes with a late frost and dry hot weather. The stems were starting to dry along with the leaves drying. :po Hopefully...

Anyone looked at the Share and Associates web site. All kinds of stuff available there, mostly on the east coast and California. Nothing available within a reasonable distance of So. MN so I haven't tried to deal with them.

Picture of 5 gallons of frozen rhubarb juice before scraping. I removed approx 1 inch of the top. Tested .4% but my solutuion was over a year old. Have to recheck when I can pick up more. The second picture is of acid spilled on the concrete. That acid appears to have some zip!! Added 2...

Had words with the farmer that sprayed my fontinac grapes last year. Very angry words when he tried to deny his herbacide caused damage to the vines. I also pointed out that spraying in a high wind caused the stuff to blow into my brothers shop where I was working. He said the sruff was not...

Got an email from someone telling me I haven't dropped in much lately. Usually check the forum every day but do not say much. That is the way I am, usually don't say much unless I need to. Now my x-boss wished I was that way all the time. He nominated me to be the union steward cause he...

I think I ruined a 8 gallon batch of fontenac grape wine. Stripped them from the stems by hand, crushed and pressed. I then added K-meta and peptic enzyme and let set for 12 hours intending to add yeast next. The stuff turned light brown. Looked spoiled so I dumped it. Any ideas what...

Gots about 20 Marquette grape vine loaded with grapes. A whole lot more than I can use. :a1 When I last checked with my refractometer they were averaging 22 brix. Vines are located near Kasota, MN. Fifty cents a gallon should do it. You pick. Phone 507 625 5973 or Cell 507 304 3337.

For those interested. Ad on craigs list for free bottles. Locates about 5 mile So. of Smiths Mills, MN. Approx. 12 Miles From Mankato, MN Indian Creek Winery, 507 381 9163. I would get some but I have run out of storage space for bottles. Indian Creek also sells bare root vines...

Having problem clearing. Used sparkaloid, Bentonite, and more peptic enzyme, and still have a haze. Degassed using 22 lbs. vacumm. I did throw in a few ripe bananas and am wonderinf ig it could be a starch haze from the bananas? Made from pure juice using Luc's freeze thing to remove...

Started a 5 gallon batch of rhubarb wine about a week ago. Froze the rhubarb and pressed. Then tried the juice freezing thing and chipped of the top getting a acid reading of .80. Made it with the pure juice and am going to use another 1/2 gallon of juice to poop up the rhubarb flavor when...

Got this shot on the Minnesota river a couple days ago

Come onto a 10 gallon Blue Crown stoneware crock at an estate sale in perfect condition and with the stone ware lid. $100.00. Had it looked at and was told I stole it. Stealing is somtimes good. :i Wondering if I can make some wine in it like grandmother used to do. Got to try it. Won't...

Out snapping monday morning and got a decent picture of the old girl against frosted trees. Used it for my post picture.

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Gots 10 gallons of black raspberry going that is almost 6 months old now. It is very heavy on tannen, good flavor otherwise so I tried the egg thing. When I mixed the egg white I seen a bunch of white stuff floating that later settled out. Is this normal?