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    Work room...

    Randy, I'm a new guy to the hobby as well and had the same ideas as you when I started. The only thing that I had to change when I arranged my working area is the carboy table. There must be no shelves overhead and if you must they should be high enough so as you can insert a syphon hose into...
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    Degassing in a carboy

    Another question concerning "Degassing" Can degassing be done in any stage ??? I have a couple of kits I'm working on right now and it seems like the degassing stage lasts for days if required as per the instructions on the kit. If I feel that I haven't degassed the wine enough do to not giving...
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    Racking Question

    No not shure how much was in it, package doesn't state but it was enough to do 5 gallons of the Chardonnay that was in the kit that I got it from. I basically borrowed the sulphite from this kit knowing well that I would have to replace it when the time came .....
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    Racking Question

    Hey BB, Great idea !!! Just shows you what a little out of the box thinking will get you.... Heres a little story about what I learned today as a novice wine maker... I learned that Metabisulfite=Campden tablets......:) I learned this by a mistake I made yeasterday when I added a small packet...
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    Racking Question

    Thanx for the tips !!! Sulphite is in,carboy topped off and cloudy wine from big bottle has been transfered to two smaller bottles.... All is well again :)
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    Racking Question

    I'm on my second carboy racking. I have lost a bit of wine due to cedement and now I have a carboy with clear wine but am missing a few inches below the neck of the carboy. I also have the cedement/wine poured off into a bottle and am hoping it settles down so I can use the wine to top off the...
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    First batch !!

    Well, the yeast has got the sour mash on the move and its starting to smell down in the laundry room:) ...Time to put in that ventalation fan soon.... As for getting back to my first batch of wine,tommorrow I'm fully expecting it to be at 0.990 or close to it so the first racking will commence...
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    Work Statiion For Carboys

    Yup,just pinches the hose and slows down the fluid,pretty simple....This is the one I kinda like to have. Just blow in the one end and it starts the siphon with pressure in the carboy... The only thing I can think of that may be a draw back with using a squeeze ball is how would you clean it...
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    Work Statiion For Carboys

    Oxeye, I got 3 weeks to put together a still from today. I got all the resources mostly but need a pressure cooker of some kind or along that idea....Should be interesting to see(taste)the outcome.....If you need a pump bulbie thingy find me a link to one precisely like the one you want and...
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    Work Statiion For Carboys

    Thanx all for the responces.... Hey oxeye, the closet has yet again went through another metamorphis:D Its now a fermentation work station....One batch of wine and one batch of sour mash coolin down gettin ready for the yeast:D The carboys are now on a different table at a more manageble...
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    First batch !!

    I was able to find the guides in that link. Will come very useful,many thanx...Also your research on the Sulphate will come in helpful too. I'm in the process of making a batch of sour mash whiskey so I may just have to give that Calcium Sulpate a try to kick up the fermentation process if...
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    Talk about sweet!

    We picked up a liquor store wine rack from a fella last week. Its made of steel and holds 121 bottles....Like you said,not much to look at but I'm a practical type of guy:cool: Cheers !!
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    Shall we Mango?

    I just happened to be lookin around and found this....You probably got a recipe by now but heres another:) http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/reques57.asp Chris
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    First batch !!

    Thanx again for all the great racking tips !!! Checked out the link the left in your post. Lots of interesting tools there to help me out. Most of the stuff on that site I have seen in the wine making shop up the road. Nice to know what everything is for before I go out to buy it ..... Got a...
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    First batch !!

    Ok,I'll keep an eye on the hydrometer reading fopr sure. My hydrometer goes from 1.120 to 0.990. My instructions state that I should rack at 0.992. So I guess that means that when the hydrometer reachs 0.990 to where the meter its pretty much submerged to the last reading its time to rack ...
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    First batch !!

    Well,finally got all my equipment gathered and now its time to do my first batch of wine. Went down to the local wine making store(Dans)and picked up a pail of white zinfendale juice. They pre ferment it but still needs to be put in a fermenting pail for a few weeks to get the proper hydrometer...
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    Work Statiion For Carboys

    Great idea !!!! Never new they came in 1 and 3 gal carboys. Other than being smaller and lighter is there any other advantage to using the smaller carboys ?? Is it a process advantage of some kind perhaps ? Also I picked up the rest of what I need to start my wine making off of a fella down...
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    Peace Corps

    There are some days here on Ontario when I wished I was you...I'm new on this site and a novice in this field as well. Good luck with your wine making adventure... Cheers !!
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    Stabilizing

    Luc, Thanx for putting all that info out there for us. Will come in very handy when I start up my first few batchs... CHEERS !!!!
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    Work Statiion For Carboys

    Steve, When I tried to use a regular siphon hose to get the water out of the carboy after my weight test the darn hose just went wherever it pleased...Was a total pain. Now I know why it would be you use a syphon rod as you explained above... I checked out the link you posted on the auto...
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