I am a relative newbie to wine making, as I only started last fall. Thus far, my wine making has been limited to kits.
This hobby, though, is becoming highly addictive. I started off with the bare minimum of equipment - one primary, one carboy, hydrometer, J tube, hose, wine thief, bottle filler and "butterfly" corker.
My first attempt at bottling, with the hand corker, combined with a stubborn cork, a slippery floor, and my own impatience wound up with a scene reminiscent of the three stooges. I would up going head first into a peg board (which fortunately was not damaged) and in a day or so, the dizzy spells went away.
I now have a floor model.
I acquired a second carboy so I could have two batches on the go. And now, a third one is looking pretty good.
And to think I used to do cross stitch.
Abby
This hobby, though, is becoming highly addictive. I started off with the bare minimum of equipment - one primary, one carboy, hydrometer, J tube, hose, wine thief, bottle filler and "butterfly" corker.
My first attempt at bottling, with the hand corker, combined with a stubborn cork, a slippery floor, and my own impatience wound up with a scene reminiscent of the three stooges. I would up going head first into a peg board (which fortunately was not damaged) and in a day or so, the dizzy spells went away.
I now have a floor model.
I acquired a second carboy so I could have two batches on the go. And now, a third one is looking pretty good.
And to think I used to do cross stitch.
Abby