My little corner of the world

[lbwines]

Not much, but I like it for now.
Still have a carboy upstairs where it's a little warmer

 

[pjd]

Nice start! Now keep looking for more space, You will need it!
Phil

 

[grapeman]

For the slats, if you use narrower slats a little further apart, the wine will sit in between them lower and be closer together allowing for more bottles in the same area. Great job, but I thought I would point if out to you so when you need to make another one, you can store more bottles in the same space.

 

[Runningwolf]

Very nice 100 bottle rack. You'll need some more real soon.

 

[olusteebus]

I initially did my initial fermentation up stairs in an airconditioned room (bedroom). I moved everything down in my cellar with a dirt floor.

For the primary fermentation, I have two vessels I an fill with water and heat the water- one is a big "rope" tub from walmart and the other is a bigger storage bin (plastic). The rope tub is big enough for one ferment bucket and the larger bin will hold two. I use an adjustable aquarium heater to heat the water and an aquarium pump to circulate the water. It works perfectly. Also can come in handy for degassing.

I think I got the idea from here.

 

[lbwines]

Thanks olusteebus,
I think I will try that since my wife hates the smell during fermentation.

 

[TJsBasement]

Thanks olusteebus,
I think I will try that since my wife hates the smell during fermentation.

I had to hook up an exhaust fan or take it outside, I just used an inline fan to a drier exhaust going outside.