What R you doing today?

[ibglowin]

You don't want any opening for air at the full carboy. It won't transfer the wine it will just suck air. Yes, the wine will churn in the receiving carboy until the wine covers the bottom of the tube. I use a long tube just so the wine will cover the end faster. If you have a way of adjusting the amount of vacuum you may wish to turn it down to some level that it is not churning vigorously but still moving at a decent rate of transfer.

Thanks Mike. I may have miscommunicated my question. I have a vacuum all the way back to the full carboy. It's the full carboy that I'm wondering about. Do you leave the little extra opening so air can fill the carboy as the wine leaves it?

And while you are pulling the wine into the new carboy, will it churn vigorously while filling it?

 

[SpoiledRotten]

Thanks for the advice, Mike! I'll work on my technique. I sure like not having to pick up the full carboys.

 

[ffemt128]

Just mixed up a batch of 1:1 simple syrup to dilute my liter of 190 proof limoncello. I'm shooting for a 30% alcohol batch and limoncelloquest.com says I'll need about 8.6 cups of simple syrup. Took 5 cups water 4+ cups sugar and heated. Once it's cool, I'll add 8 1/2 cups and see how it tastes. Have a case of the icewine bottles for it, just wish they were clear.

 

[Hokapsig]

The Boy and I bottled 3 gallons of Cab Franc Ice Wine and 6 gallons of White Zin. I need to disinfect three more cases of bottles in order to finish the Tempernillo and the Shiraz Zin...

 

[ffemt128]

Probably try and get some bottles washed that I soaked last night and then shoot for bottling my Niagra if all works as planned. Need to rinse and sanitize some green bottles as well as I'd like to shoot for bottling 5 gallons of Noble and 5 Gallons of Concord this weekend as well. I'm trying to use up my supply of bottles so that I can see what I need.

 

[harleydmn]

Going this evening to help a new local winery bottle. Hoping to learn alot.

 

[Teaser]

Just bottling some black cherry

 

[ffemt128]

Got the Niagra and Concord bottled during lunch. Need to start sorting through bottles this weekend and get rid of the mis-matches.

 

[hedgerow-wine]

Basmati rice & sultana wine.

ingredients will make 2 gallons.
1kg-basmati rice.
1kg-sultana's.
1.5kg-sugar(500g should be brown sugar)
2-oranges for (juice & zest NO pith)
1-cup of black tea ( no leaves or bag )
1tsp-GP wine yeast compound.
half tsp-Marmite(optional)
water.
This will make a very good drink, and it will not cost a lot of

 

[TJsBasement]

Hopefully playing with my new chipper. Sure was an ordeal to get this thing, when I ordered it they said 9 days but took almost 4 weeks then the knuckle heads broke the main shaft when they assembled it at the shop plus I had to add a third hydro line on my machine . End of the day it chips really good, will take a 4x4 without blinking. A large brush pile turns into a very small pile of "mulch"

 

[Runningwolf]

Hopefully playing with my new chipper. Sure was an ordeal to get this thing, when I ordered it they said 9 days but took almost 4 weeks then the knuckle heads broke the main shaft when they assembled it at the shop plus I had to add a third hydro line on my machine . End of the day it chips really good, will take a 4x4 without blinking. A large brush pile turns into a very small pile of "mulch"

WOW, is that a cool machine. I want to see the other toys you got to go with it. My buddy has a snow blower for his that is unbelievable. I think that would be a bit over kill for you down there.

 

[TJsBasement]

Got an auger, backhoe, forks, bucket now the chipper. It is an EXTREMELY useful tool, any attachment you could need is made by someone. Only problem is that it is a skid steer so its very easy to just rip that yard to all sh!t

 

[Famineguy]

Racked my Malbec

This morning I racked my Malbec with my new All In One pump. I found that there was a lot of gas left in the wine, even though I thought that I had done a pretty good job with the spoon stirring method at the last racking. I was impressed with the taste. Now, off to tackle the garden work . . .

 

[harleydmn]

Well went out and bought 2- 5 gal carboys. When I rack my Chilean Sauv Blanc I don't want to top it off, so I will transfer to 5 gal carboys. Funny how these multiply...lol

 

[amytmock]

On the agenda for today: Farmers market, Lithuanian Festival, and when I get home I'm hoping to rack my Piersporter and my Zinfandel as well as start my Chianti!

 

[ffemt128]

Went to the park this evening and played with our 5 y/o. Tomorrow is mine and my beautiful wife's 14th wedding anniversary. She had a dr appt in the am then we will be going to the Rivers Casino for lunch buffet (if you've never been there, you need to go). After spending the afternoon together without 5 y/o we will be going out to dinner at the restaurant of her choosing. It's hard to believe that 14 years ago we were married, my how time flies.

Wine related, while my better half is at her dr appt I'll rack my strawberry and peach wine into smaller vessels.

 

[millwright01]

Pitched yeast on my EP Amarone. Dried grape skins and raisins in the kit!
Must tasted wonderful.Going to be tough waiting on this one. Think I am going to go get a quicker kit of Amarone to tide me over sampling!

 

[shoebiedoo]

Pitched yeast on my EP Amarone. Dried grape skins and raisins in the kit!
Must tasted wonderful.Going to be tough waiting on this one. Think I am going to go get a quicker kit of Amarone to tide me over sampling!

Won't be the same dude, You could do what I did. Quick, go out and get a Valpolicella with out a grape pack and use the grapes/raisins for the Amerone to spike your Valpo. It's not a bad way to wait for your Amerone....I'm just sayun

 

[ffemt128]

Racked the Strawberry this am. Have 6 gallons resting nicely in clean 5 gallon carboy and 1 gallon jug. Stabilized that. The peach was actually reacked on the 29th of April so I left that alone and decided to bottle 5 gallons of Noble Muscadine after I rinsed and sanitized bottles. I'll try to rack off the other 10 gallons of Noble that have been sitting since February later this month and will back sweeten at that point.


Looking forward to tasting the Noble that I oaked with Medium French toast cubes. Put 2 oz in a month ago. Should be interesting.

 

[tonyt]

Pitched yeast on my EP Amarone. Think I am going to go get a quicker kit of Amarone to tide me over sampling!

No such thing.
Try the RJS Cru Select Valpolicella Ripassa. It's 16 ltr, with grape pack and good oak. I have made it twice. It is good early and very good by one year. It is also a good top up for future Amarones.

I hope to do this EP Amarone kit later this fall. Please start a thread on your progress.