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Yes, I thought there was a problem but I pushed it down with my finger to see if it was on the bottom but the cylinder is quite tall...

Pressed the Blueberry wine again today then transferred to two 3 gallon carboys. The SG today, all the way to the bottom. I thought a...

The Adhesive never floats into the bottles. Don't know why it doesn't. I pull the bottles shaking them upside down vigorously as the...

I soak the corks in Star-san for a bit turning them with a spoon I leave in the bowl till bottling is done. Since they float turning...

I store my bottles, mouth down, in clean cases. No need to "seal" the cases - a strip of masking tape to hold the top closed may be...

I was taught to only sanitize immediately before using the bottles. The theory is bacteria can get on the surface and potentially be a...

I sanitize right before bottling as this is the final quality control step in my process. The scientist in me says that if too long a...

This is what I call style, ie What accounting dept. wants vs I grow/ fruit is free so build lots of flavor/ total solids. With this...

I stay busy motoring around here so the bottle processing to remove the labels and boil out the insides of raw bottles doesn't take much...

Way more work than necessary. I de-label in a hot oxyclean soak then rinse and dry. Before use it’s a quick rinse with starsan. I’ve...

On a serious note, this sounds fine to me but I think I do less work to get what is the same result. I soak the bottles in hot...

My shop where I store them is not. It's a Boat - Welding - Fabrication - Mechanic shop. I don't seal the box tops after loading with...

If your bottles are clean, there is no reason to boil them.

Good one, no that pot is too small for when we boil crabs. Only boils bottles these days. I will boil 8-10 cases of bottles to clean...

Doesn’t that make your wine taste like crabs?