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To day I placed a glass gallon jug into the freezer. I will probably leave it in there for a month. Now I'm beginning to worry about the glass when I remove it from the freezer. Will it break? Any ideas or should I remove it to the fridge before it freezes. Has anyone done it with glass? :a1

When I vacuum rack, which is always, I know that there is no air going into the system from the full carboy. To ensure that, I only use the cane to keep my tubing straight. I mean that I tie the cane to the outside of the tubing so that there are no joints in the system. I make certain that...

Last nite, 12 yr old scotch.

Hey Flem, I know the feeling. I was not allowed to use steps for a month (actually 6 weeks) but I just had to visit my wines after a month. My savior during that period was the angel I married over 50 yrs ago. She nursed be back. Hopefully you have an angel to help you. You must take care...

But I only have one sweater. I guess I'll have to wait for the spring. :b

Mine cover the entire carboy. I don't know about Tom, he may be using wine bottle bags. ::

My 6 month old Chablis has cleared nicely. I will probably rack it one more time and I am thinking about adding oak. I can rack now or wait. I have oak chips so if I do oak it, it will only be for a few weeks, maybe a month. Then another 6 months before bottling. I normally do reds so any...

Heat gun, fast & easy. Gun hangs from the ceiling in work area. No trips to the kitchen to heat water, No carrying wine up to the kitchen or water down to the cellar. :b

Now you're copying my trick Tom. I do it with brown paper shopping bags. A hole in the bottom for the airlock. However, I have to keep repairing them with tape since BH is now using cloth bags to be green. :b

Squeeze the bottle to remove the air before putting it in the fridge. :b

My cellar temps are always between 58F and 78F. My hydrometer is calibrated at 60F. I only use it for the initial reading. I never correct it, the variance is, IMHO of no consequence.

Got home from Puerto Rico. First sight from the airplane was snow on the ground. The pilot refused to turn around.

Use the heat gun. It msy make wrinkles, but it will also flatten them out.

In Puerto Rico right now and just took a tour of the Bacardi Distillary. I tasted the 3 different unflavored drinks, 2years old, >8 yrs old and >16yrs old. They were all as expected, very good and each was different. They also allow you to smell some of the diff. ingredients. My wife found...

I like Amarone, but why is it that I never taste all of those things in wine?

I have had SuperKleer for over a year in the fridge and also in the cellar at 56F to 80F and no problem. :b

Relaxing in Puerto Rico. 84 degrees and a little breezy. NO SNOW TO BE SEEN.

I use a trouble light with a 100 W bulb placed next or between carboys. I've thought about a brew belt but I don't know how my glass carboys will like it. Has anyone had a problem with cracking or breaking the glass carboys? :b

I'll bring a glass, oops no, I'll bring a mug. :b

Dan, I usually make my final rack from carboy to 1 gal glass jugs. It'll be another month so I'll try it then. I'll let you know how it works out. :b