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Ayo Paulie V! Lol. love it. Gonna just dive right in here. -No biggie about directly adding goferm. I’ve done that as well. All good. -You‘re cool adding water now w/o harm. -For online calculator should check out fermcalc It’s the gold standard. I have it bookmarked to my homescreen...

i think the acid movement was pretty balanced too. like, adding 1g/L antacid, moves ph up 1 and TA down 1. ex: ph 3.13 to 3.23. TA 8.5g/L to 7.5g/L. For a bench trial I used x4 little 375 mL bottles. Filled 100mL in each. Added my acid removal chem in diff dosages (think they all basically...

Sounds like you’re having some fun over there Dave! RC212 is def legit. That bad rap is a moot point if using nutrients. And those grapes….— I’ve honestly never once in my life heard of either of them before lol. But I certainly have heard of saigneé. And a sluggish rosé. Can’t say for...

That’s just the winemaking gods being jagoffs like usual. And also you are correct. The ambient temperature/pressure will fluctuate the wine level. As far as I know that’s pretty much the driving force. It would drive me crazy. I’m either overflowing up into the airlock or seeing a larger...

I just went back and looked into the testing process using the reagent kit I will be using. And it’s actually super simple (When sticking with just one set of instructions) Basically it’s just testing for TA. Add formaldehyde to the sample. test again. Do math. Get YAN! Everything...

Even tho it feels like it should be a fairly standard test it seems that overwhelming majority of people don’t test for it and use just a standard nutrient protocol. plus some distributors will even supply YAN levels with their fruit. so it’s a pretty niche topic and I don’t recall speaking...

the answer is no. There is no such thing as “too many photos“ on this site! great post btw. I grabbed grapes from Corrado’s once before. I love how they line up all the gear outside in the lot. when you pull up it’s like an army of barrels and demijohns in battle-ready formation...

Borgata?

If I remember correctly you posted a pretty thorough summary on your ”material other than grapes/MOG“ removal and sorting methods a few yrs back. I bet I can probably dig it up. Was a great reference point for anyone really. But especially someone who’s unsure of what is or isn’t acceptable

my theory is that they just put oxiclean in different containers and label it PBW. they seem identical to me. I once ran a direct comparison and found zero difference. I’m all PBW tho. Could never find the unscented Oxy at the store FUN FACT: “OneStep” and “EasyClean“ actually are the...

Yea yea yea. Beautiful California. No fruit flies. Low humidity. Cool nights. Towering Redwoods out back. Rolling hills of grape vines out front. Sitting above actual gold in them thar hills. write a poem about it why don’t ya! Just be careful during all that perfection that a...

Well you’ve already done way more than most would be willing to do. Between that and the backdoor “fell off a truck don’t ask me any questions“ barrel operation — I’d say you’ve done plenty! And about the work, I feel ya. It got hairy for a little while for me as well. Tho I just started to...

Thanks man. But not necessary. In no way shape or form am I seeking any type of sympathy or whatever. I’m cool. (And even when I’m not- I still say I am!) I’ve always been eternally optimistic. Sometimes even to a fault —believing that usually in life things just have a way working themselves...

those wine gods sure love to throw curveballs don’t they? i think I need to buy another Fred barrel just to have an excuse to meet up & go pickin’ those Maryland crabs with you guys again! also, I haven’t kept up with it. Is that pennsylvania weekend wine festival in the Poconos still a thing...

appreciate that. And to be clear, I’m not exactly starting up again just yet. Just sorta handling my dads wine for him right now. But you can count on seeing an absurd amount of energy spent on this hobby from me eventually. and the silver lining of starting from scratch?—designing and...

@sremick Hmmmm. That’s certainly a gutpunch. sorry to hear this. I think a joint pity party in Vegas is in order! Whattyaa say? or I see you’re in VT. A long wknd on the best slopes of the east coast always helps. I’ve done 2 VT trips in the past. And not opposed to a 3rd!

Careful dude. This is addicting. And this website will contribute greatly to your downward spiral! Usually questions are way too specific to just easily Google so this forum is worth it’s weight in gold.

Nice. Good to know. my old C/D is same style but older than dirt. I was in the middle of refurbishing it. Completely disassembled and was stripping paint Had plans to powder coat with a home kit & a rigged up old oven. Was gonna be a fun project. But it was also incredibly time consuming...

You might even call it, SOUR GRAPES MENTALITY! 😉 and thanks bud

Yessir! There’s was never even an inner debate tbh. And when the time comes— i will not be f***ing around!