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I keep mine on a throw rug in the basement. So I was never able to pull a full can easily. Especially the 44’s. I started spinning to shift around out of necessity. Ive never looked for it but I bet there’s dollies better suited for the larger brutes rather than the universal one which...

It’s all about the spin technique! Plus those gray Home Depot brutes I used to use- they seem slightly thinner than other cans. My 44gal non-brute Brute is noticeably thicker, more rigid—- and the smooth white winemaking brutes appear more rigid as well. So much weight & resistance pulling...

This one’s for the fallen homies who have left us far too soon. RIP. A sad day. Especially when so young. Hate to see it. glad to see your takin it on the chin at least.

The whole ‘Stabilization’ part!—> Dropping out the cold tartrates (wine diamonds) so it doesn’t happen while in the bottle. For me the acid change was negligible unless combined with antacid chems. So the change in levels is incidental when stabilizing for fallout. CS seems to be routine for...

1gal kit is the same amount of work as a 6gal kit x2 separate 1gal kits is double the work of x1 6gal (kinda). So don’t avoid a 6gal to ‘ease in’ with a 1gal. It’s not less work. Just less wine to brag about. The forum is your friend. You’d be very smart to continue leaning on it. Welcome

Sounds to me like your trying to convince yourself of something you really deep down don’t agree with. Because after all, muscat blends absolutely brilliantly with zin and Alicante. Keep 6. Sacrifice 2 for a blend I promise you’ll be making again next year. 😁

Yea. I think it’ll be better than ok. I’m a big believer that even if you over-adjusted the must pre-ferment - the wine tends to find itself by the time it’s stable & aging. All the crazy chemical reactions occurring during alcoholic fermentation and then malolactic fermentation can hide a...

First time riding solo and your going for a half ton?! Hot damn! Good for you. I can relate to that shift too. Working as a helper for years is not even comparable to being the shotcaller. So much different. That wine becomes your baby! When shifting into grapes solo I had an identical...

Digging those plans. Ive also been toying with ideas. Gonna do a small little decorative bottle holder. Holding Maybe 12bottles. And also similar to your kitchen skirt boards i want to use on my basement steps going into the wine room. Currently it’s an open set of 7 steps. Treads are two...

Regina juice and grapes are either Pia or Regina. All the same company https://www.reginagrapejuice.com/about/index.html

Sir. You are absolutely crushing it over there! The new toys are so badass. Fresh from road trippin thru wine country, swapping bottles & talkin shop w/ the OG’s, back home w/ a macrobin in tow ready to christen the gear!— that’s gotta be quite the feeling. Riding high on dopamine and...

Oh and any ‘saigneé le parking’ lot has my full support! Lol. an extra empty bucket is all ya need. Just carefully pour out some juice from the crushed grapes and you’re good (I used a large strainer on top of the empty bucket. mesh bag was unnecessary). 10%-30% they say. Just make sure to...

I did a du Pape from procacci in ‘17. Included some fresh grapes from a Tuscan blend I was doing. The juice is a Grenache based blend I assume*. It was just meh at first. didn’t drink it much since other stuff was better. Aged longer than typical as a byproduct. At 3 yrs it pretty...

Yep. Absolutely love that stuff. Ive also grabbed a stack of old campaign signs too lol. I use it for everything. Both work & personal. Floor/ICRA protection, sanitizable wall panels for different covid jobs, etc. plus endless uses at home. Especially when doing things like painting, bondo or...

His best friend Jacob agrees

beautiful. I wouldn’t worry about anything other than a healthy successful ferment right now. You can re-evaluate your approach once dry & pressed when you can get accurate readings. Wine is resilient and normally some fruit flies are no match for high abv, natural acids, and so2...

20brix start to 7brix yesterday. likely pushing 9%abv about now. congrats. You are now officially a winemaker.🥳 Run it dry to 12%abv. Squeeze em good. Age till enjoyable. Then flex the fruits of your labor (I recommend FermCalc for any math/conversions ever needed)

In 3 weeks Connie’s life has been ripped apart. Most people would need a rock to lean on. Head up Dawg. Be that rock. 💪

Nope. Just a medicine cart from a hospital. Somewhere within this thread here I posted pics & details about the mobile C/D cart —(& still ongoing since I pivoted to refurbishing the C/D). Uni-strut is bulky and not very “finish work” worthy- but you know damn well it’ll get the job done. I...

Yep. That’s the same one I bought and also regretted. Not sure about any threads that beefed it up though. I used it once last year and said never again. Especially since I’m often working solo. Eventually I decided on taking a push cart I had and modified to fit the shoot. And just discarded...