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I absolutely love it! One of my friends is one of the extras in that.

IIRC, spirals are around 3-4 oz but tend to give more oakiness due to the surface area. I had dropped 4 oz of M+ French oak cubes in my Sangiovese and detected the slightest bit of oak flavor. I racked off, dropped a M+ French oak spiral and one month later it tasted like a campfire (I prefer...

Very good point! Thanks for the reassurance, everyone! IIRC, isn't only if the room temperature fluctuates drastically it really affects the aging process?

Haha, I hear ya on that one! The temperature doesn't fluctuate too much (~5-10 degrees at most) but during the summer, the room typically gets up to 75. I'm going to check the temperature of one of the closets, but that gets pretty humid.

I'm going on a week long vacation in a few weeks. I do have the carboy in a carboy cooling bag and place some frozen two liter soda bottles to keep it cool. However, the house gets pretty warm (no AC unfortunately, but there are ceiling fans). Once the ice melts, the bag starts smelling if you...

Thanks for the clarification! :)

+1. Not sure if this has anything to do with it and someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but it does look like there's quite a bit of head space. You think that could have anything to do with it?

It's only 7:30 AM and I already want some! I'm really thinking about trying my hand at mead while my wine is bulk aging. Is there any major difference between the two?

I recently went to Paw Paw and there are quite a few wineries around there that might sell. IIRC, Taylor Ridge vineyards in Allegan sells grapes (and juice) including Cab Franc.

Looks like that should be a fun project! It's always been a dream of mine to rebuild a car especially when the wine is bulk aging. If only I had the time and space, I'd do it in a heartbeat.

The lady and I have that one. We're wearing ours tonight ;)

My favorite Pinot with my Stromboli and some Tawny Port for a night cap.

I ended up getting three of these. So much better than using an airlock! I store my carboys in a cooler bag for bulk-aging and the airlock would keep falling off because it was just a bit too tall. I placed a strip of electrical tape over the top of it just to make sure it doesn't pop off and...

One six gallon carboy.............. I've got a bit of catching up to do haha.

This stuff is dangerous.

Taco Bell and Mosel valley Riesling here. It's been a very rough week lol.

While it might be a bit different with staves, the oak gives up a lot of its flavor and tannin. If you did reuse it, it probably wouldn't do much at all. I haven't tried it yet, I heard that smoking or grilling is a great way to reuse them!

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I ran into a similar thing when I dropped a M+ French oak spiral in my Sangiovese. While it didn't have face ripping tannin, it was drier than I wanted. I just let it sit for six months in bottles and it turned out smooth as silk.