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Lol, looks kinda like it does around here. Only not enough snow. Glad this is happening at the end of winter instead of at the beginning. Sounds like it is going to gradually warm up. Funny when 2 above sounds like warming up. Should get up to freezing by sometime Sunday. gonna be another...

Ya, been a long time since we have seen it this cold. Sounds like tomorrow it should get above zero. Just doesn't seem quite right, looking forward to a high of 3. Arne.

Woke up this morning to a balmy 18 degrees below zero. Not nice, havn't stuck my nose outside yet. Oh well,, have a bunch of wine and not much of any place to go. Arne

And the big question is "drumroll" How's it taste?

lol we all have our own tastes as to how we like the sweetness. You might want to slowly bring the sweet up from dry and keep tasting. I like sweet stuff, but bet 1.040 would be way sweeter than I would like. Just try sweetening a test sample and see what your taste buds say. No offence...

Well, got another pkg. of yeast? Try a cupful of your must, add the yeast. Let it sit, keep it at 75 degrees orso. If it starts fermenting, add another cupful. Keeps fermenting, add some more. This might take a couple to a few days. Keep adding til you get a quart to a gallon, then pitch...

Pushed snow, watched cherry wine clear. Must be getten close to 5 o'clock somewhere. In an hour and 15 min. it will be time to watch the Husker volleyball team play. Will be time to sample something then. Arne.

Once had a strawberry. Was the nicest medium red. Came time to rack it and hit it with k-meta and it overnite turned about the same color as Scooters. Tasted fine, tho. There is no more. :(😭 Working on another batch now. Arne.

Looks like a good way to have wine spurting out the top of the airlock. You want the easy way to degass? Ask the lazy guy. Just leave it sit in the carboy. It will degass over time. Arne.

Same thing every day. Looks like another 5 inches of snow or so. Back on the 4 wheeler and push away. Starting to run out of room to push it. Oh well, spring will be here one of these days. LOL Arne.

how warm is the must? Probably want it in the mid 70's or so. No reason to pitch the batch. It should be fine. IF you want it to take off fast, follow the origional recipe. Rack another wine off its lees. Mix your S.P. ingredients on top of the lees. Use the same primary I have found you...

Instead of using a spray pattern, use a stream. Kinda like shootin ducks. Might as well make it a game instead of work. Arne.

Think I would put a sample in a clear glass. If it looks ok and smells good, time to give it a taste. Arne.

Lol, no worries. Spent too many years working on them things. Pilot light going out for no reason sets off alarm bells. Stay safe, Arne.

Wow, you dug this thread out from ancient history. Kinda nice seeing some of the folks names from days gone by. Arne.

Dawg, You might want to get that furnace checked out. Pilot lights don't just go out once in a while, there is a reason for it. One and the big one is it could be a cracked heat exchanger. Others, weak thermocouple, dirty pilot, propane regulator not working properly, and a bunch of others...

Welcome to the forum. Go to the beginners section and ask away. Usually someone around to try and help you out. Arne.

@hounddawg I have a smoker grill, never actually used it for smoking. It is a commercial one, designed along the same lines as yours. The smoke box is not nearly as big. You made yours, found mine in the trash pile. Couple of hours work and it was like new. Was looking for the trolley off...

@hounddawg show us a pic of the offset smoker. Think I know what you are talking about, but not sure. Thanks, Arne. Oh, and good eating and drinkin. Tomorrow or later is plenty soon for the pic. I'm going to get a cataract removed in the morning, won't be on for a while. At least til...

Don't know how far south you are, but just north of Salina are the Smoky Hills vinyards. If you get up that way, you might stop in and see what they are growing. Maybe talk to the folks and see what they say. Havn't been there for a while but they were very friendly when we stopped in. Arne.