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I wonder when aging wine became a big thing? did they age wines for years in the 1400s? or is it something that has become popular with the advent of cheap glass bottles? I wonder if the king of Scotland, throwing a enormous feast, ever got off his feet to browse his wine cellar to impress his...

I love the last post

Is it food safe? look under it there is a number, us that number on a plastics chart to see if it is food safe yes plastic is good for fermentation. the problem is if it is easy to clean. my latest fermenter is a Spidel (hope I spelled that correct) fermenter, they are a world wide respected...

that is a good answer I also use plastic carboys and plastic fermentation chambers some people use Stainless steel my best friend has always been oak chips buy some 1 gallon bottles and try different methods side by side. use the same batch of wine in each. keep good notes. and most important...

are we speaking just grape wines? because fruit wines can be just the fruit used besides that, just look at what professional wine produces say, they typically say that a old world wine matures 2 or 3 years after the same style of new world wine and discuss the soils of the growth area. I have...

there is a book Yeast the practical guide to beer fermentation great book about the life cycle of yeast making alcohol. A must read for anyone serious about homebrew. I know it says beer but the all the information crosses over. It has so much info in it you can become a yeast nerd. I read it...

might I suggest more headroom in the next batch

it would be better to make a yeast starter than add the extra yeast. you can do a search and find how to make a starter when you pitch yeast, first it has to hydrate, then it goes into a phase where it populates out, then fermentation starts. The pack of yeast is not going to quicken up the...

they probably did a great job but wines will always settle I think it was the person pouring the wine

most stock tanks I have seen are galvanized wine is very acidic not good in galvanized vessels

When I started wine making years ago, pre internet by a few decades, we did not have the resources we do today we always pitched right away now days I wait 24 hours, seems to make a better wine. but If I was worried about wild yeast I would pitch asap

google an article about yeast starters for home brew beer and you will see amazed at how much they help. they are easy to do, and if you decide to get into it you can make a stir plate which really helps. that helps a lot but is expensive Yeast goes through several stages in the fermentation...

I have built a few grocery stores, the big walk in coolers and freezers they have are just about the same technology as foam board with a skin on them. they even cut them in what length they need. they put metal track on the edges. that would be easy to duplicate. find some u shaped metal and...

I admire your ingenuity, great picture I think, from reading your post, that you need to warm up the chamber, and want a larger chamber. from my experience, old chest freezers make excellent fermentation chambers, clean them up and you can bypass their thermostats and add add your control...

I read the OP and I get he is talking about 2 1/2 month old grape wine. In my experience that is some young wine for grape wine. Normally my natural grape wines go at least 9 months for whites and 12 or more months for reds. I also read that he is using table grapes. I have not tried to make...

Winemaker, I get the moral. I have to balance between space for home brew, and space for store bought. Space is a premium, if I up production, well store bought goes out the window, and we have some great Pinot Noir up here in the Pacific Northwest. Infact I just got a new Spiedel as I...

I use a primary that has a ton of head room, one benefit is I get to plan my amount I finish with and have some on the side tobtop up carboys. Ok let me clarify that. I use 3 gallon carboys for aging, so when I come out of fermentation I like to have about a pint to much which I put in a pint...

As far as using preserves............ I just bottled 2 batches of wine this years Raspberry preserves wine, ready to drink in 6 months and mellow smooth (neighbors batch, not mine and my famous left over pie filling wine. yep that one is good, had to back sweeten a bit. yea using canned fruits...

Flamingo I use grain bags from home brew store for fruits and stuff, kinda like pre strained my wife suggested panty hose but I told here that was the wrong yeast

my cellar is a few cases of bottles i could only imagine room for 30 barrels