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Scooter 68; nice find. I'll look into buying some of them. Those are the "pigs" I mentioned. I sort of knew they existed, just never thought to Google, "feeding tube cleaning brushes". Makes sense now. Thanks again for the reply.

Thanks, sounds like we all pretty much do the same thing; rinse, K-meta and reuse. Mine are just looking a little grungy....I might try a wad of paper towel pushed through with some compressed air. Like an old musket rifle.

Hi all. I normally replace my racking hose when they start getting a little tinted from my reds. Is anyone actually cleaning/pigging out hose or replacing like I do. Just curious if anyone has come up with a method to clean a few feet of hose it would be nice to share the process.

Yep, Looks normal to me, from my experience with whites.

Yep, have one or two of those as well. They are my "go to" when bottling

I have two of them, both came with little clear hose attached to the top red cap. I melted the hose and pinched it shut, that seemed to help. definitely a design flaw. I tried to get a new cap, without the hose, but was unable to find one. they work just okay for a few bottles, then start...

I too am a fan of spirals. I bought a few of these from Mike, I haven't used them in yet but plan to do some racking/bottling today and will finally add them to a carboy. What attracted me to these were the attached bungs, no more tying fishing line to spirals hoping they don't fall in. Mike is...

This Pandemic is really taking a hit on my wine cellar too....not much else to do but drink the fruits on my Labor. My one daughter tested positive so we have a lot of family/drinking time together.

I buy from the same club, the past few years turned out pretty good. But just like any wine juice buckets you need to add/adjust to create better wine. More body, color, ect.

Does the club have anything coming up that I can join in on the fun? I live just south of you...

On the ones with that purple film I fill and soak with some Straight A, cleaner. after soaking overnight the film disappears. When racking from one carboy to another I just fill half way, swish and refill. Not much more and never had any issues. Of course it all depends on how far I am from the...

It have have been some preservatives on the raisins as well. They put them on n them to keep them from spoiling. It could have thrown off the yeast. The warmth also helped kick it off. Nice mess though. Ya don’t mind it so much when you finally get some fermentation.

I have been in sales my whole life, never easy but I find it rather gratifying. If it were my winery I would open a tasting room (legal or not so legal) and provide a tour. Wine drinkers enjoy the making process more than us wine makers think. If you can't do a tasting room, partner up with a...

How could you NOT panic with them covering everything. My wife would freak and never drink another ounce if they were that bad in my wine room.....More for me I guess. All kidding aside, that seem like an infestation. I've had them fly around for a few weeks during wine making season but never...

Yep, the fishing line makes it much easier to remove, when you're ready. Haven't lost a spiral.....yet.

Grapes are grapes. I've made wine from wine juice that came out iffy. The key is; what are you trying to accomplish? You can ferment any fruit and some guys even ferment tomatoes for wine, Yuk!! I wouldn't think twice about making wine from a quality table grape. There are several things you can...

Walker Wine Juice: website not very user friendly.

Welcome, that's why we do it!

Oh, I always strain my wines before bottling and racking, just in case a little bugger might be in there.

CO2? Possibly. I had that happen to wine in bulk storage for a year, went in the wine room and a bung jumped off. It was degassed a few time. My guess was the change in temps expanded the wine pushing the bung out. Was yours filled to the tippy top or at the neck? Humidity and atmospheric...