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I agree on the sink, to do so much and still pack water, or hardware to it would be a shame. Guests might get to comfortable and stay too long in a big room anyway. 1 question. How are you going to defend your wine if it is stashed with the guns.

You must mean 1.075 sg. Which is just shy of 10% abv

I think you got ahead of yourself Back sweetening should be safe, but restarting for fizz will likely not work how you want. You can get it to restart if you add an already fermenting slurry. But buy the time it clears it will be flat again. Its out side of my bag of tricks but forced...

What confusion Rotf Those are as clear and direct as answers get. Consider the wine type. Each fruit will have its own tendency, research each type individually.

In a corked bottle youll need to wait 2 years. No quick way. Many here would wait a year to bottle anyway.

Sounds like youve thought this through and just need help making up your mind . The most expensive and most labor intensive option is usually favored here. I recommend looking to the future, and consider developing on your progress and not having to redo or undo anything. For instance a frig...

I try to rack as clear as possible each time. And kmeta after fermentation is complete. Welcome aboard.

I m with @sour_grapes i had exact experience with apple this year. And i use a starter. I think it had more to do with temperatures than anything else, as cool weather fell at the same time, and both buckets started slow. I brought them in the house and put a heater set up in one. I put the...

You can't trust the bubble rate on most buckets. Once the seal strip is removed they dont seal well. Sg is the reliable method for determining when to move out of primary bucket and into glass. Time has very little to do with progress, it could take 2 weeks or even 4 days. Many variables can...

I personaly would probably need to take a night class to understand the math but i believe 1. The release of co2 will continue to dilute the oxygen 2. The oxygen reacting with any other element consumes it. 3. Some exposure is inevitable. So being mindful of the effects of oxygen and...

Crystal clear plumb in 60 days seems unlikely to me. But perhaps you stumbled onto a technique that clears quickly. I would like to see your notes on this batch as the plumb i have going will be clearing for 6 months. Is there a layer of sediment on the bottom of your car boy. If so it is still...

Lol scooter forgot to account for tasting. He is correct about using various sizes of containers to end up with a certain finished amount.

You wont get five full bottles from 1 gallon. And if its good youll never reach 5 yrs. You will loose volume when you rack off of lees. And a 1 gallon batch that is successful i tough to get aged past 6 months. Lol. But if you made a five gallon batch and thought some recipe you found was...

I use one way vented stoppers after degassed but still aging in bulk, they don't go dry.

Hell yea. Nothing to loose.

My only front loaded batch was " joes ancient orange " Also the only recipe i ever followed as written. It made me laugh and i have the honey. I didn't like it. Didn't think i would when i started it. Folks that like orange zest in stuff drink it up and ask for it often. I've made it twice...

Ref guy chiming in. Tipping concearn is real. Oil migrates with the refrigerant and gets caught in traps to regulate its journey through the compressor if too much gets through it can lock up the compressor, because it can only compress gases .

With active fermintaion co2 bubbles will stick to hydrometer and float it. Tap the top and read quickly. Never mind the instructions, as to days. They are guessing based on averages. Kit yeast will be fine, i say ride it to 1.010 or less even if it takes 10 days. It seems that kit makers are...

To front load sugar you need a low low threshold yeast, and still can't be certain where it will stop. I prefer the control of back sweetening

Your floor will have several separate loops to cover the floor. decide on the location and have them loop that area with isolation valves, this will allow you to turn it off or on at will. A through the wall unit can easily be hidden behind a beautiful wine rack Many of the cooling units...