I purchased a 20L barrel last Christmas for the sole purpose that I would have extra wine for topping up after making a kit. I would fill the barrel after stabilizing and have 2-2.5 bottles left over. After 2-3 months in the barrel I would have used about 1 bottle of topping. After racking...
Here is my 2 cents, The oven method has worked for most labels as long as I don't leave in too long, otherwise some labels bake onto the glass. The soaking in oxyclean over night also works with a little scraping with a razor blade. Some glue is very stubborn and I have found (thanks to my...
I had a similar experience with filling bottles as Rocky. I was frustrated and kept thinking there must be a better way. The more I looked around all I found were expensive bottle fillers and with reading all of the rave reviews I finally called Steve. I've had my allinone for about a year...
Great to know. I have this same CC GSM kit arriving tomorrow and will start it over the weekend. I was hoping we could drink this by Christmas (maybe wishful thinking)
The larger rack I cut the goat panel with 3/4" long spikes and then drilled small holes in the 1x10 4 " apart top bottom and sides. the whole thing is fastened with two screws on top and two on the bottom. The smaller one I thought it might be easier to take a 1/4" router and run a channel...
The first image is newly built not painted 150 bottle wine rack using 2/3 of a goat panel.
Image two is a 72 bottle rack using most of the balance of the goat panel, and the third is the finished product, painted and mostly filled in my cooler.