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I have been following this discussion with interest. I might need to do more careful monitoring of pH. I found notes on a helpful presentation here: https://www.txwines.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/MLF-Management-ABotezatu.pdf. Some of the take aways for preventing unwanted MLF: * Lower pH...

I saw this today: US scientist recommends adding salt to make perfect cup of tea If a pinch of salt can counter-act bitterness in tea, I wonder if it would work in wine as well? From the article, it sounds like they used only a pinch of salt, an undetectable amount in the flavor. The Romans...

I have not experienced spontaneous MLF as far as I know. So I am curious about it. I normally treat my fruit must with Kmeta before starting fermentation. The standard dosage is usually 0.44 g Kmeta/gal. Would that be enough to kill off any wild MLF bacteria?

I have been thinking of trying this as well. Please let us know how it goes!

The question of legal liability is an important one, and is something that would need to be solved before widespread use. Does the liability rest with the owner or the manufacturer (hardware and software)? How would insurance handle this? Even with a human driver, if the road markings are...

Human driven vehicles are not 100% safe either. So the question is, when do we reach the point that computer driven vehicles are at least as safe as human driven ones. The way some people drive, it might not be that long. The technology is improving rapidly, and there are limited situations in...

Hm.. I might pass on tart cardboard wine. 🤣

A quick search revealed this info on lichens: Edible lichen - Wikipedia The question is, is the flavor any good?

Here is a fairly technical discussion of the use of LAB for MLF: Lactic Acid Bacteria Contribution to Wine Quality and Safety Much of this article is over my head, but I can pick out a few useful tidbits by skimmig through the article. Different species of LAB (Lactobacillus) are used to...

The brix is affected by alcohol, so you would need to apply a correction factor.

Apricots that are not sulfited will have more of a brown color and be drier. The picture on the bag looks like unsufited apricots. Bright orange dried apricots are all sulfited. The sulfites help to prevent oxidation, which gives them a brown color.

I am aware of that. The ones with sulfites usually taste better. The skeeter pee recipe uses Real Lemon lemon juice, which contains sulfites. So if I use sulfited apricots, I will need to take similar extra measures to get fermentation started: * Cold soak for 24 hours, stirring frequently (just...

Thanks for all the suggestions. Right now I'm thinking that apricots + vanilla + honey is going to be an awesome flavor combination. My other question is whether I should do some extra back sweetening and make it a dessert mead. Once it is ready to bottle, I can taste is with various amounts of...

I found two answers here: Here's How to Find out How Many Apricots Are in a Pound * 6 pounds fresh apricots = 1 pound dried apricots * 1 pound fresh apricots = 8 to 12 whole fruits I think that apricots are dried whole, so I can count out 10 dried apricots and see if they weigh 1/6 of a lb. I...

I want to make an apricot-vanilla mead using dried apricots. If you have tried this, what is the weight per gallon of dried apricots that you used? One recipe I found uses 1 lb. of dried apricots per gallon of mead.

I can see why @Huba Huba has a question... This is a very good point, one which we should keep in mind. But you also said back in April: If the must had an SG of 1.060 before adding sugar, and if that was mostly non-fermentables, then how could the FG be 0.992? What happened to the...

Thanks for sharing this! Am I correct in understanding that the readings are taken on the must, with the % of fruit given in the MUST usage rate column, with the rest of the volume made up by water?

That sounds about right for cranberry wine. Cranberries have a strong flavor. But for other wines, e.g. pear wine, I use at least twice that. I usually need to raise the pH of my cranberry wine, since cranberries are very acidic. Make the changes a little at a time, because it is easy to...

Weird. I live in Oregon, and I have no problem with Amazon shipping Star San to me. Do some states not allow it to be shipped in? There is a discussion on this issue here: Starsan cannot be sent by Amazon to me in California????

So if you don't have a friend with bee hives, how do you find genuine honey? As with most things in life, you can't be 100% sure, but at least you can look for a company that identifies its sources and seems trustworthy. It is possible to run some tests on honey, to determine whether or not you...