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  1. Hillbilly Bill

    Need source for bulk quanities of NaHO

    Manimal, Could KOH be used in place of NaOH? I have a 1 lb. container of KOH I used to adjust pH when I grew tomatoes hydroponically. I do not have a TA kit, but am thinking of making one up using some of my old chemistry equipment, but I might need to buy a kit to help calibrate the new kit...
  2. Hillbilly Bill

    Fortify-ing ABV calculations Question

    Great link, Bob... thanks.
  3. Hillbilly Bill

    RJ Spagnols Limited Edition Specialty Wines

    White Chocolate White Port Kit Zoogie... I have 2 RJS Orchard Breezin' kits I will be starting this week and I am looking for a Port kit. The kit you're looking at sure sounds good, doesn't it? The thing that interests me is that Port (or Port Style) wines are a good choice if you want to...
  4. Hillbilly Bill

    Slight carbonation?

    You should be able to bottle immediately after degassing unless your wine needs to settle. After you have degassed to your satisfaction, when to bottle is entirely up to you.
  5. Hillbilly Bill

    PH levels

    You can get the small 4-pack of food coloring from the grocery store. The pack contains red, green, yellow, and blue. With these colors you can make any color you want except white. I alll you want is to darken the wine a little, just add some tannin... be careful... a little goes a long way...
  6. Hillbilly Bill

    PH levels

    The pH scale runs from 0-14... 7.0 is neutral and is the pH of distilled water. Anything lower than 7.0 is on the acid end of the pH spectrum and anything higher than 7.0 is on the alkali end (or base end). Therefore, adding a strong acid to your solution/suspension will bring your pH down...
  7. Hillbilly Bill

    Making your own CO2 to add to carboy...

    Luc, I just read your article about making soda and it is very enlightening. Being an ex-science teacher, I should have thought of the possibility that baking soda would react with the acids we use to make wine. I guess the old brain is getting a little mushy. Thanks much for pointing me in...
  8. Hillbilly Bill

    You know you're a winemaker when....

    Hork, I can't believe you said that... I always blame the dog... works for me.
  9. Hillbilly Bill

    Making your own CO2 to add to carboy...

    Thanks for the comments guys... I'm not real sure I made my reasoning as clear as I needed to, but there is some good info in the replies... some new info and some old, but all good info. HB
  10. Hillbilly Bill

    Making your own CO2 to add to carboy...

    Good point grapenut... I was referring to CO2 as being a villian only from the standpoint that we need to rid of it by degassing before we bottle. By the way, I just racked my apple juice wine and back-sweetened it for the XYL... I'll probably have a headache in the morning... we have about 4.5...
  11. Hillbilly Bill

    WineXpert Chilean Malbec

    Exactly... then they collect CO2 bubbles and rise back to the top, collectiong more oppositely charged particles (mainly proteins) until they reach the top and the CO2 bubbles burst. This causes the fining agent to then drop back to the bottom collecting more oppositely charged particles as...
  12. Hillbilly Bill

    Making your own CO2 to add to carboy...

    Very good point WT, and a valid point at that. I may not have been explicit enough in my post, but I was referring to the last stages of primary fermentation and the first stages of secondary fermentation. I would not dare add CO2 after degassing... and as far as keeping vinegar (dilute acetic...
  13. Hillbilly Bill

    WineXpert Chilean Malbec

    Is this resuspension done to aid in getting more of the pigments out of the skins into the wine? HB
  14. Hillbilly Bill

    50 lbs of Scuppernong dropped in my lap last night..

    Muscadine and blackberries... wow... does that ever take me back to my childhood in South Georgia. When the muscadines and blackberries are ripe, getting lost in the woods is not a bad thing! I hate you guys... jealous, jealous, jealous. HB
  15. Hillbilly Bill

    Making your own CO2 to add to carboy...

    When I taught 7th grade science my students always got a kick out of making CO2 out of baking soda and vinegar and pouring it into a jar with a lit birthday candle in it... of course the flame was immediately extinguished, because CO2 is so much heavier than out atmoshpere and could be poured...
  16. Hillbilly Bill

    hand sanitizing

    As Schultz (on Hogan's Heroes) would say... "I know nuuuthinnng." HB
  17. Hillbilly Bill

    Hello from Erie County, Pa.

    Tell 'em to bring some likker... :d HB
  18. Hillbilly Bill

    Hello from Erie County, Pa.

    Three things: 1. Welcome to the forum. 2. Always remember that I am the only civilized man on this forum. 3. I can't believe you admit to knowing crawlin' coyote. :dg HB
  19. Hillbilly Bill

    Strange...

    That's good to know... I'll remember that... cough... cough. HB
  20. Hillbilly Bill

    Strange...

    About the kissing... my rule is don't worry about the garlic and onions as long as your date, partner, wife, etc. is eating the same thing you are. HB
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