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Mike, what are the proportions of citric acid to sulfite for this deep cleaning? I have wanted to do mine but never found the right answer for this.

Thanks, Joe. Will do. I might actually ferment half of in the barrels instead of adding cubes. I guess I'll let you know in a year how it worked....

I have just bought the Fontana kit. I think I will barrel age it and so I'm expecting some evaporation. Joe, because of that concentration effect, should instill cut it down from 6gal to 5? I was thinking 5.5 since I going to lose so much. I have a 5gal barrel for this

Yes, except for the possible problem in the fact that we all such different tastes and preferences. I guess we'll do what we always do and tune in more to people whose preferences we think line up ours. Either way, having a place where comments are aggregated would be valuable.

I have 6 gal Tempranillo port from 2016. First time. So promising

Did you use the citric acid treatment as well? Saw a paper from Cornell recommending citric acide before reduless. Am I imagining this?

Very interested, thanks!

Sounds like a question for joeswine, the king of tweaks. Maybe message him?

Geranium city

Second johns chicken sentiment. And new barrels smell great. Being in charge of how they develop the wine is great too

I guess I can't post links, but it rhymes with shmouthern shlhome brew

Just saw this: http://www.****************.com/rjsvanillafig.html

Good advice. I never thought of that. ;)

I'm in the same situation but haven't understood how to use the vinmetrica. Was going to bottle tomorrow, but maybe I'll try testing again

I left my melomel in a 10L barrel for 21 months and it aged v nicely, but I lost 55% to the angels! Next batch will get only 3 months in barrel

Koss Portapro are my go to for great sound under $100

I used double the fruit in Dave's recipe and 2 years out it tastes like Boones Farm. Don't know what the next level tweak could be

Yeah, ive been thinking of winegrapesdirect, but was really interested in trying a $53 bucket, which is considerably less than WGD

Wow! Where are you getting juice buckets for $53? I can't get them for less than $100. One lug where I buy it costs me at least $40... I live in MASSACHUSETTS. Anyone got any leads?

I got these for a present. Really nice. My niece broke one and never told me about it. $56/6 not the worst price for what they are. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001KX7PY/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20