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thx dawg. I like the pear/apple combo and will definitely try that one. did you dice the pears and apples up or squeeze the juice out of them somehow? Joe

It’s not bad now after sitting in bottles since May 2020 But I decant it prior to serving and that seems to dissipate any lingering kmeta taste. Joe

This pear wine really grows on you. Nice balance and delicate flavor. Great chilled in refrigerator or on some ice. Will make more next Fall. Joe

I used a hand corker for several years. Even made a wooden jig to hold bottle on a table while corking. But when I bought a used floor corker WOW. What a difference! So much easier, faster and no spills.

I set up a length of 1.5 pvc pipe directly to a floor drain. The sink drain goes into a short piece of pipe then to a 90 deg elbow and from the elbow a quick disconnect adaptor to the long pvc pipe. Works fine. When finished I quick disconnect and store the long pipe till next time.

Really good pictures!

Great idea. We didn’t care for the lingering flowery scent/taste of the pear extract. Puree seems like a good addition. My next batch will be mainly fruit juice since I have 42# of prepped pears in freezer from last fall. No water. Here is one bottle.

Had some chilled with dinner. Not bad! And my wife really likes it so win-win.

Dizzy what’s the gray water dispersal the Amish use?

This was started last summer and bulk aged. Today bottled 26 bottles nice and clear. Added some simple syrup that seemed to bring out the flavor. Still a very subtle pear taste and about 12% abv. Not too bad and the pears were free. I have enough frozen pears for a six gallon batch but I will do...

Used it today. Only a six g bucket for waste water but it was a big help racking, cleaning and bottled two + cases.

I have been wanting sinks in the basement to make winemaking chores easier. A friend donated a double sink to the cause last weekend. I already had water supply lines in the garage so now I just need a waste water line. Plan to use a plastic line to the drain in the concrete floor. It can be...

Glad to hear you are doing so well! Joe

I may have posted this already. A merlot from 2019 juice bottled during the shutdown.

Everything I saw said to bottle immediately. We will see.

I had 6 g aging since Sept. 2019 Merlot when I saw the dreaded white film. I racked and carefully filtered it into a clean container using more than 1/4 tsp Kmeta. Then bottled it. Bit I can taste a kmeta or something odd in the leftover half bottle. Will this dissipate? I plan to let it age at...

Starting 6 gallons of Chilean Cab Sauv today. Juice from CFP in Pittsburgh.

It is a lot of work for sure. I only did it once but it turned out very good. Mine is a sweet version more like a desert type of wine. Joe

The flavor kind of reminds me of a dandelion wine I made several years ago. That one took a full two years aging to mellow out. I’m hoping for the same result with kumquat wine. Kind of a green grass taste that’s hard to describe. joe

I can picture where you are. I will be using CFP Pittsburgh this year