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Any Tannin in the secondary or just the raisins??

If I'm not mistaken Super Clear is Chitosan & Kieselsol just packaged together.Should work the same.:?

Do you rack at all during this time or leave it on the lees? If racked will it interrupt MLF??

Yesterday bottled the last 25 liters of the wedding wine today waiting for my son in law to bring over his quad. We're going to attempt to tear out some bushes with it. :D

If you do the inoculation of the MLB after you have racked to secondary and it takes 3 months to complete do you worry about the lack of meta? I'm guessing that's where the testing comes in?? :?

Thanks, just what I was looking for and some other reference material it seems I will need. I haven't attempted an MLF yet but am hopping to as soon as gather some of the required supplies. Hopefully in time for the Chilean juice.:slp

Is there a step by step for MLF anywhere?

If you've ever wooden doors or windows you may have had this experience that in the summer when it is warm and humid they swell and stick or rub but in the winter when it is cool and dry they contract and open and close no problem I'm thinking same with the wooden barrel? Just a thought. :d

Before I bottle I put them in a plastic container give them a few spritzes of meta put the top on give the container a few shakes and let it sit while I'm prepping the bottles then it's off to the races. :p

Racked the Nero/Dolcetta blend and the Skeeter Pee again. Going to dinner for my cousins 50th. birthday. Might start bottling the wedding wine tomorrow.

Well, over the weekend besides digging out the wife's car took a ride with my son and his future wife over to Gino Pinto's, picked up 13 cases of 375ml bottles for the wedding wine, four more 6 gal. carboys (2 for my brother in law), another 25 liter demijohn, 2lbs of oak chips, about 180 shrink...

Well since there was still sediment I decided to go ahead and rack. No more bubbles so far. I guess it was just gas. Oh! Excuse Me. :p

+1 On Corrado's they are the closest LHBS to me though not really that close I go there when I can ususally for the juice pails.

I don't know if it'll work with a rubber stopper but i had two bottles with the corks pushed and I tried that and it worked like a charm. I was so excited, my wife thought I was nuts. ;)

Racked 6 gallons of the skeeter pee and 18 gallons of the Nero D'Avola/Dolcetta blend. My 6 year old granddaughter came over and wants pizza so of course pizza it is. :i

This is a great thread. Is there anywhere that shows the proper glasses matched to their respective wines?? :re

MLF or Gas Seeing tiny bubbles at the neck of the carboy. Fermentation has been complete for a while now and has been vacuum racked a couple of times so I'm thinking is this just off gassing or possibly spontaneous MLF?? Question #2 if it is spontaneous MLF if I rack will it interfere with the...

Just finished off the last bottle of my Welches experiment. While it's a little too sweet for my taste every one else loved and complimented it. I went to the market to get more concentrate and they were out. I was so bummed. I need to start another batch so I can keep the gang happy and away...

Ok, tried the plastic bag and cork trick but all the bags i tried seem to have hole and wouldn't hold air but when I was checking you tube for the demo there was a guy doing the same thing only he was using a cloth napkin. So I tried using a rag and it worked! I was so excited I got my bottles...

Scrubbed a label off that was soaking overnight before I left for work this morning. I do them one or two at a time as I get them that way it's not a time consuming task. :)