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I have enough roller coasters in my life! I just enjoy the process and hope for the best. It's not like I'm an expert or even really know what I am doing....yet. It's one of the things I do for fun. When it ceases to be fun, it ceases period.

not wine but had five gallons of mehhhhh cider, just not much flavor. So I dropped a hand full in a gallon jug. Went from mehhh to wow...spicy, warm, sweeter, actually brought out the apple flavor. the red hot dissolved really quick. Was good warmed or cold. But, I have not fermented red hots.

I have made Fpacs...blueberry, blackberry,grapes, peach I have used zest and have made your extracts and now have them on the shelf for use....lotta bang for the buck there. I used canned fruits blackberry, plum, cherry in the last Malbec...not finished yet, but mummmmm. I dumped those canned...

Riazoo...if you are always moving from higher to lower, it is tough to beat the auto siphon at about 10 bucks. If you want to go from low to high....count me as a second vote for the AIO pump. Remember...it is a Swiss Army knife tool...pump, filter, rack, bottle, degass, elemenate head...

Wine Time....I would crop out the houses, leave a bit of the tree tops, and make this a label....use the two power lines to frame "Red Wine" or whatever name. Cool picture with awesome light.

You will learn....sausage making IS THE WEEK END...and make it a 3 day week end, cause you'll need to rest up. Smoke house need not be some fancy affair. One of my customers has a rack/frame affair in his garden....they grow vines on cukes and such. Come sausage time he covers it up with blue...

I had a few sips of the latest Fontana malbec...3rd or 4th time with this kit...this may be the best one yet. But, I spent an extra 10 bucks on canned fruit...cherry, plums, and blackberries to so it better be good! In secondary now for two weeks...tasted young still a little yeasty but there...

I will try TomC....never posted pics before. IT is very simply, a Harbour freight 20 dollar pump...a big old plastic tote for a tub....made a PVC rack for bottles just drilled into the supple lines and expoxied in place...reducer bushing to get down to a hose size....a few hose clamps. Add hot...

I think you seeing just the very beginning of the end of retail as we knew growing up. Where you went to a store, walked in, shopped, paid, and walked out. Online is the new business model. Look at Amazon....even Walmart is chasing the Amazon business model. It is going to change the face of...

I went over board and built a bottle/bucket/carboy washer using a sump pump, PVC pipe, and a big plastic storage tub. I put the nastiest carboy on it, hot water Ox-clean, turn it on and come back in 30 minutes and it's clear as well...Glass! I will admit that it is one of those things that...

YES! Motors are good....especially as we get older. I motorized my sausage stuffer, grinder, and meat mixer....same motor, different drive shafts. It really saves time and even more so, energy...our energy! Was in the shop the other day with my tablet looking at crushers and destemers and...

I am a better than fair cook. I like cooking and always try to do my best. Most of the time my meals are quite pleasant and enjoyable. They are not 5 star dining by any stretch. But they taste good, provide nourishment, and will make a turd. I like making wine and am getting better. One of my...

I have never worried about it....at least before I read through this thread! I liked the boil and then add oak and water to the wine...you will not be losing any essence and the cubes are sanitized.

WOW! I am looking for the Shiraz kit right now. Where did you get yours wineforfun? I want this kit to: 1. tweak 2. blend with the Malbec That may not be an "offical" wine style....but it sounds good to me. We did a little bottle blending with these two and liked the results. What do...

Tweaked another Fontana Malbec. 2 TBS tannin 2.5 TBS yeast nutrient 1 quart simple syrup 1 cup med french oak chips RC 212 yeast Then I may have gotten carried away... added one can each of Oregon Specialty Fruit...Dark Cherry, Blackberries, and Purple Plums 24 hours with peptic enzymes...

I turn them dirty side and shake out the big stuff...rinse of...dry and what's left will just brush off then. To reuse I just soak in StarSan to sanitize and go.

I've done a bunch of work at a pretty famous little brewery in Texas. The brewmaster had the happiest cows in Texas and he had the lowest feed bill and smelliest truck. Spent grain is awesome feed!

You can watch all these turkey hunting shows on TV talk about how smart these birds are....BULL. They are fun to hunt and call in close range. But, they are dumb as a post. I've shot big toms and had another tom come charging in to "fight" the dead one....shot him too. Quit hunting them because...

Ditto....same thing except Bourbon and electric blanket on high. Seemed to work for Dad and my brother...me not so much, but I slept good. I crank the hot tub up to about 103 and stay there until my wife pulls me out...helps some. As does the use of a Neti Pot or nasal irrigation system...

which is why you cork or cap and only go 140...killing yeast with as little heat as possible. I don't like it either....but dislike bottle bombs even more. it works. I've also used the swing tops and they will vent and I have a nice batch of vinegar in swing top bottles....for whatever...