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Scooter at 9.19% , I think you still have wine. If you like it right there, I would cold crash it....get it down to near freezing for few days and let the yeast fall out. Rack off and bottle. Put 4 or 5 bottles in a big pan and cover with water. remove the bottles and bring the water up about...

Ohhhh....now we get the words of wisdom! I'll just rub those on my chewed *ss!! :slp

Well.....at least you got wine to go with that whine!

mog.... when you say splash, did you just let the wine drop from the top all the way to the bottom of the carboy.... like a straight stream of wine? That would certainly be splashing and I see where it could create a lot of foam....every time you did it....as well as introducing air. Not a good...

My wife thought otherwise.:h

I experience the first four just watching the evening news! So....I don't do that anymore.

I don't have any with that much age....yet. But, I do believe you! But, for what it is worth....I opened a six month old 375 of Eclipse Bravado the other night. Loved it. Wife had the rest of it and she loved it. They are pretty dang good pretty early too. My schedule is 3 Eclipse kits and...

Read this and cracked up!! I had just finished tasting my new Pinot Gris and I had said the same prayer! Please don't suck!! Not big on whites anyway.:h:h

Yes Sir....makes a chest freezer much more useful....freezer, cooler, fermentation chamber, fridge, frankly I do not understand why they don't just make units equipped with these controllers.

Wife cooks eggplant, thick cut, battered and fried...I make an Italian gravy to spoon over the top....eats like a vegetarian Chicken Fried Steak....very meaty tasting. Actually Like Rocky's without the cheese and extra bake time. Wife usually does make a Parmigiana at the same time and we...

I started this hobby a couple of years ago and this thread formed the base of my "education". I now find it very hard to NOT TWEAK a kit...big or small...I wanna tweak them all. The big kits I've done straight up all still need a lot more time. But, I've opened one 375 ml....was...

And make the handle about 36" long out of Med. Toasted french Oak. Now you gotta a cap opener, a stir stick, a punch down stick, a back scratcher, and a source of oak....a true multi purpose tool for the wine room.:w

I got lucky and learned that on my second batch of wine...a frozen apple juice creation that was simple horrible. But, I needed the practice, so I bottled it and stashed it in a closet. Forgot about it. A year goes by and a friend was over and had brought some nasty store bought white crap she...

What! No duct tape? No bailing wire? How does that work??:h:h

I've never understood what is so difficult about taking the cap off the bag. I use a plain old butter knife....insert at the bottom of the cap and just give it a bit of a turn, the cap comes right off....you just kind of pry it off. For the shrink wrap capsules, I just use a piece of bent up...

Nice stuffing Mike...really good for a rookie! If you tie a knot in the end hanging off the horn and stuff a bit looser. Then you can pinch off at 6-8-9 inches, however long you want your links. Now, holding the end and where you pinched it, twist it forward 4-5 times AWAY from you. make...

I was happy with mine at bottling. It is just laying down now and getting better......I hope!

John....try the same thing with chicken breasts...much better. marinade the chicken breasts in almost anything...I like soy sauce and five spice chinese powder...freaking awesome. The best way to serve dove is about ten after nine at night....folks are so blamed hungry they will eat anything...

Mezza Luna...Joe's tweaks are still the backbone....but I add dried cherries and elderberries to the pool. The last bottle we had was about 8 months old and just so NICE....not good at describing tastes. Good news...there is a case in the closet marked Tax Returns that is well over a year old...

I! caved in and opened a 375ml of the last Malbec, bottled 8 July. Too early, I know! Looks good, smells good, and already tastes great. Very soft and smooth for such a young wine. Joe nailed the tweaks on this one. Third batch and same great results to my tastes. My wife made a good point...