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Completely agree traps are best. But even with traps I see those pesky flies siting on top of my cover on the brute in my part of the country, seemingly laughing at me. This is where it is somewhat satisfying sucking them up with a vacuum. Perhaps I am a little sadistic :)

Small flying insects don't have the wings to fly against the wind. So as long as the air flow is over your brute it will keep them from coming into the fermentation vessel. In Florida we uses small stand up fans when sitting outdoors and did not have a problem. Obviously would not work for...

Using a shop vacuum to suck up the FF is a fun sport. But mainly I use a box fan when opening up the top. It is an old Florida trick to keep noseeums away

My husband got into beer making so I have access to a glycol chiller. I should be able to cold soak at 40 degrees and I purchased Gaia which should help protect from unwanted strains. I hope to chill for a week but will depend upon grape timing for second batch of grapes and my guts to keep it...

My husband and I moved around for work every so often. We made friends and then moved away. We bought a retirement home during the last housing crisis and then work remotely from there before it became popular with covid. We retired the year before covid. During covid we realized how precious...

One of the commercial wine makers in my making club told me to wait till the cap fell. If I did not have time to press that day, then add frozen water bottles, cover my brute with saran wrap and put outside at night (we live near Seattle area).

You can also add Bactiless which will help the spoilage issues. https://shop.scottlab.com/bactiless-500g-015232 For next year, I conducted the following for acid additions to the must. It worked fairly well.

I belong to a wine & beer making club that meets near federal way once a month. Someone has contacted the club to sell thier wine making equipment and bottles. You can contact Leanne to get the contact information on the seller. https://psawbc.org/contact-us/ I also saw a truckload of used...

Thank you very helpful. I did not know that fining agents also helped with tannins. I also like the long handled spoon idea. Much easier than ranking off before pressing.

Last fall I got the last minute opportunity to purchase some Merlot grapes from Red Mountain AVA if I picked up the grapes that day. Needless to say I had no plan or research. The grapes were in very good shape and fully ripe with brown stems good taste. My batch has finished MLF. The smell...

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I would like to build a similar stand and have a few questions that I am hoping you can answer 1) How tall are the support are the stand legs? 2) How far down from the top of the legs are the front and back supports for the angled bin supports?

I am interested in bulk purchases. However, I am a little farther away from Olympia so not sure how much I could attend a lot of monthly meetings or have much equipment to share. But if this is ok, I am interested