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Set the bucket on the counter above your dishwasher and bottle on the open lid. Oops are contained.

Added an elbow , pointing down, to the spigot. No tilting required

Decades ago, my uncle would make strawberry wine. Some years it was so good we used it as weed killer on the fence row.

Williams Brewing makes a good Pinot Noir kit that is not expensive. Suits me and my wife's tastes.

Bad wine? You need a friend with a small still.

I'm Ted, so our wine is SpiriTED Cellars.

After reading the history of Nomacork, I switched to agglomerated natural corks and have not had any issues, but I'm not a power user...

Did you add the yeast nutrient? What is your gravity now?

Transfer to a 6 gallon carboy to reduce the air exposure, but do not fill all the way into the neck. Use 2 quart jars if you have too much. Add a little yeast nutrient, stir, wait three days and read SG. If SG has not dropped, prepare and add a small yeast starter with a little juice from the...

You may try a little yeast nutrient. Very little. Does it taste sweet?

Format: Book Author: Taber, George M. Title: To cork or not to cork : tradition, romance, science, and the battle for the wine bottle / George M. Taber. Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Scribner, 2007 Description: vii, 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm...

My wines aren't going to last more than a year, so I usually skip the Campden tabs at bottling. But if you will rack from carboy to bottling bucket instead of bottling from the carboy, they are easy to add to the bucket. And the bucket is easier to carry.

Exactly. By splash rack, I mean don't run the tube to the bottom of the carboy. Let the tube "splash" against the carboy near the top to get some degassing action.

I use these conical fermenters too. I skip the bentonite. I also drum my fingers lightly on the sides to get stuff slide down. Splash rack into a carboy at 4 weeks. Degas with a whip a month later and wait another month before bottling.

PDP->VAX->Alpha Those were soooo much better than PCs for controls in a chemical plant. PCs just for the operator interface.

30&1/2 bottles of Pink Moscato from the WE kit started 6/11/20. Pink caps on clear bottles.

A now defunct LHBS installed four beer brewing systems as you suggested. Not nearly enough demand for that here. Closed up shop about four months later.

Made a 5 gallon Gewurztraminer batch from Walkers. It's the best white I've ever done. My local HBS made a run up there last fall and I got the last one in stock.

I have pondered adding more oak into my 3 gallon carboy and bottling the other 3 gallons as is. What is your opinion?

Also have one of these in a 6 gallon carboy. No modifications. Not touching it for two months. Smelled wonderful racking.