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Love those jet blasters. Seeing old Carboys stained and caked with sediment vanish so easily is certainly satisfying But get yourself some drain screens! In winemaking these are crucial especially during the ferment with all the skins that end up in the sink that otherwise end up at the...

And you’ll continue to wonder! I can’t in good conscience put that on the internet! Thanks bud. It’s feels good. Early on Id get goofed on for my “fake internet wine friends”. For me winemaking my entire life was always centered around family. Tho it was limited. Crush day. Press day...

The crusher destemmer that was a part of endless classic WMT threads from @JohnT sadly did not survive. When I “left” I had the damn thing in a million pieces doing a full refurbish. But it was so old and beat up I was already contemplating just buying a new one anyway. the refurbish ended...

Eh. I already wrote everything off long ago. So anything salvaged at all would be a W. I’m gonna try to find some time over the weekend to do a proper test. I can’t lie. The thought of having something active to tend to gets the juices flowing lol. I feel like an addict slipping into...

My family made wine since forever here in philly and they used to get thier barrels for free. Jacquin’s Liquors is located in the city a couple blocks from where the old Connie Mack baseball park used to be. They would give ‘em out no charge. (Only full sized 55g) Today I believe they stil do...

U testing you mlf at all? I would always do co-innocculTion during early fermentation. Then right after pressing I’d take a baseline test. If trying to determine if mlf started or if mlf finished those chromoatography tests can be a pain w/o a reference point. Often my baseline test would...

We used Stoney creek on the last couple batches we had made. Came out beautiful. And I used noontime many times in the past. Both equally professional. Both offer your choice on matte or gloss and waterproof or not. I would vouch for either site any day. They both supply endless...

Hey everyone. Been a while. I miss the hell out of this place. Life’s been a rollercoaster and I’m lookin forward to the process of getting myself all set up and makin some wine again. Anyway I’m almost on the other side of a very long frustrating stressful divorce (women. Ppffsh...

Thanks for the link. What kind of printer did you purchase btw? The one difference from the website labels and the print-your-own type sold in some LHBS’s is the overall quality. Im sure if I dig a little I’ll find specifically what they use. They offer choice of either matte or gloss. And...

I bet ya it is easy once ya find the correct material for a decent price. It’s actually the first time using a website to design labels where what I received was not exactly what I designed and confirmed. It’s minor I guess but still irked me. Especially considerring it ends up costing more...

Yo Dawg! Coming from the guy who uses cattle stomach lining for wine yeast I’d say this story sounds about right. and I really think you should write a book or somethin detailing all these crazy situations you find yourself in! I’d buy it. feel better friend (and yes I “laugh“ reacted...

And tied to some fishing line fed up thru the bung. Yuuuuge benefit. I just leave the spirals/stix in there indefintly too. One per carboy will never overdo it For big reds. Then when either racking or bottling the oak removal is an afterthought. the spool of fishing line was moved into the...

It’s all about those homemade Christmas pizzelles! We‘ve always use anissette liqueur since forever but this year we got some true blue anis herb instead for the first time. Tbh I don’t even notice a difference Lol. But at least it felt more authentic amiright? And now I got swindled into...

Thanx. Somehow I’ve still never actually took the time to find a program for at-home label making. I need to. These things add up $ real quick. Typically I‘d get by old school with some scotch tape & a sharpie or recently just the silver metallic sharpie marker. Then slap a a shrink capsule...

Just did about 7 cases of 2021 wines with my dad while watching some cold December football. Racked, sulphited, bottled, labels & caps. Was a nice day forgot my bottling attatchment for the vacuum pump so had to use the cheap backup transfer pump. Then adjusted the levels down with a straw...

Love this thread. I set notifications on this thread back in 2017 and kept up with all your updates. A helluva first timer appassimento experiment on a large scale and I love the ‘screw it go big/go home’ attitude. Congrats on the quality wines and the well earned ribbons. Hey btw, are you...

That channel has some really cool videos and the guy is informative. He’s also a member on WMT. But things just like that comment on vented bungs— when he speaks in absolutes as though he’s an expert but contradicts something I know to be true, it really gets under my skin. Idk...

Absolutely awesome pics man!!! whether the wines amazing or the wine sucks doesn’t even really matter. Those memories of “helping dad squish the grapes” will last a helluva lot longer. And at the end of the day that’s really what it’s all about anyway.

Well that is one helluva thorough post Dave! Overloaded with info. Even tho you conceded at the end of your post about late stage O it doesn’t seem as black & white now tho does it? At least not to me. Some conflicting info in there. And actually this was referenced in passing the...

You forgot one important piece of information… Go Birds! 😉