Nope, your grammar ain't the problem. Perfectly fine, in fact exactly how I would've said it. I've just not had a lot of luck with my aging eyes.. Well, I could have used better English, so maybe it's me who's been quality controlling too much this morning
Oooo, nice! I see someone else must have had a Skeeter Pee Volcano when degassing. Or am I wrong? Anyway, I like your overflow bucket. Smart. The only batch I've done so far I had on the kitchen table, still in primary. I gave it a 2 second burst with my drill whip (which I had been using fine until now), and it bubbled over the pail, onto the table and the floor like my daughter's baking soda and vinegar volcano I helped her with when she was young. It's one of those times when all you can do is stare at it and go "oh, sh*#($ttt"! I'm sure glad it was SP and not Dragon Blood. I am much more careful now. lol
OUCH! What caused it? Did you accidentally hit it with something?My carboys are all in baskets now because I once had one break and spill 6 gallons of wine all over my floor. I didn't know whether to cry or grab a straw. It took me HOURS to clean it up
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i use cooking sheet pans, a full sheet holds 2 carboys. but a while back i had a 14 gallon fermenter too full, filled the room, ran down the the hall and got to carpet at the edge of living room, since then, i have used only my 30 gallon brutte, i got 6 or 7 more just been to busy/LAZY to brave the copper heads to bring in 2 more from my tool storage.
Those are some interesting bottles.........................DizzyTOON BLOOD
That baby finished fermenting real slow. So did my sour cherry & blueberry, almost exactly the same. I had to keep reminding myself of all the times I’ve told others to just be patient... But 0.001 or less drop every day for 10 days? Oh well, I finally added the K-meta and Sorbate, and degassed (man, Siri doesn’t know ANY of these words). Thanks again Steve, @vacuumpumpman ! It took a day, but you can get almost every bubble out under vacuum. A day after adding DualFine, my top-up vessels are perfectly clear,
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and the carboys aren’t far behind.
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You're referring to the rectangular ones, I suppose. Yes, I like them. It's the only reason I drink Kirkland (Costco) spiced rum! (NOT! haha). I think the bottles are quite attractive with the etched ship. 1.75 L, and a mouth that will take a #6 1/2 bung to air lock or vacuum. I use them for top-up when there's not enough for a 1 gallon jug. I've considered bottling my Dragon Blood into some like DangerDave does with 1 gallon jugs to keep in the fridge, and just using the original caps, but bottles are easier to handle. We'll see. I was also considering using wine boxes, but again bottles are just handier.
Yes, and that's 1 day after adding SuperKleer. (Well, mine is called Claro K.C. and the package says add the Chitosan 24 hours after the Kieselsol, so it's 2 days after the first part, 1 day after the second part.) I really think my AIO vacuum pump helps a lot. It lets me get a perfectly degassed wine. At the beginning, just a few inches Hg makes it foam like crazy, but the more CO2 that comes out, the more vacuum I can apply, until barely a single bubble comes out with 22" vacuum. After that, I had 1/2" of crystal clear wine in those bottles before I even added the SuperKleer. I've done my backsweetening tests and it's time to start sanitizing some bottles. Woo hoo!
That was my Cherry Blueberry DB a couple days ago. Yesterday while backsweetening I accidentally dropped the racking cane Into the carboy while transferring to the primary for adding sugar. I figured I was going to have to let it clear again anyway, so went ahead and added the sugar. Now it looks like this. Good news is the Toon Blood is still Crystal clear! The bottles in front are from the top-up jug and a Cab Merlot kit I did. 
KC, how much Bentonite do you use up front?....................DizzyIt sounds like you meant to say “no luck with bentonite so always use SuperKleer”. Or do you mean what you say?
My only experience with it is from the kits I’ve made. They come with a 5 gram package, which is about a tsp.
I’ll take it! I’m sure one man’s blah is another man’s treasure.
hehe,,, sad your outta the states, i think my problem is all 3 fruits each are bold flavors, i'm still hoping they will blend with time, but not a clue on what it will be,,,,
Nice looking collection. Are the bottles on the left screw tops? That quantity should last for a while LOL...............................Dizzy
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