dont know for sure :) stirred for about a half hour after i put the stabilizers in and before the clarifier. anyway, yesterday, before i put the clarifier in,...

why do some wines keep imporving for a long time while others dont?

I opened a bottle of 2001 Cabernet Franc this weekend. It was made from fresh grapes, bulk aged for 2 years and oaked moderately heavily. The wine had lost...

I am pondering my next project - R.J Spagnoli Bolero - Italian Merlot. This kit is just a tad different than the ones I have tried previously, in that I have...

Hi Got one of these little vacuum bottlers been really good and done a lot of service. Now the seals are leaking on the filler stem and they need...

So I have a crushendo brewing. The corvino. Literature I found on the web had the balls to suggest it would keep improving for up to a decade. I'm up for the...

I found a site that gives a scientific reason for the punt, call it a dimple if you will, on the bottom of wine bottles. -- Cyfarch Gwinllan Cwm Deri! ...

Ok, This is the sixth year that I've made a batch of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon,15% Cabernet Franc from CA Central Valley grapes. In past years my results have...

I fermented two batches of wine from Sauvignon Blanc grapes in September using two different type of yeast, one dry and one semi dry. The dry batch still...

A previous post on stirring caused me to realize that I totally forgot to stir my last batch which is a Cab-Shiraz. I bottled it about 4 months ago. Now I am...

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Hi everyone....thanks in advance if anyone can assist me here. I used to help my grandfather make wine...he used to make some quality zinfandel.....so i...

I hear with a little jealousy how accessible bulk equipment seems to be in the US for home food and drink making. In England it seems that any larger...

This summer my wine making partner and I will be reconstructing our winery space for our home winery. I was thinking that before launching into such an...

I was given an old cast iron sausage/lard press from an elderly family member. It holds about 1 gallon. It has 2 different size press plates. A large one for...

well, next weekend will be step three, which is adding clearing agent and other "stuff" anyway, the instructions say to stir the wine vigorously. the wine...

The post on storing opened yeast reminded me that is is getting to the end of the season for ordering yeast. It is suggested that you NOT order yeast in the...

The question of how to make mulled wine comes up every now and then. I ran into this recipe in a book "Christmas in the Old West" by Sam Travers and thought...

If I use dried yeast from one of those hermetically sealed foil packets but don't use the entire packet, can that yeast be stored and used later? How should...

Here is a link to an interesting yeast PDF. http://biochemie.web.med.uni-muenchen.de/Yeast_Biol/03%20Yeast%20Metabolism.pdf Joe

But since making Rootbeer was mentioned: I've tried this guy's method and it works like a charm. The end product is very much like a ginger lemonade. Of...

Some years ago I was able to buy 'wheat sugar' from a brewing shop in islington. I was told at the time that this *by-passed* a few of the initial...

Hi I am looking to sterile bottle for the first time. I have one of the little vacuum bottle rigs and have got a filter cartridge and housing. Can anybody...

pretend you are me, you bought a winemaking kit, and a wine kit, have been pouring through instructions and pestering people on forums and such. you wander...

Looking ahead to bottling up 5-gallons of Shiraz I've been out in the garagecleaning up some bottles. I've been using vinegar to soften the labels and the...