Joe: Excellent and patient reply! Good on ya.

Tater: Just two things to add:
1) Joint compound buckets are an excelltnt source of primary fermenters,
especially the white ones. I've used them for many years. Just remember
that polyethylene is too oxygen permeable for bulk, long term aging.
2) A good way to judge when your wine is clear enough to need no further
racking, i.e., is potentially ready for bottling, is to shine a
flashlight or laser pointer through thr carboy. If you can see the beam
as it passes through, there's still solids in suspension. Note that
laser pointers will show even small amounts of unsettled matter.

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Mike MTM, Cokesbury, NJ, USA

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