jim wrote:
> I heard that too, but where I live it is considered important to wear a cummerbund and nothing else.
>
> For the record, I have so far followed kits to the letter and had great success in my low - medium priced kits. I
> intend to be even more exacting when I graduate to superior kits.
>
> Jim
>


Ah! You obviously move in more formal circles than I.

I do agree, if I were working on a really upper end kit, great care
would be exercised.

I'd just never come across method this in my admittedly limited
experience.

This hobby, though, is becoming highly addictive. I started off with
the bare minimum of equipment - one primary, one carboy, hydrometer, J
tube, hose, wine thief, bottle filler and "butterfly" corker.

My first attempt at bottling, with the hand corker, combined with a
stubborn cork, a slippery floor, and my own impatience wound up with a
scene reminiscent of the three stooges. I would up going head first
into a peg board (which fortunately was not damaged) and in a day or so,
the dizzy spells went away.

I now have a floor model.

I acquired a second carboy so I could have two batches on the go. And
now, a third one is looking pretty good.

And to think I used to do cross stitch.


Abby




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