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Guys I was joking about the 65G barrel (i do have it though) as a
primary. but it got me to thinking, wouldnt larger primaries (and secondaries) help balance out fruit? one sour plum in a 10g primary will have more effect than in a 65g primary. and to gather 65g worth of secondaries?!!!?!! I'd need to sell a kidney to get an addition tot eh house just for storages 780 bottles of wine...... PER SEASON!!!!!! (drinks maybe 2 bottles a year) |
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To say nothing about how difficult it would be to lift the secondary up
to the table level so you could rack it. :*) Does make sense, probably why wineries don't have bad batches as often as home winers. DAve Tater wrote: > Guys I was joking about the 65G barrel (i do have it though) as a > primary. > > but it got me to thinking, wouldnt larger primaries (and secondaries) > help balance out fruit? one sour plum in a 10g primary will have more > effect than in a 65g primary. > > and to gather 65g worth of secondaries?!!!?!! I'd need to sell a > kidney to get an addition tot eh house just for storages 780 bottles > of wine...... PER SEASON!!!!!! > > > (drinks maybe 2 bottles a year) > |
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You only drink 2 bottles per year ?? Here is what to do: Throw out the 65G barrel to make some extra storage space. Get a food grade 5 gallon plastic bucket and three 1 gallon jugs. With this you can make two 1 gallon batches per year. 2 gallons equals 10 bottles of wine. That way you can give away 80% of your annual production and still have the 2 bottles you need for yourself !! hehehe ;o) Frederick "Tater" > wrote in message ups.com... > Guys I was joking about the 65G barrel (i do have it though) as a > primary. > > but it got me to thinking, wouldnt larger primaries (and secondaries) > help balance out fruit? one sour plum in a 10g primary will have more > effect than in a 65g primary. > > and to gather 65g worth of secondaries?!!!?!! I'd need to sell a > kidney to get an addition tot eh house just for storages 780 bottles > of wine...... PER SEASON!!!!!! > > > (drinks maybe 2 bottles a year) > |
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On Jul 12, 7:56 pm, Tater > wrote:
> Guys I was joking about the 65G barrel (i do have it though) as a > primary. > > but it got me to thinking, wouldnt larger primaries (and secondaries) > help balance out fruit? one sour plum in a 10g primary will have more > effect than in a 65g primary. > > and to gather 65g worth of secondaries?!!!?!! I'd need to sell a > kidney to get an addition tot eh house just for storages 780 bottles > of wine...... PER SEASON!!!!!! > > (drinks maybe 2 bottles a year) To answer the question; absolutely, the bigger the batch the better the chances are that anomalies will be absorbed. The biggest barrel I might buy keeps bouncing around in my mind; 30 gallons -12. There is a nice barrel from Hungary that holds around 12.5 gallons that sure seems like the perfect size for me but the sucker is around $250. Some day maybe, but I would buy a crusher before I buy that.... Joe |
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