A way back, someone asked about primary vessles. Jack had written
that his wife made some neat little elastic banded muslin "caps" for
his primaries. I had my girlfriend do the same for me, and the little
"chef hats" are excellent.

We decided to take this a step further and make little cloaks for my
secondaries. I need something like this because my basement is too
cold to complete fermentation in the winter, and the kitchen collects
the carboys, so there is too much light around for a truly dark wine.
I haven't dyed these dark color yet, but will very soon.

Here is an example that I have on a batch of blueberry that is still
pushing the airlock every couple seconds.

In the background there are several batches of Welch's products going
that I really don't care about the color much...

http://www.webhosting4free.org/middleman/lightshade.jpg

Greg, Erie, PA

I've always used black trash bags to cover my carboys (4 ltr up to
6.5-gal) -- just cut a small hole in the bottom of the bag. Your solution
looks a lot better, but my wife "doesn't do sewing."

Bart



"Hoss" > wrote in message
...
>A way back, someone asked about primary vessles. Jack had written
> that his wife made some neat little elastic banded muslin "caps" for
> his primaries. I had my girlfriend do the same for me, and the little
> "chef hats" are excellent.
>
> We decided to take this a step further and make little cloaks for my
> secondaries. I need something like this because my basement is too
> cold to complete fermentation in the winter, and the kitchen collects
> the carboys, so there is too much light around for a truly dark wine.
> I haven't dyed these dark color yet, but will very soon.
>
> Here is an example that I have on a batch of blueberry that is still
> pushing the airlock every couple seconds.
>
> In the background there are several batches of Welch's products going
> that I really don't care about the color much...
>
> http://www.webhosting4free.org/middleman/lightshade.jpg
>
> Greg, Erie, PA

Hi Greg,
Nice idea. You do know you Walkers in Fredonia and Presque Isle sell
juice, right? Walker's is in Fredonia if you are willing to drive 30
miles, they have a website.

Joe

Hoss wrote:
In the background there are several batches of Welch's products going
> that I really don't care about the color much...

Joe,

Never made it to Walkers. I just stopped by Presque Isle and bought a
couple of supplies today.

I didn't get any juice last year, timing for me wasn't quite right.
This year I plan on a couple of batches!

Are you in this area too? I hit the North East Wine Fest now that I
live here.

greg



On 14 Mar 2005 05:32:31 -0800, "Joe Sallustio" >
wrote:

>Hi Greg,
>Nice idea. You do know you Walkers in Fredonia and Presque Isle sell
>juice, right? Walker's is in Fredonia if you are willing to drive 30
>miles, they have a website.
>
>Joe
>
>Hoss wrote:
> In the background there are several batches of Welch's products going
>> that I really don't care about the color much...