What's going on in your winery today..

[lockwood1956]

We are due some sub zero temps next week I understand...

pop it outside for a few days and likely a lot of the excess acid will precipitate out. You may wish to seed with cream of tartar at the rate of 1 tsp per gallon first.

regards
bob

[goldseal]

Chucked an EC-118 starter into my Tempranillo rosé for refermentation into sparkling tempranillo rosé.

[ms67]

We are due some sub zero temps next week I understand...pop it outside for a few days and likely a lot of the excess acid will precipitate out. You may wish to seed with cream of tartar at the rate of 1 tsp per gallon first.

yup, works well with my love of KISS principles. I'm actually surprised that nothing dropped out already given that even a speck of glass can seed crystals, and that i've fined it. roll on the cold nights. Even in the unlikely event that i have to wait til next winter this is my preferred option. i'll try without cream of tartar first (time is not an issue) i can add it later if needs be. "Extreme KISSing"

[waggoner]

Just made a California connoisseur, Sauvignon Blanc kit up. A 6 bottle one, a local store had a couple on sell for £9.00each, so bought that and a Rioja Tinto one. Interested to see how it turns out..

Just read the small print on the box... " This product may produce an alcoholic beverage".. I certainly hope it does!!!

[mrdexter]

Finally got my whale submersible pump set up, and racked 30 liters in the time it took to me to think to myself, blimey that's fast.
Going to go back up when the tea's mashed and rack everything in sight. Twice.

[koomber]

Kegged my 'Bonzo's Best American Blonde Ale' and keeping after it's creater it's a little bit red.

Also won this:

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[goldseal]

A tenner?

Good effort. That's about £25 - 30 below the going rate

[lockwood1956]

Thats a real bargain Graham, i've seen them go for 60

[waggoner]

Just bottled a gallon each of,,Banana,,mandarin & pineapple ,, Ginger,, and beetroot & carrot But i've got a stinking cold (man flu), and it all tastes like ear wax,,,

[Cellar_Rat]

Finally got my whale submersible pump set up, and racked 30 liters in the time it took to me to think to myself, blimey that's fast.
Going to go back up when the tea's mashed and rack everything in sight. Twice.

Its nice to have a convert - you can see why I rant about how good they now!

Mine has 900 litres of red to do tomorrow.

[mrdexter]

I'm not sure what benefits there would be to using a non submersible over this one, but the convinience is awesome. In terms of value for money it is the single best piece of kit I have purchased, thank you sir :-)

Its nice to have a convert - you can see why I rant about how good they now!

Mine has 900 litres of red to do tomorrow.

[NorthernWiner]

I'm not sure what benefits there would be to using a non submersible over this one, but the convinience is awesome.

I don't know anything about these pumps. Do they use an impeller to move the wine? That would be my only concern, as impellers tend to "beat up" the wine.

I use a vacuum racking setup myself, and love it. Nothing touches the wine. It's simply pulled from one container to another. Works great for barrels or large DJs that are too heavy to move around.

[NorthernWiner]

Oh... and I'm prepping to start bottling the 2010 whites on Monday. First up is Sauvignon Blanc, Viognier, and Chenin Blanc.

[mrdexter]

I don't know anything about these pumps. Do they use an impeller to move the wine? That would be my only concern, as impellers tend to "beat up" the wine.

I use a vacuum racking setup myself, and love it. Nothing touches the wine. It's simply pulled from one container to another. Works great for barrels or large DJs that are too heavy to move around.

Yes it does. I did consider vacuum, but wanted something that was both much cheaper, and that I could use with plastic better bottles.

[Cellar_Rat]

Oh... and I'm prepping to start bottling the 2010 whites on Monday. First up is Sauvignon Blanc, Viognier, and Chenin Blanc.

Just racked my 2010 Merlot primo, Monty primo and 50/50 pressings.

Pumps: I originally adapted the idea from looking at commercial winery process years ago. The enuolilou-matic is a good bit of kit, bit v expensive, so lets face it Steve its a toy