Recent content by blackeagle603

21077.5 + 5 = 21082.5

Just started 3rd 5 gallon batch. 16152 + 5 = 16157

This talk of 1 gallon and 3 gallon batches? Big Mistake. /heh It goes waayyyy too fast. :)

Well Ed's Red and scrap polo shirt cloth worked fabulously well on the Yellowtail residual adhesive. Dunno how it would work on an intact label yet. Now about that smell... :) We'll have to wait and see if the dish detergent was enough to deal with that.

Anything Hoppes #9 will do, Ed's Red will do better (1qt ea Kerosene, Acetone, Dex II or better ATF, 16oz lanolin), but none of the new fangled solvents bring as many good memories as the smell #9.

I've just started down this path. Should have read this thread. I'm determined to figure this out. Even at $1/bottle it grieves my Scot soul. :-) Daughter #1 was a server at a local Olive Garden till recently. They serve a lot of wine. Her best girlfriend is still working there and...

As a bit of post-Thanksgiving dinner afterglow, I warmed a sample of a 6 wk old batch in a sauce pan. Didn't measure precisely but was working with about 16 oz of Apfelwein. Added a tablespoon of brown sugar (no turbinado on hand), half a cinnamon stick and a doubleshot of spiced rum...

My first batch started 10/27 is right tolerable. A wee bit watery perhaps yet but served as is, it suits me fine (and I'm more of a red wine drinker). 2nd batch is working on it's 4th week already. Warmed with brown sugar, cinnamon stick and spiced rum -- pretty good. I'm not a fan of spiced...

Second batch been working it's magic now since 11/15. 15058 + 5 = 15063.

Got a batch started Tuesday evening. This a the mother of all threads! Been lurking for a while and finally registered -- reckon I may as well join in on the fun. It's the first brewing/winemaking effort of any sort for me. The airlock is perking right along so it looks like the yeastie...

14559 + 5 = 14564