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  1. doctorgonzo79

    Airation idea

    Check out this widget I came up with and tell me what you think. It seems to work quite well so far.
  2. doctorgonzo79

    2013's How many gal of homebrew in 2013

    5 gallons sweet water ryepa lowryder wannabe total 13722.5
  3. doctorgonzo79

    How many gallons of EdWort's Apfelwein have been made?

    5 gallons almost consumed :) 6 gallons 1 month aged 6 gallons made 1 hour ago total 17 gallons GRAND TOTAL 25,543.5
  4. doctorgonzo79

    Racking to secondary, to squeeze or not to squeeze???

    is a commercial wine necessary? i was planning on using grape juice and adding invert syrup to make the gallon or so of juice match the original o.g and continue under the airlock. I did not intend on adding a gallon of sugar syrup just enough to get the top up juice to ferment out dry.
  5. doctorgonzo79

    Bottling muscadine wine in mason jars?

    I am doing a first attempt at wine with yard grown muscadines myself; seems to me a mason jar fits it just about right. going to use quart jars for mine.
  6. doctorgonzo79

    Racking to secondary, to squeeze or not to squeeze???

    Our muscidine wine is ready to transfer to a carboy as gravity has dropped from 1.110 to 1.010 in five days. I am toying with the idea of putting the grain bag full of skins and bits in my mash tun and pressing the heck out of it to get the most yield. The only available carboy is 6 gallons...
  7. doctorgonzo79

    muscidine wine slow starting, did i screw up somewhere?

    oh, towel secured with twine and sprayed with Starsan in lieu of an airlock. I planned on putting under an airlock after it hit 1.030 or so.
  8. doctorgonzo79

    muscidine wine slow starting, did i screw up somewhere?

    OK that's pretty good news, Thanks! have been stirring once daily but will stir twice going forward. i appreciate the advice.
  9. doctorgonzo79

    muscidine wine slow starting, did i screw up somewhere?

    A full 24 hours after pitching and the first gravity reading is 1.100 from 1.110. seems like a really weak start and i'm not seeing any krausen either. doesn't smell off or anything. 2 packs Montrechet plus nutrients i believed would ferment much more vigorously.
  10. doctorgonzo79

    muscidine wine update, a few seat of the pants adjustments

    Pitched yeast 24 hours after Camden addition. og 1.110 this stuff smells awesome! 6 tsp nutrient 2 tsp energizer
  11. doctorgonzo79

    Muscadine Juice

    Good news on not flying solo, I'll follow your thread since you are a few days ahead of me in the process. I just squished my grapes today.
  12. doctorgonzo79

    muscidine wine update, a few seat of the pants adjustments

    First stage complete! 22 lbs of grapes squished 1 gallon of white grape juice added to compensate for the last few pounds of grapes we couldn't reach. 6 tsp pectic enzyme (thanks Arpolis) 2qt H2O 6 Camden tabs, crushed (anyone who has never used this stuff before make sure not to have your head...
  13. doctorgonzo79

    first try at wine, wild muscadines

    Here goes something, My dad has lots of muscadines growing in his yard and we are looking to make 6 gallons of wine from them. here is the recipe i will be using 1. five gallons of grapes, squished without removing skins. 2. 5 pounds table sugar boiled into a simple syrup. will adjust to get...
  14. doctorgonzo79

    How many gallons of Homebrew in 2012?

    add 4 gallons rye pale ale and 5 gallons summer wheat ale 20185
  15. doctorgonzo79

    need help on temprature and PH testing

    nope new recipe, same H2O from my tap for all brews though and they all seem to be ok so far though a little inefecient. this is the last thing i have to adjust so i got the strips.
  16. doctorgonzo79

    need help on temprature and PH testing

    I'm brewing now and just tested the mash PH with some new test strips I got from LHBS. Was confused the vial gave no indication of test temp. So called and was told it doesnt matter with strips what temp. the test is taken at. knowing temp. affects PH; am I being told the strips are that...
  17. doctorgonzo79

    anyone use a north american outdoors 35 qt turkey fryer?

    been using it for a while now and it does the job well, comes with spigot though a bit prone to minor clogs. will probably replace it with a ball valve sometime.
  18. doctorgonzo79

    when is the best time to add flavorings?

    you know, interesting side note though, blue moon has not crossed my mind once. I will look in to that anyway then.
  19. doctorgonzo79

    when is the best time to add flavorings?

    done then! probably some fresh zest as well to boot. thanks much
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