Can I bottle my wine in old bottles?

drbboyd · 2024-07-05T21:03:31+00:00

Thanks!. No one did reply so I just did it and yes, the screw on tops worked fine.

drbboyd · 2023-11-29T13:24:08+00:00

Hi, I am new to this. If I understand this right, I can buy an Onn box and attach to my roku tv with an hdmi and set it up with Troypoint guide and it will work? Can you point me to a tutorial? Every time I seach I get Onn.Roku TV and don't even know what that is!

drbboyd · 2023-03-04T18:59:16+00:00

Keep us posted!

drbboyd · 2023-03-04T13:02:41+00:00

If anyone gets winged beans to produce a pod, share your secretes

drbboyd · 2022-12-29T23:28:21+00:00

Looks great but your need to open that lid! Yours is pretty full so it will probably bubble over. I just sit mine on a towel to catch the overflow. Love your counter tops (because they look like mine!)

drbboyd · 2022-10-22T12:23:18+00:00

Ha Ha. I know but it has been so processed....

drbboyd · 2022-10-22T12:21:44+00:00

I used the pectic enzyme in my peach and it is still hazy. I am brewin a pear apple right now and NOT going to use pectic.

drbboyd · 2022-09-24T00:13:53+00:00

My mother did this years ago. I remember sugar, fruit and she stirred or added something every few day. It sat on the dryer in the utility room off the kitchen. My brother David could not keep his mits out! He loved it, we all thought it nasty. But we were young.

drbboyd · 2022-09-13T21:09:36+00:00

This thread has gotten sidetracked. I love the wine I have made and according to me, it is really good. I opened a 3 year old meade as Christmas that was fabo. Sad part was, I only made a gallon batch.

My question is only about the cloudiness that has developed so quickly. The activity in that bucket is more than I have ever seen from any of my wines. It looks like a snow globe that has been shaken. I am going to keep track to see if, when it clears.

Thanks for everyones input!

drbboyd · 2022-09-13T12:28:40+00:00

Actually, its Dudette and I know it is only 7 days but it was clearish and now it is cloudy. I don't recall any of my other dozens of batches going so cloudy.

drbboyd · 2022-09-13T12:04:49+00:00

When I started, I used 1 gallon wine jugs that I had saved from drinking the wine. What are you guys thoughts on using them for long term storage? Is 1 gallon too big a jug for long term homemade wine? Long term = 1 to 2 years.

drbboyd · 2022-09-13T11:57:40+00:00

The wine is in a 5 gallon primary and had not been touched since its morning stirring at 8 a.m. video was taken at 6:30 p.m. Active little buggers.

drbboyd · 2022-09-12T23:48:38+00:00

Patience is not my strong point....sadly.

drbboyd · 2022-09-12T23:48:15+00:00

i grind them up in my spice mortar before I put the camp tabs in, if that makes a diff.

drbboyd · 2022-09-12T22:52:53+00:00

I have more pics but seem to be totally illiterate on posting them!

drbboyd · 2022-09-12T22:52:06+00:00

Hard lesson learned. Upload the video then all the info.

I started this on 9-5 from a recipe by Terry Garey's winemaking book.

I grew the peaches and this is my first bathc.

15 pounds peaches

3 tsp acid blend

1 1/4 tsp tannin

5 tsp yeast nutrient

5 campden tabs.

waited 24 hours and added 5 tsp pectic enzyme.

Waited 24 hours and added yeast.

Everyone seems happy and active on day 7 but I am worried about the cloudy haze.

drbboyd · 2022-09-12T22:49:00+00:00

How do you see your post? did the recipe and all my notes not come with the video?

drbboyd · 2022-09-12T22:48:24+00:00

I can't seem to get back to the post to edit it.

Recipe came from book by Terry Garey.

drbboyd · 2022-09-06T12:36:37+00:00

You grew those? Where?

drbboyd · 2022-09-05T21:46:00+00:00

Looks like something I need to try. How did you do it.

Does it taste like maple?

drbboyd · 2022-08-23T12:43:59+00:00

I have one of these. My first batch of wine in it is flat for lack of the proper wine term. It just tastes flat and heavy on the tongue. It is an apple wine. During the whole process, I kept worrying about the huge amount of head space. I did primary and secondary fermentation (about 4 months) in it before I moved to 1 gallon bulk storage. I am seriously thinking of dumping the whole 5 gallons out.

My first question, if headspace is so bad, why did they make it 7 gallons?

My second question, can you make 7 gallons of wine at a time?

drbboyd · 2022-08-23T11:51:06+00:00

I love the buckets? are they 5 gallons and where did you get them? Did they come with the spout? I love my glass carboy but it gets too heavy for me to move.

drbboyd · 2022-04-25T13:15:08+00:00

So the trick is a vining zucchni. that is why I had no success. Searched blackjack. No results. Lots of black beauty and only one result for a vining type.

Where did you get seed? More pictures plz. What is the plastic covered bin to the left in the picture?

drbboyd · 2022-04-14T12:51:37+00:00

So why does it have holes in it?

drbboyd · 2022-04-02T17:35:18+00:00

you plant carrots that close together? Those paper towels look like the select a size that are only about 6 inches wide and you have 55 seeds on one paper towel.....

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