Kombucha Batch #23-02
updated 07/19/2023 June 2023 Immediately after bottling my first batch, I started #2. For this purpose, I purchased a pound of black tea from the Grand Asia Market, but expect to experiment with other...
Monthly Archive: June 2023
Kombucha Batch #23-01
updated 06/28/2023 June 2023 My daughter-in-law loves kombucha, and my son started making it for her last year. I’d heard of it, but hadn’t tried it, until she gave me some of hers. I...
Bottling Wine From The Carboy or Barrel
June 2023 On WineMakingTalk, occasionally there are questions regarding racking just before bottling. Following is my current methods for bottling from both carboys and barrels. Bottling from Carboys The title is not an accurate...
Kieselsol and Chitosan Test Results
updated 10/11/2023 June 2023 In October 2021, I was unable to purchase grapes, so elected to purchase Finer Wine Kits (FWK) Forte kits to fill my two barrels, both 54 liter (14.25 US gallons)....
Wine 2023 – Update #02
15 June 2023 The plans have changed a bit. We are still planning to purchase 8 lugs each of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, which will be barrel aged. However, instead of creating a...
Cleaning Wine Bottles
A common point of discussion is the cleaning of wine bottles, which includes removal of labels. There are many ideas regarding this, and in this post I explain what I do. A general description...
Wine Label Creation Process 01
updated 09 August 2023 August 2023 We are ramping up to bottle the Merlot/Grenache and Merlot/Tempranillo, so I checked the sample labels. We haven’t made a decision yet on which to use, but I’m...