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I have made a kit wine (Alexander's Cab Sauv), which I will be bottling soon, and from the tastes already at my last racking, not bad. I am now thinking about the next one. At first I wanted to do a
I rinse the bottles after use, and before bottling load them into the dishwasher. I use the long sani-cycle and add a couple of glugs of bleach to the first cycle of rinsing water. They come out gre
...to add to my drinking enjoyment in the future.
A web site suggested ", the addition of some brandy, before bottling, just as the Portuguese do, will elevate the alcohol even further and add to the tr...
So I did some digging around about the nature of the US c/s bottling released this year by Macallan -- and was quite surprised by the answers I got from the distillery. I was guessing that the c/s was
And such is life... when speaking to the "consultant" at Sam's Wine in
Chicago about their private bottling of Springbank 12 year old 50% abv,
I was advised to buy two bottles as they were going qui
...not heard of before, nor is it in my whisky guides. The few bottles I've seen purport to be "sampling room bottlings", and bear small hand-written labels, and a 1989 date.
It occurred to me that thi...
... or do I need to use Camden solution? Also do I have to rinse/dry either solution out of the bottle bofore bottling the wine?...
...use problems on a beer bottle besides a cork?
I ask since I know someone who home brews and can borrow beer bottling equipment from him.
I would also appreciate any suggestions about making small qua...
...ple recipe. seems to be working great. The recipe does say that if you want sparkling cider to prime before bottling, however it doesnt say how much sugar to use to prime it. I have seen different amo...
I bottled the West Coast Pale Ale today. I had to tip the barrel to fill the 8th quart bottle. The first 7 bottles look quite clear but the 8th one is opaque. Is the 8th bottle going to be OK? Mr. B
...llow the wine to develop, the better the result.However, I only have so many carboys sitting around, and by bottling some of them, I can start the "next generation".
So, is there a siginificant diffe...
I was wondering if you can bottle wine in 2 litter pop bottles with the screw tops? Just trying to be frugal. Are twist top wine bottles available....don't want to deal with corks. How bout using t
Has anyone ever used 2/3 cups of corn sugar instead of 3/4 for bottling a 5 gallon batch and was carbonation sufficient? TIA
... brewing and I`m getting confused with conflicting options! should the fermentation time be 1 week before bottling or longer any help or advise appreciated...
...ttles of 15 year old Laphroaig at my local store. Anyone had this yet? How does it compare to other Islay bottlings? (I own or have owned many of them - Lagavulin 16, Ardbeg 10,
Caol Ila 12, Bowmor...
...porate cost cutter took over as far as the packaging is concerned, at least. (The label no longer gives a bottling date from 1981 onwards, and apprently is no longer a true vintage starting with th...
Here's my very simple question. I've brewed beer for 8 years and have quite a large assortment of Grolsch swing top bottles. I'd like to use these and would buy more to accomodate 5 gals. Mostly I
I use Grolsch botles for bottling, i have about 100 of them (didn`t bougth used old botles but drank them all). I always keep few botles of my old batchs to check how they will age with time. I hear
..., an Ardmore from
1992 bottled at 11 years. Date of distillation is 25th of
February 1992, and the date of bottling is the 6th of June
2003; from cask no 1382.
Although the label says it was matured...
...t hit the tounge. But my wife wanted it sweetened so we added 1/2 teaspoon of sugar per ounce. We plan on bottling it around the 19th of next month so it will have a chance to settle in the bottle f...
...r Style (not screw top). Very Sturdy (Pre. 1990)
As Traditionally Used For Home Brewing, or Tomato Sauce Bottling, $100 for TEN dozen..
CIDER BOTTLES, RESEALABLES, 750ml, Amber.
Sturdier (R...
... there`s a "Jim Beam Bonded" on sale in Australia and New Zealand. This is the first I`ve seen of such a bottling and I was wondering if anyone here has any information about it? It`s rather on t...
...ged for 4 months. S.G. was .992 after about 1 month so I would guess fermentation was complete. Would the bottling process introduce air? Should I be concerned about this?...
...ossible to wait so long that the yeast will not "take" and do the carbonization thing after adding sugar at bottling?...
Just bought all the parts I need to move to kegging. What a great day. I was getting real bummed about bottling. To the point that I dreaded making more beer. Now that I have the equipment, I need s
...?) mixed together, then added to small samples of port until taste is good then add to 1 gallon just before bottling.
Would it be better to add earlier?
Would a different form of chocolate and/or ch...
...ery graciously given me a bottle of 1966 Sandeman Vintage port. Can anyone offer advice on this particular bottling. I would appreciate any input. Thanks in advance.....
If anyone hasn`t seen these they are bottlings by Signatory that are labeled only with a region not a distillery. They are all young (8 years is the oldest I believe) and usually cheap. My father-in
...t hitting stride....
1963 Croft Port - my second 1963 Crofts in three days! This one was a Charles
Kinloch bottling and showed medium colour and a cardamom note in the nose that
I had not seen on the...
...tilled whisky. This ended unfortunately a couple of years ago, when they went short of supply for their own bottlings!
In 1995 I bought this particular cask through the well-known German whisky retai...
I've just seen this Single Malt on the shelves for the first time, in a 12yr old bottling.
I've never heard of this before, and none of the books I have mention it.
who? what? where? when?
...comment #1: Is the "warm and delicate" house style the same as the "urine" character I detect in most Jura bottlings? Leading to the pet name "Isle of Urine"? Now back to the drivel?.]
"Its intrig...
One of the liquor stores here in Calgary carries the 20yr (distilled in `75) edition of the "Rare Malts" bottling of Brora. Is this worth picking up ($88 CAD)?
...conflicting instructions on what to do with lactose. Does one add it to the boil, or does one add it when bottling?...
I have made one gallon batches of cider and wine and have added 1 1/2 tablespoons of sugar at bottling time to make them sparkling. I just read a book that recommends adding 1/4 cup of sugar per gall
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