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    Vermont For Sale: Used Wine Filter - Jolly 30 Plate and Frame Filter - Mori - (Barnard, VT)

    We're selling a 30 Plate and Frame Wine filter from Italy - Model: Jolly 30 (Toscana Enologica Mori) We are asking $2000 or Best Offer. See photos. We're Locate in Barnard, VT. You can contact us at [email protected]. We have never used this wine filter as we don't filter our wines, but...
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    SG and Carbonation

    Hello, I bottled a mead last night after adding 1 pound of priming honey to a 10 gallon batch of mead. It's a low alcohol mead being at about 6-7% alcohol. I was using the guiding principle of about 10 g/l priming sugar for a mid range sparkle. This I figured was about 12 g/l honey. This...
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    small scale multi-spout bottle filler

    Hi All I've got a bunch of barrels of cider I need to bottle up. I've bottled barrels enough times to be tempted by the multi-spout bottle fillers online. In looking around, it seems the price range is from $368-$475 for a 3 spout wine bottle filler. I'm wondering if anyone knows anything...
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    Cider Vinegar

    Hello, I make cider in bourbon barrels old and new. I have a couple of barrels that have a flavor that is not horrible but are slightly off flavors. In one of the barrels I made a mead. . Then I bottled the mead and rinsed the barrel out and fermented cider in it and the cider contains...
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    Champagne Style Cider

    Hello, I would like to start putting up bottles of sparkling hard cider in champagne bottles without forcing co2 into the bottles. I have heard of putting a couple raisons in a champagne bottle to get a slightly bubbling cider. What are some other methods of getting champagne like...
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    champagne corker

    Hello, I'm looking for a champagne corker for a home-small scale commercial scale cider/mead maker. I'm wondering if anyone has suggestions on what type of champagne corker I should purchase. I would love to be it used. .. Any ideas of used champagne corkers? cheers, jon
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    champagne corker

    Hello, I'm looking for a champagne corker for a home-small scale commercial scale cider/mead maker. I'm wondering if anyone has suggestions on what type of champagne corker I should purchase. I would love to be it used. .. Any ideas of used champagne corkers? cheers, jon
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    looking for a transfer pump that suits my needs

    Hello, I'm a home/becoming commercial scale cider and mead producer and I have a bunch of oak barrels filled with cider. I basically am dealing with bourbon barrels (53 gallons). So I need to be able to pump cider up from the basement into the garage. I want to buy a pump that wont break...
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    what kind of pump should I buy for barrel work?

    Hello, I'm a home/becoming commercial scale cider and mead producer and I have a bunch of oak barrels filled with cider. I basically am dealing with bourbon barrels (53 gallons). So I need to be able to pump cider up from the basement into the garage. I want to buy a pump that wont break...
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    looking for a pump that suits my needs

    Hello, I'm a home/becoming commercial scale cider and mead producer and I have a bunch of oak barrels filled with cider. I basically am dealing with bourbon barrels (53 gallons). So I need to be able to pump cider up from the basement into the garage. I want to buy a pump that wont break...
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    SG readings at time of kegging/bottling and carbonation

    Hello, I've got three carboys that I would like to free up. They read at 1.008, 1.01 and 1.014. I'm going to put them into 5 gallon cornelius kegs. Will this produce to much carbonation considering their current SG readings? Aslo, I will be bottling some of this cider. What is the...
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    Using Residual Sugar as Priming Sugar in Bottle and then Keg Conditioning

    I would like to use residual sugar in the still fermenting cider as the priming sugar for bottling. Does anyone know what specific gravity I should bottle the cider at for a finished cider that is dry to just-barely sweet? Obviously I want to avoid bottle bombs, but I want to use the sugar in...
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    Malo-Lactic Fermentation process in Pony Kegs?

    I've got a 50 gallon bourbon barrel of cider with a thin film of something not good. It tastes fine and the growth is just on the top surface. So I plan on transferring the cider into either pony kegs or carboys. The cider began with a potential alcohol of 6%. It now sits with an SG of...
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    Should I let my beers completely ferment out before bottling?

    Hello, I've got two lagers that I re-racked today. The first is a classic Pilsner that started with an OG of 1.054 about 7.2% Potential Alc. Upon re-racking (after 10 days) into the secondary, the SG is 1.023 with about a 3% Pot. Alc. The other is a darker lager with an OG of 1.040...
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    final specific gravity of cider

    I've got some carboys of cider that had honey added to them after primary fermentation. They are slowly bubbling now. I don't know the starting specific gravity of the cider but I checked three of them yesterday and they are at a specific gravity of 1.026 and 1.016. . . . Can anyone help me...
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    Slow or Stuck Fermentation? Cider Barrel

    Hello, I'm not sure the members of this group remember me. I'm the fellow who was enquiring about a thin film on the surface of my cider barrrel this past winter. The barrel had not been bubbling since the end of december and I was worried about it going to vinegar. After much thought I...
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    Thin Film on Surface of Cider in old Whisky Barrel

    Hello, My brother and I decided to make use of the plethora of neglected apple trees in our Vermont hillside town this fall. We have an old whisky barrel full of cider. Unfortunately, I have negelected to add cider to the barrel periodically to compensate for evaporation. I looked inside...
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    Adding honey during re-racking

    Hello, I'm thinking of adding honey to two of my 7 carboys of cider. I'm thinking about adding honey while I re-rack two of the carboys for secondary fermentation. These carboys had no sugar or yeast added to them upon primary fermentation (they fermented primarily on wild yeast). I Does...
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    Re-Racking Cider/Secondary Fermentation?

    I have 6 carboys of cider and 1 55 gallon oak barrel of cider. They underwent their primary fermentation around mid November. Obviously, the carboys finished before the barrel, but I would say they generally were stopped fermenting by the beginning of December. The ciders have been sitting in...
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    Raisons and Bee Pollen as Yeast Nutrient?

    I've got a 50 gallon oak barrel still bubbling in my basement. I forget how long its been, I think it has been bubbling for about 1 month. I added sugar to it at the beginning but no yeast nutrient. It has maintained a steady bubble. I debating wether to add raisons and bee pollen. I've...
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