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Maggie Helles - Sunday, May 7, 2023

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I want to get in another brew before baseball starts. Hopefully I figured out the correct amount of mash water for Mr. Robobrew. You still need to take a look at the pump inside it to see if there are some foreign materials inside it like the pics I have see on the internet. Clean the Robobrew valve or at least take a look at it. I took it apart and it did have some hop sludge in it. The lower white valve ring was damaged. Seems if you don't get it in just right, it drags on the ss ball and warps or gets some marks on it. I had to hammer it in to use it. I will try to order a few more but have never seen one online. Cannot find one in Canada. Gee, a surprise there.                                                                  WLP830 I should never of used this yeast. Sulphur bomb. I read about it and thought I could do an...

Costco Charnonnay - Sunday, April 9 2023

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 First thing I need to do is to buy a muslum bag to toss in the oak chips. They floated on top, but hopefully they will sink a bit to get a little flavour in the wine. I hate oak chips. I did notice in Marty's wine it had an edge to it, so I bought a muslum bag for our wine. I didn't go 10 days with my wine like I did with Marty's wine. I need to buy some marbles at the dollar store to make the bag sink. I did that before and the wine was good.  O.G. -  Kit #1 - 1.092 - The left one started on April 10. ( Marty's Wine ) O.G. -  Kit #2 - 1.092 - The right one started on April 11. ( My Wine ) R.G. -  Kit #1 - 1.010 - Racked it on April 19 R.G. -  Kit #2 - 1.020 - (Leaving it a few more days to see if it will get lower) R.G. -  Kit #2 - .995 or lower. Racked on April 26. Day 1 - Next Day - Bubbling started around 9 am. Temp was too high ( 74 F ) so I turned off the heat. Day 2 - Pail on left going slow. Pail on right is not. Day 3 - Both are now bubbling ...