Recent content by Charles McGonegal

Whoops. Had the leet d00d spell checker turned off.

Hey! Watch your language. That should be 'Fuckin', chaptalizing, apologetic, clueless newb' And Ken. Flattery will get you everywhere. Or at least a sample bottle.

2001 was our first 'pommage'. It was chaptalized with sugar to get to 9% abv. This was done so that I knew just where in the wine regs I was. In the last several years, I've dropped the abv to a fraction over 7%. The blend of apples that go into this (some common, some russt, some traditional...