Speidel 6000L/2000 mm Diameter FD-ITTS Sealed Red Wine Fermenter w/ Interal Must Plunger and Gate-Style Manway itemID-15168 followed by a Star San

followed by a Star San soak for killing bacteria

Alcohol Tolerance: 12-18%

John Maier has created many specialty recipes just for himself

For example you can try 60% French and 40% American oak in one barrel and compare against another barrel with 50% French and 50% American oak cubes

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Speidel 6000L/2000 mm Diameter FD-ITTS Sealed Red Wine Fermenter w/ Interal Must Plunger and Gate-Style Manway itemID-15168 followed by a Star SanThe age old, and still practiced, process of manual punch down is now modernized, automated and brought to a larger scale thanks to Speidel! Now th eFD IT tank improves on the original Pneumatic Punchdown system by moving the pneumaitc piston inside the tank, accomodating wineries with ceiling height restrictions and allowing for tanks to be used to process much smaller lots of must (as little as 40% of full tank capacity!) This simple but effective