Recent content by AriAilin

Thanks! I wouldn't have thought of googling bottle wax, so focused on the (muzzle?) and cork I was.

I searched the whole forum, but nothing came back with a search as generic as 'wax.' First, I've only ever seen wax on hard liquor like Maker's Mark. Is there any reason it would be harmful to wax over a wine's cork to create the same effect? If not, what kind of wax to use? When melted...

I use my 'Book of Brew' that my wife made for me. It's just a 1 inch binder with dividers and loose leaf paper. When I have two projects running and the notes for one go past the page and crowd the other I just add paper. Far superior to the chaos that was a spiral notebook rife with blank...

Nottingham Ale yeast, it was the only thing I have that's not bread dough yeast. So it's not insane to rack every time the lees build up and or every couple months just to be safe? That's a relief. I was worried I was being unnecessarily neurotic.

I've made a couple ciders in the last few years, using white and brown sugar (never at the same time,) and they've all come out tasting a bit yeasty, none of them are bad, they just have a funky undertone. It completely goes away when I jack them. Did I let them sit on the lees too long? I...