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My rice was actually nice and firm and very sticky. It wasn't cooked down too much. I used a rice cooker that automatically stops cooking when it's done. What you see in the pic is what I ended up with after a number of days. I used probably about four yeast balls with roughly five cups of rice...

My rice was actually nice and firm and very sticky. It wasn't cooked down too much. I used a rice cooker that automatically stops cooking when it's done. What you see in the pic is what I ended up with after a number of days. I used probably about four yeast balls with roughly five cups of rice...

I'm getting a little concerned. Followed all the directions (on my second try correctly from what I can tell. However, I'm not getting the separation that everyone is getting. I've just got a really pasty like goo but not seeing any separate liquid. Anyone have any idea if I'm just still doing...

I made a different recipe for sake in a four gallon jug and ended up with a ton of sake. (I have a bunch of friends to,,,, well,,,, get drunk also haha!) It worked out great but the recipe was a lot more effort than this one was. I'm planning to make this recipe in the jug but in a much larger...

Is there any reason you couldn't just fill the jar up with the rice/yeast and make more or do you need to keep it to just a few inches tall of the rice/yeast mix?

I've never tried this way of making rice wine and can't wait to give it a shot. Recently tried the recipe for sake per the instructions and it was quite a pain. This looks much easier!

Thanks saramc! I was actually contemplating the insulated box idea myself.

Darn it! My reply didn't come through. I was saying thanks for the replies and also thinking I may get a little space heater for this room considering the temp fluctuates quite a bit with the weather. Wasn't a problem with the warmer weather outside but may be with the winter months ahead...

Hi everyone. I'm fairly new here and have a quick question. I keep my house close to 68 degrees (and sometimes a couple degrees less much to the chagrin of my very patient loving lady). My question is this too cool to get my yeast going? The recipes in the kits I've done so far say it needs to...

I really appreciate all the thoughts you guys. They helped me wrap my head around the idea. I'll definitely use new corks!

Hi fellow brewers! I'll be bottling my first batch of wine in a couple weeks and wanted to get some thoughts on using corks from previous bottles of wine that I've drank. I have a bunch of used corks and would like to repurpose them but the folks at my local brewer shop are saying no. Are...

Is the stamp located on the bottom of the bottle? I joined this forum site to specifically find a group of people talking about this subject. I just started homebrewing wine and had the same exact question on whether I could use the 5 gal jugs I bought for the water as a carboy. So I assume I...