Recent content by CaptainAsparagus

I wouldn't think so. Wisconsin winters keep most bugs in hiding. I feel that I was thorough with sanitation as well. I did take the jars out once a week to stir, but I sanitized my spoon, too. Bah. I have so much of this stuff.

Rice wine is filtering now. The initial taste is strong and tangy but there is a pungent aftertaste. Not sure if something off happened during fermentation, or maybe I just don't like rice wine?

Today is day 20 of my fermentation process. I can smell a faint & slightly sweet wine smell around my jars. They're still bubbling a bit, should I still bottle tomorrow on day 21? They've been sitting in my closet which is about 60F apart from the first 2ish days when they were wrapped in an...

I used a wide-mouth gallon glass jar I purchased from Wal-Mart for $5.50. I made enough of a mess with the rice and wide-mouth jar that I wouldn't consider attempting a larger batch in a vessel with a typical slim neck. I can imagine the rice would not be easy to get out of the wine jugs...

I'm not even 24 hours into fermentation and I have great progress already. I've kept my batches wrapped in an electric blanket for the past 12 hours. It's very exciting to uncover them this morning to see standing liquid and the rice become much less viscous. I plan to post specifics of the...

I've been keeping an eye on this thread and I now have the glass jar/cheesecloth I need. I'm planning on picking up the yeast and rice at my local market in the next day or two. I've been thinking about flavoring some of the rice wine and I definitely want to do cranberry juice. Since it's...

I bottled my first 5 gallons last Wednesday! It was my first homebrewing(fermenting) project ever. Thread total: 25,046