Recent content by jimbobminogue

Perfect. Thanks! I'll probably try it with just apple juice then but let me know how the tart cider works out if you get a chance.

I am very new to brewing and would like to try my first hard holiday cider. I have a receipe that i am interested in using. It calls for apple juice, nutmeg and cinnamon. Ive seen a fee different recipes but most call for apple juice and not cider. I guess what im asking is what is the...

How exactly is that done if you are using it on a different receipe? Do you strain all the liquid off and then scrape it back into a carboy?

When making wine coolers can you just siphon off you finished product and reuse the same yeast at the bottom? Do you need any yeast nutrient/energizer? If you can, how many times can it be repeated or is once the max?

Just realized i only used one of concentrate when i should have used two. That explians it. Darn us newbies. Oh well. Time to brew a better batch. Thanks for all the tips!

I read through that thread and got the answers i needed. One remaining question though. The first homebrew I did was very similar to that receipe and I found that it seemed to be really light in color and lost a bit of its fruity flavor from the concentrate. Would it work to make it without the...

Awsome. Thanks!

So i am very new to all this. I stumble onto this stuff from a youtube video and brewed a fairly sucessful batch of hard fruit juice. I am trying to slowly step things up but want to get fairly good result before i do. Long story short i just picked up a 1 gallon carboy, air lock, etc. Can...

Not completely sure where to post this question but this was the best place I could find without spending hours searching the site. On a random bored night I stumbled upon a youtube video of a college student making "homemade booze" All he used was a 2L jug of generic fruit juice, 3 cups of...