Recent content by JOHNWALDNER95

lol I've come to learn that a notepad is handy period in home brewing.(I brew my own beer)

Hi everyone . So I'd like to get started making my own beer and I need advice regarding what kind of equipment I need to get and the process to making beer. Advice anyone???

I've also read posts on pectin haze and cloudy wine here on this forum. I have wine that seems clear but if you closely look at it it has small stuff floating around and it wont settle. It is weightless and just floats and wont settle . What is that and how can I clear that up. Then I also...

Is it best to mash the fruit before adding the pectic enzyme? I've actually never mashed fruit, I've just been reading a few threads on here and people seem to do it and it makes sense if I think about it. I also wait 24 hours before adding yeast. I've done 12 hours but it seems to me...

Are you making wine or beer or both lol

So basically it wont work to just used the pectic enzyme to clear the haze . I need to use bentonite to?

when you buy pectic enzyme, yeast nutrient and yeast is that all supposed to be refridgerated till you use it?

The packages pectic enzyme I have says 4tsp/23 litres which I follow but I just made some choke cherry/sour cherry wine and I added more than what the supplier recommends. Il see how that goes. I have heard or bentonite but I haven't used it yet .I have to go out and buy some so I figured...

Hi everyone . I've been brewing for 3 years now with some success (not lately though). So when I first started I used around 2 pounds of fruit per gallon and I had some really clear and good tasting wine. I've always used pectic enzyme and yeast nutrient but for the past 2 years now I've decided...

Hi everyone just wanted to give a shout out to all my fellow brewers seeing as I just joined this forum. I've been making my own wine now for 3 years and I feel like I don't know very much about it yet which is why I joined . I follow recipes that people give me but I don't really know why I put...