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I use QBrew to keep track of a lot of my recipes. One of the recipes is for a mead that my wife likes (technically a melomel). I use whole, sliced oranges added to the must while it heats, and they stay in the primary. The Question: does anyone have any idea as to the QBrew stats for...

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If there are substantial unconverted sugars in the wine (i.e. it's sweet as all hell), can you pitch yeast again to start working on those sugars? In how high of an alcohol content environment can yeast live?

Really, wait on the bottling at least another week if you can.

I'm new to this too, but I would say the longer you leave it in primary the better. As I understand it, the yeast will "clean up" after themselves as long as you leave them there. The beer will clear up a good bit too, given time. I just finished my first extract batch, and it was in primary...

Ah, seeing those in the bucket on top show me what it's for. Thanks all.

Okay, so I bought a racking cane today. In the bag were the hard plastic cane itself, a length of 5/16's flexible plastic tube, a had plastic tube with a black plastic cap on one end, and a hard plastic tube bent towards the end at ~90 degrees. My question: what the hell are that 90-degree...

Well, I just finished bottling my first batch (Extract Kit: Cooper's Dark Ale). From what I gathered and from some of your advice, I kept the following schedule. Primary: 3 weeks Bottle Con: 3 weeks. It's a dark ale, and I was pleased at how clear it was running through the cane. In a...

Just finished bottling the first batch. 35 bottles, not a full batch. Looks, good. I tasted a little. Of course it was still, and room temperature, but it was defiantly beer. 3 weeks in the bottle will do it some good, I think, however. Thanks for all your help!

I live in WV, and I can confirm the existence of 'shiners for you. (-:

It's a Cooper's Dark Ale Extract Kit. It's sitting at about 70*F.

I think they used peaches. They've a tree.

Someone gave a recipe for homemade wine. They called it brandy, but since there's not still involved, it's really not. Ingredients: ~4 gallons water 10 pounds table sugar 5 pounds fruit 2 pounds raisins around day 12. 7g yeast Shake or stir the wash (mash, whatever) every day for 7...

I've about 4 gallons of beer to bottle towards the end of this week, and I was wondering about the best way to prime. I've seen some tap a tbspn of sugar into each bottle, rack, cap, and shake. Others mix some amount of sugar plus boiled water into the beer, and rack that new mixture...