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I have found coconut water mead to be really good so here is a recipe dissolve 800 grams of honey in 1 cup of boiling water then add it to 1.7 liters of coconut water to take it to nearly 2 liters. Add a wine yeast and ferment in a 2 liter bottle with an airlock. it ferments quite quickly as...

I have found brewing cider with coconut water to be very good so here is a recipe... 10 liters of fresh apple juice (can use re constituted) 7 liters of fresh coconut water (can use UHT treated coconut water) 1 KG of raw sugar 6 liters of water tip the apple juice and coconut water into a...

This wine has been aged well! see the link http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/qin-dynasty-liquor-05838.html

Thanks Maylar that is a good description. It is a bit of a mouthful though! I wonder if we could coin a new word for it something catchy. I can't think of anything though...

Thanks for all your input I appreciate it. What I am doing is boiling fruit (so far bananas and pineapple) straining it and using the liquid as the base then adding water and then adding enough sugar to get the alcohol to 5% ABV then letting it ferment out then bottle carbonating it. So it...

I am making "ciders" from bananas and pineapples and am trying to research how to make them from other fruits the problem is what to search for I try "fruit beer" but that returns results for fruit infused beer. On the other side the results come up for fruit "wine" but it seems hard to find...

Thanks a lot for the responses. I think I will ferment in the fermenter, bottle & carb like beer from the 30L fermenter as you mentioned gratus fermentatio. so it is OK to put the smaller 3/4 full juice bottles in the fridge to clear it up then tip them into smaller bottles to age making sure...

Hi I had a couple of questions regarding brewing cider any help is appreciated. I was wondering can I use 100% apple juice ( no preservatives ) pitch the yeast let it ferment completely in a 30 L (8 gallon ) screw lid fermenter then bottle it and add carbonation drops ( for a carbonated cider)...