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So, I decided to go with 1 gallon - 16 cups of Skeeter Pee and fortified it with 4 cups limoncello. Let it sit for a month and tasted it today. It just made the wine slightly sweeter and couldn't really taste the limoncello that I added. I liked it and think I'm going to leave the bottles alone...

I am about to bottle my first batch of Skeeter Pee. Its at 13% final gravity. When I was making the wine, I used the zest from the Lemons and made a Limoncello from it. The Limoncello is now filtered and done. I was thinking about trying to fortify some of the Skeeter pee with the Lemoncello and...

Thank you for the input Yooper. So, that being said. If someone makes a batch of wine using natural yeast that ferments the batch. There is no way to save it for later use ? I'd assume no sense the yeast would be stressed and tired from the above mentioned reasons ?

I am looking for the same answer right now myself. I just attempted making some Spiced Apple Wine. I was hoping to attempt to save the strain of yeast by washing and maybe use it again. I assume the same steps are the same for washing the yeast for beer and wine are the same. I've read about...

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Ok. I'm new at washing yeast and I am trying this for the first time. I have been scanning the forms for probably a brain dead answer but I cant seem to find the answer to my question. How much do you need to pitch a new batch. I know most people store the strain in jars. But when it comes to...

Hey Nateo. Just thought I would follow up. I just tried my first beer from my first attempt at brewing. It tastes great. Thank you for the advice.

It came in a Belgian Style Trippel kit.

I started to brew about a month ago. I'm on my second kit. Everything seems simple enough. However, it came with a package of Citric Acid. I have been looking all over the place and I've read were some brewers have said to use this, and some have said that it does not really effect the flavor or...