Recent content by smemontana

Thanks for the responses. Good feedback. I'm not a beginner, so I don't need to use these as a learning experience. Since they were free I will likely use one as a starter for a batch I'm not going to be too particular about and see if I get any off flavors. Not really worth it for me to...

I purchased a Mr Beer for $5 to use for test batches and smaller fruit wine batches. It has worked well for that. It also came with ~30 cans of Mr Beer extract kits that expired more than 2 years ago. I figured they were free so I would take them. I don't expect that they would make great...

I used his second version to make a clone this winter with a few minor changes (I soaked some oak chips in bourbon and some in wine). We tried it against Abyss yesterday and we couldn't tell a distinct difference. Most people liked mine a little better because the hops weren't quite as...

I know this post is old, but thought I'd add my two cents for future searches on the topic. I grew up with a ton of chokecherry bushes in our yard. We picked them every year for jelly and syrup, and my father started making a decent wine out of them when I was in college. I have read that...