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Its been over a year since I have brewed anything other than rice wine. Im ready to get back into it and I am purchasing my ingredients now. I have some tablets of potassium metabisulfite leftover that are unopened, are they still okay? The sorbate I am most worried about, the bag was opened and...

And I'm looking for help. I live in China and I was thinking about some local ingredients I can source cheap and that are in season. I came up with some things that would either make a good wine, or atleast interesting additions. Hawthorns or haw berries Green tea Jasmine tea Chrysanthemum...

Too many things I want to try. I have... Dextrose, regular sugar, honey and brown sugar. If i do choose to use one of the sugars should i make a simple syrup with water, or perhaps melt the sugar in apple juice? I was planning on a dextrose simple syrup for simplicity, but would one of the...

My apfelwein has cleared, it has also reached the sg I was looking for. Im planning on oaking and sweeting it a little. Should I oak or sweeten first, or does it not matter. I was planning on adding my sorbate and potassium first then oaking then finally sweetening. Only under the impression...

Hey, I started my first 5 gallon batch of apfelwein yesterday. I am using an s style airlock with vodka and i have a spare. The first airlock got gunky and I changed it, within 5 minutes the second was messy too. I am sanitizing before i reattach. How quickly should i change the lock? Should i...