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I post this almost jokingly, but i was also wondering opinions... is fresh carrot juice able to be fermented? In theory, could one make carrot mead or carrot cider? Hm, i might try to make a pint or at most a gal of carrot cider just to see. If its nasty, it could make a good white elephant...

Quick question... If iodine can be used to sterilize equipment, and it can be used to make dirty water into clean drinking water, can it be used in place of campden tablets?

I have a hydrometer i got from the chemical supply store, so in a recent post where i said i don't have a hydrometer... i must confess, i DO have one, but i have no idea how to take a reading from it. This hydrometer looks different from yours; it is a set of 3, plus a thermometer. The three...

As a new guy only been doing this for less than 2 months, naturally i have a lot of questions. Thank you for the help... i bet its nearly as much fun for you as it is for me. Right now i have 3 small batches going. In my small (5 liter) carboy, i decided to try just plain apple juice...

Several days ago i started a new batch of cinnamon cyser. The original must smelled and tasted wonderful with strong honey and cinnamon flavors. Tasted a bit like a cinnamon honey stick. The color was a dark copper. The honey was raw, unboiled, but heated slightly in a bath of hot tap water (to...

Can anyone tell me what i can use as yeast energizer and yeast nutrient, if i cant order them directly? Someone mentioned crushed multivitamin? And what about acid blend?

I'm writing this new post, because i don't know if my unique situation (being in the middle of China)... would be covered in any other thread... Basically, all i have available for cleaning and sanitizing is bleach, water... dish soap... thats it. Unless i know what the chemical name and...

Quick question... I just started a new batch... just a 3 gallon cyser made with fresh apple juice i made with a juicer, and raw honey. I heated the juice with cinnamon sticks and cloves, just until almost boiling, and then backed off the heat and added honey... Then i left it on low heat for...

Before I started brewing (just several weeks ago), i asked a friend if one could make anything by fermenting coffee or coffee beans... he said there really isn't anything fermentable in coffee. Well, now that i have been reading on this stuff, could one make mead using coffee instead of water...

I had a crazy thought... I remember growing up my mom would make peanut butter honey sandwiches for lunch. By lunch time, the honey had completely soaked one side of the sandwich, and i got used to this, and actually ended up liking this very much... So i was thinking... what would happen is...

I read another post called Quick Mead, and i started to comment, but it got too long, so i made my own thread... didn't want to hijack his thread... yes, you're welcome... I made a starter a few weeks ago, using the sweet rice wine yeast i found locally... I made the starter with a little bit...

Hi, This should be a simple question to answer... The winter is just about here, and here in the middle of China, 'room temperature' is just above freezing over the winter months, as most houses aren't heated, or at least not heated all the time. Right now i have a heater blowing at my...

I'm an American living in China. I want to make mead, cider, and/or cyser. I am sure i can do it, but i need some suggestions. The biggest problem is availability of supplies. There are no home-brew shops here, and limited access to other supplies. Sorry for the long-ish post... please bear...