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Hi, All. Just bottled some pear wine I made using pear juice concentrate. Based upon the original specific gravity (1.112 at about 72 °F), I should have ended with a pear wine having an ABV of 14.9%; instead, I have a wine that is 12.3% ABV (final gravity of 1.020 at 72 °F). The montrachet...

Hi, All. I am currently dry hopping (w/ oak chips) a beer and have noticed an increase in "activity." Not sure what that "activity" is as I had pretty much hit my final gravity (1.014) by the time I transferred to the secondary fermenter. For the first week or so, there was some bubbling, but...

Hi, All. I bottled some Apfelwein a couple of weeks ago and just cracked open a mildly carbonated bottle around noon. ;) Just wanted to see how it was progressing as it is my first batch. Anyway, the Apfelwein definitely has a sulfurous nose, garlic, I think--which is also present in the...

Hi, All. I've had this batch of beer going for about a month now (still in primary). http://i37.tinypic.com/2uo50rt.jpg I was planning on bottling this weekend, but, as you can see, there is a little problem with clarity. This is my third batch of beer recently, and I have not yet had...

Hi, All. I have a plum wine (my first wine) that I transferred to secondary fermenter after two weeks in the primary. It's been about 3 weeks in the secondary and a ring of white growth has formed on the inside of the carboy, just above the wine. Not sure what is going on. The wine is still...