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I just bought two 5gal carboys primary/secondary I have some Lavin EC-1118 champhage yeast for 18% abv brews How much sugar would be needed for a 18% 5 gal batch?

I no longer have a secondary ... I know yeast will cannibilize dead yeast when there's not enough sugar to go around putting sulpher in the wine. If I add sugar as fermentaion slows down is it possible to keep it in a stage of primary fermitation untill the abv% kills off the yeast...

Making 2.5 gal of red wine I used 7 cups sugar 4 cans grape juice 2.5 gal water 1 packet lavlin 1118 high gravity yeast (18% tolerant) Brewing at 75 degrees Its day 4 the first 3 days it was bubbling once per sec now there's no airlock activity at all Iv stired the wine to resuppend any yeast...

I just received 43 wine bottles from a bar. The bottles have a bit or dried wine in them. How Do I clean and sanitize them when I can't get a brush in them

I'm brewing 2.5 gal of grape wine 7 cups suger 3 cans grape concentrate 2.5 gal water 1 packet lalvin EC-1118 high gravity yeast (18% abv tolerant) I have no way to test S.G About how long should this brew take to go dry? Its day 3 bubbling once per second. Temp is at constant 70 degrees

Read in an article about how in ancient times bread was made and dryed to store the ingredients to make beer. The bead was soaked in water with bitter herbs . A cloth would be placed over it to keep out dust but let in wild yeast. Heres what iv done. Toasted 2 slices of bread very dark and kept...

3 pounds of blackberrys 2 pounds of suger 1 packet yeast And 2 habanero peppers I want to make a mildly hot wine *heat or warm sensation not burning* do you think this would work?

Anyone know a recipe for homebrewed coffe (ferment not coffee pot). Thought id try something new,iv made a wine from tea that turned out great thought id try coffee.

I live in Alabama one of the only states where homebrewing isn't "allowed". Brewing yeast is hard to come by so is there any way to dry washed yeast? Id like to dry what I dont need at that moment for long storage so I can make batch after batch with my own yeast strain w/o the fear of a batch...

I do not have a scoby but iv been curious.as to what fermented tea would taste like so I made some similar to the way I make wine. 2cups suger 1gal strong black tea 1/2 pound raisons I mixed them together in my carboy Fermentation peaked at 72 hours ended after 9 days at 1 bubble every 2...