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Hi My first mead is almost done fermenting. It's at 1.001 and i think it should be done in a about a week. I've calculated the gravity to be around 16 pecent abv. And I've let it run dry. Basically i was wondering if there is anything I could do to "cool" the hotness down a peg. I used...

So basically i've got these pear trees and i get a few truck loads of pears every year. I was wondering if they would make a decent wine. The thing i have the most concern about is if you eat 2-3 of the pears raw u WILL poop urself. But if you cook the pears or make a relish with them...

Got hammered last night on my 1st batch of homebrew. It was a cider and i let it get to 16%. I got drunk. I mean slobbering, stumbling, forget wtf i did drunk.:drunk: And i've gotten used to having the worst hangover from those occasions. But when i woke up this morning I was amazed. I...

Hello I'm samping my 1st homebrew which is a cider. The airlock slowed alot and i thought i would take a hydrometer reading to see if it's done. It's only been fermenting a couple of weeks. And last week it smelled pretty strong. Like something you wouldnt want to drink. And the smell went...

so yea i gotta water bottle 4 gal. with a recyling symbol on the bottom with a one in it. Am i gonna be ok to age in this thing? Or is ageing a glass only thing?

Hi all i've got a cider, mead and wine goin and the cider smells waaay stronger than the others. It's not necessarily a bad smell it just smells more like rotting apples. Which i assume is a good thing? Was just wondering if it's normal and if not could it be contaminated and turning to...

So yea i got the cap on the thing and somehow the little butthole made it in. I live in the stix and finding any sanitizer is a no go. All i could find that is remotely close is listerine. I'm thinking about putting listerine in my airlocks to kill any bacteria the fruit flys might leave...

So did a bit of shpping online and found these 4 gallon water bottles that total price comes out to about $10 a peice http://www.samsclub.com/sams/office-snax-bottled-spring-water-4-gal-bottle/prod6940075.ip?sprodId=prod6940075 any thoughts on using those as a carboy. Would it work? Be...

So was wondering if a 55 gallon water storage drum such as this one http://www.samsclub.com/sams/augason-farms-emergency-water-storage-kit/prod1842032.ip would be viable to make cider with.

So basically ima newbie. I've decided to give Homebrewing a try. I've started 3 2.5 gallon batches. A batch of mead. A batch of hard cider and 1 of cranberry wine. I'm using lalvin ec-1118 which says tolerates up to 18% abv. So my mead and cider are going ok i guess. The airlocks are...