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Fruit flies seem to be drawn to this stuff like its CRACK. and sometimes as hard as I try, the little buggers get in my brew and ruin a batch. And when you open the pantry and theres a swarm in there, its really obnoxious. Here is the recipie for the PERFECT fruit fly trap. in a serving...

Ive actually been useing babies off the same culture for a couple years now, had no idea this stuff was as complex as ive been reading. (the extent of my knowlege was its a bunch of happy critters that love sugar and tea, so being a homebrewer, it just seemed like I ought to try it, well, i like...

sweet, Kombucha online :) Ive had some thin wispy ones before, and thought they were dead, but I found you can put em in a mason jar with a cloth over it and give em a 1/4 cup dose of cane sugar, then stick em someplace warm and safe, forget about them for a week or two and they seem to heal...

When you realize your 8 year old knows more about zymurgy, The malting process, and mashing than most adults ever will. You know what zymurgy means.

It seems to start up faster if I "wake" the little buggers up before I plop em in there. They get more vigorous sooner, and the faster the yeast can take over the wort, the less likely something else can take hold and give "off" flavors. I usually just set it up an hour or two before I...

I've been using unrefined cane sugar and water with no problems with dry yeast packets, otherwise I buy the Activator packs. Just my 2 Cents

You dig through the glass dumpster at the recycling center in search of swing tops and champage bottles......... Better yet, you have the attendant hold them for you when she finds them.

Okay, After some breif research, The Ozone company started in 1925, so its late twenties-thirtyies, and about $95-$100 on ebay. though mine the painted label is completely worn off. was my first carboy. $5 at my mother in laws garage sale...

You name your carboys.... Its an anique, has OZONE drinking water cast into the glass, have no idea how old it is or if its worth anything (worth alot to me, I love my carboys) So I named it Ozzy. now to think of a name for the other one....

I have a similar problem, the funny part is that whenever I go to the recycling center, I come home with more than I took. I find swingtops there regularly, and lately have started bottling in champagne bottles

I go for burbon and scotch, but me and Jose go way back. nothing beats good ole shine though :ban:

then I ought to be ok then, I sorted through and tossed out any clumps, but Im sure theres still traces of it. I used both my dehydrator and my oven, and 2 of the trays in the dehydrator were a total loss, there was soo much mold it smelled musky, and Im sure that would have given an off taste...

I tried malting my own, everything went great till I tried to dry it, first I made a couple LBs of crystal malt,I think it worked well, then let the oven cool back down and spread the rest out on trays and put it in useing just the piolot light for heat, its about 90 degF in there and overnight...

sofar so good, the shoots are 50 to 75%, shoul be ready to dry in a day or two

Im useing grapefruit seed extract, because its what I have available to me, Is oderless and flavorless, I havent had any problems yet. I have also heard really good things about star-san. its up to you.

Sorry, I kinda took to "Not taking grav readings lately" It recenlty bit me though, Ive got some way overcarbed mead. I think Im just gonna forget about it for at least 6 monthes, and try some in the fall. I know ferm had stopped though, the airlock had equilized, thought the yeast might be...

The brew fairy donated 14 lbs of 6 row local organic winter barley to me this weekend. He said no catch, just let me know how it turns out. Ive done some reading, and a bit of research online, and it sounds pretty darn easy to malt my own.. I lost about a pound rinsing, lots of bugs, stalk...

I bottled it this weekend, actually, followed directions with the kit. used 1/2 cup honey to prime, and I used a fine mesh bag to filter the gunk. lost only about a quart or so, next time im useing whole crushed fruit. It took so long for anybody to reply, I figured it out on my own, it had...

truthfully my wife bought the stuff as an alternative to bleach for cleaning, I figured what the heak, its there, I might as well use it. it was $15 ish for a 4 OZ bottle, and according to instructions, 10 drops for 1 gallon of hot water is sufficiant to kill just about anything (WOW POTENT)...

I found that some hospitals use GSE (grapefruit seed extract) for a sanitizer, it kills things bleach wont touch, really expensive, but a tiny bit goes a long way, like a few drops for a carboy. Ive been useing it for a while now, and no spoilage. anybody else tried it yet?