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I'm about to start a wine kit from RJ Spagnols. It is one of their port wine specialty kits which makes 3 gallons. I've made a bunch of regular kits and they usually end up at about 11-12%. I'd like the port wine at about 15-16%. The only info I could find indicated a final ABV of 10% if...

HELP! Daughter sold her house and is moving in 2 days. Final walk-through with the buyers is the same day. She just removed a shower caddy which was attached to the shower wall and found a bad stain on the wall. Can't get it off. My idea is to let the buyers see it and if it is an issue...

Started an Octoberfest kit 2 days ago (Brewers Best). Pitched the yeast which was stated as a lagering yeast but with instructions that it could be used as an ale yeast. This is the first time I've used this kind of yeast. At any rate, after 48 hr, no activity in the air lock. I took a peek...

Just had my first taste of Framboise Lambic. It is excellent in its own way (my wife actually loves it and hates all beer), but its not like any beer I've ever had or made. It is labelled as a fruit beer. Question - are there any hops involved in making this? With the one small glass I had...

I have access to concord grapes which I think are ready now (as in right now). How bid a window do I have before it is too late to harvest? Once picked, can I keep them refirgerated until I can crush them? If so, how long will they keep? It's going to take forever to crush them as I only...

About 4 months ago I started a "mother mead". 12 pounds clover honey, champaign yeast and water to 5 gallons. I split this into 5 x 1 gallon secondaries on top of frozen blueberries, blackberries, cherries, peaches and strawberries. Left on fruit for 2 weeks, then racked off. Will rack once...

I'm a relative noob in homebrewing. I've done a few wine kits, about 6 beer kits and some mead. I've read extensively about using blow off tubes and never had to consider doing it. My latest, a Skullsplitter clone kit, was done in a 6 gal primary fermenter (about a gallon of headspace which I...

I know this is posted somewhere in the mead forum, but I'm too lazy to look it up (besides, I'm at at work and don't have alot of time). Does anyone know the ABV of JAOM off the top of their head? This is prepared exactly by the ancient recipe, without any changes. I opened the first bottle...

I have a stout extract in primary (since 11/1). Gravity is stable and ferment is finished and has been for 2 days. i was going to bottle this eve, but my empties are buried behind a mound of food for the food bank. Will this hold a couple more days in primary?? Thanks in advance for the...

On 9/27, I started a mead with 12 # honey, 2 packs of Safeale US 05, yeast nutrient and water to make 5 gallons. The idea was to ferment this, then put it into 5 secondaries (1 gal each) on fdifferent kinds of fruit. OG 0.084. after 10 days, sp gr was 0.034. 4 days later, 0.030. Now...

First mead was a success, now on to bigger/better things. Planning to make 5 gal of medium show mead (about 12 pounds of honey, H2O to make 5 gal, yeast energizer & nutrient, safe ale yeast). Once fermented, I plan to split the batch in five, one each on strawberries, blueberries, peaches...

I'm relatively new to brewing and have dabbled in beer, wine and mead. I've been trying to register and participate in this forum for over 6 months (not real good with computers). I consider some of the participants here as my brewing idols. It's great to finally get here!!:ban: