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Two weeks ago I decided to try making something off the wall - the recipe consists of apple juice, light DME, S-04 and some strong ass earl grey tea... It smells absolutely wonderful at week 2... I'll post a full recipe if it actually comes out decent. stay tuned.

yesterday I bottled my very first beer... I've been making mostly wines and ciders. I bought a 5 Extract kit for a belgian wit ale and brewed it according to instructions. Beer goes FAST... added 2 ounces blueberry essence to the bottling bucket at bottling time. managed to fill 30 500ml...

yo, when you were creating your big blue... how long did it take for your blueberries in secondary to drop out? or if you are not Tusch and are reading this - but have had +4 pounds of blueberries floating in a secondary, plz share your observations :D

after racking my Mead what do i do to fill headspace to replace racking losses? in ciders I wouls simply top up with juice. with mead I'm not sure what to do.

Sooooooo... If Co2 is more heavy than air - could you not add a C02 blanket to your Racking bucket, and rack off your carboy into it in a non oxygenated environment? (like using a shield gas for welding?) also if you were to have a spare tank of Co2 hanging around (which i do... I play...

I just scored 9 750ml swingtop Champange bottles on Ebay... Finally! some reusable pressure rated glass vessels for my apfelwein and Blueberry cider. so much more professional than the PET bottles I've been using. Hopefully I'll also win a few dozen grolsh bottles I've bid on. p.S. if...

While I was eating my sunday morning bagel and drinking a cup of Joe at the neighborhood cafe with SWMBO. a crazy lady wandered by (Maui is full of weirdos) who insisted i try a kumquat -as she was carrying a a butt ton of the things in a box (had to have been 30 pounds...) she was intent on...

This one is easy... really easy. and oh so tasty :mug: 4.5 gallons Treetop apple juice 4 16 ounce cans Applejuice concentrate (primary) 1 16 ounce can Apple concentrate (bottle carb) 2 teaspoons yeast nutrient 1 packet red star montrachet yeast Add the 4.5 gallons of applejuice to your...

I started two new batches this weekend (saturday) one was an all apple brew consisting of 4.5 gallons of Martinellis applejuice and 6 16 ounce cans of concentrate and two teaspoons of yeast nutrient- pitched Red star montrachet in there - all is going fine (I've done a recipe like this...

Ok you experienced brewmisters. what happens if you pitch a champagne yeast into Pineapple juice with a bit of extra sugar? if no one has an awnswer, I'll have one in about a month or so after my gallon jug stoppers show up next week. I'll do a gallon. (unless someone here who has tried...

It has begun. I arrived home from work today and found a package from internet homebrew shop -therein were the basics I needed to get started. all except a 5 gallon water jug - which i had fortunately stolen er... I mean, borrowed from work today. I went out and discovered that the local...

hey guys, looks like the Santa Cruz Apple Juice may be part of (or the entire) juice base for my first personal foray into Home brewing - a 5 gallon batch of dry edworts Apfelwine inspired cider I intend to put the resulting 5 or so glass jugs to work for me as additional small batch...

Okee dokee, I've decided to have a go at making my own Cider - Something about the possibility of getting shnockered on a beverage you make at home sounds like a fine idea. :drunk: while I'm not a total stranger to home brewing - my mom, (who is a total non drinker) has created some way...