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Hello all. I am considering a Riesling Pyment-the following recipee is what I am thinking of: 1 can Alexanders Johanisburg Riesling Concentrate 9 lbs Wildflower Honey 1 Tb pectic enzyme 2 Tb Acid Blend 1 Pkt D-47 yeast Water to 5 1/2 gallons Your comments or suggestions please. I...

Hello all. I am gearing up to brew the Strawberry Pizzaz recipee that was the group brew here sometime ago. I am going to be using Frozen Strawberries from the local grocery store and they are usually quiet large berries, I have a food processsor that would easily chop or puree the berries while...

I have a batch of Edworts Apfell Wine I started on the 5th of July, last year. With the exception of racking it a couple times and topping up with apple juice it has been pretty much left alone. Its a traditional batch made according to Edwort's recipee and should be pretty tasty by now. I was...

I started a standard mead a month ago using White Labs Sweet Mead Yeast. I used an 15 pounds of an Indonesian Floral Honey and water to five gallons. My starting gravity was 1.110. I don't have any way to check the Ph but I added 2 1/2 teaspon Ferment K at the start and another same amount when...

I plan to brew an Extract Beer tomorrow that will include some specialty grains that will need to be steeped. As luck would have it my time will be at a premium tomorrow as well. What woul be the negative factors, if any, of pre-steeping my specialty grains. I was thinking I could steep them...

I started a five gallon batch of beer using 3 1/2 pounds light Pilsner Malt Extract and 3 1/2 pounds of 60/40 wheat/barley extract plus 1 oz. Czech Republic Saaz hops and White Labs WLP 655 yeast.. The starting gravity comes out to 1.053. After two weeks in the primary I racked it onto 6 pounds...

I started a Wine Expert Selection Estate Sonoma Valley Pinot Noir kit 3/06/09. The Starting Gravity was 1.096. The day after I started it it was bubbling furiously and continued for about 7 days without stopping. On the 7th day It was bubbling when I went to work and totally still when I got...

I have notice several times through my travels on this website the comment that leaving some lees on the bottom of the carboy while aging wine can be beneficial and enhance the flavor. To piggy-back on that line of thought I was recently nosing through the website of a winery here in my local...

Hello all, My son (The Imbibed) turned me on to this site and I have been lurking for the last couple weeks. But today I decided it was time to go legit and spend some bucks to support this wonderful site. So, for better or worse, here I am. A couple months ago my son bought me a pretty nice...