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I read the posts I could find about plum wine. I was going to use some raisins to help with the body/acid/tannin since I found plums are mostly Malic acids. I can't really find online how much tannin Plums have, but I thought theyd have a bit. Was wondering how much raisins I should use for...

So I used a pumpkin ale extract kit, 5 gallons, 60 oz of pumpkin. I put in like 1 tsp cinnammon, 1tsp allspice, .75 tsp cloves, a little nutmeg...which is supposedly a decent amount. I also put in a cinnamon stick in the bucket during fermentation. I also dumped in the spice packet that came...

Well the SG on all my gallon meads was around 1.1. I didn't notice till later that Wyeast suggests it wouldn't hurt to triple the yeast for gravity's that high. I had split up 1 Wyeast smack pack into 4 separate gallon jugs evenly. 3 out of 4 are showing signs of light fermentation now. It...

Well this is my first mead batch. I did everything in the sticky guide such as ferm-k and DAP stage 1. I pitched Wyeast Sweet Mead Yeast once the must temp was 77degrees or so. It is made for 5 gallons so I split it amongst 3 1/2 gallons. its been 17 hours, and I understand the fermentation...

So I made my first meads tonight. Here's a look at my 4 new meads! it took me a couple hours being it my first, 4 different types, and cooling them down took awhile. From left to right.. Leftover Mead - extra mead so i put in 1 clove, 2 whole allspice, 1/4tsp cardamom, 1 Cinnamon...

I'm going to try my first meads by using some 1 gallon cheap wine jugs. I plan on trying maybe 3 different types. Any ideas on setting up airlocks for them for fermentation? I have some airlocks from brewing beer but wondering how you guys would affix them on the bottles. Also if you use...

I was making a Raspberry Wheat Ale from a partial grain kit. Well, I sanitized everything fairly well with some LD carlson oxygen sanitizer stuff. I fermented my wheat ale in a clear carboy - I just wanted to monitor it this time since the first time I used a bucket. It was in the shade but I...

Hey, Im brewing a pumpkin in a couple months to prepare for the fall! I got a partial extract kit and got the safale us-05. I really like the smell its making in my wheat ale at the moment. I'm placing an order again though for some other odds and ends and these special wyeast seasonal...

I tried to cap some heineken bottles today and obviously it didnt work due to the lip being so thin my 'red baron' hand capper couldn't grip it. I've read that bench cappers work fine since it doesnt grip anything, it just presses down. i assume this bench capperl will work fine? I...

I just started brewing - made a malt extract kit from midwestern brew company..it comes with a half gallon malt, specialty grains..and hops. So i went to my local hole in the wall brewers shop and wanted a wheat beer and picked up a Muntons canned wheat beer kit shown here. I found it...

Hey guys, I just got my first brew to finish fermenting I believe. I'm trying Liberty Cream Ale from midwest brewing company. It looks and smells great. I actually plan on doing some cherry flavoring on my next batch (wheat beer!) but I was going to flavor a few bottles right now for a...