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I'm going to cork my Belgian Dubbel tomorrow. I've corked many wines and meads. The question I have is, when I've done the wines and meads, I soak the corks in sulfite, should I soak these in something also? Thanks. :)

I'm going to be doing the extract recipe from BYO (Sept. 2009) for the 15 minute boil Berliner Weisse this weekend. Has anyone tried this? Any hints/tips/tricks that I need to know?

I am thinking of making a 1 gal test batch of Safron Metheglin. I am looking for opinions on whether to make this dry or sweet, still or carbed, or any combo of the "styles". Again, just looking for opinions. I don't have any yeast to make this yet, otherwise I would already have it going now...

After taking a picture of my new HBT pint I thought I'd take a shot of my own brewery logo glassware. :tank:

Grain: 1# CaraPilsner Extact: 3# Light LME, .5# Light DME Extra "Sugar": 3# Clover Honey, 1# Cane Sugar Hops: 1oz. Cascade pellets, 1oz Willamette pellets Extras: 40oz Fresh Ginger Root (grated), 2 Lemons (juice,zest & rinds), 1tsp Irish Moss Steep grain in 1.5gal water @ 150-155F for 30...

I have a batch of Vanilla mead that I started 4-1-2006, with an O.G. of 1.102, that is now at 1.010, with White Labs Sweet Mead Yeast. It has been at this gravity for at least a month now. It is crystal clear and tastes exactly as I want it to. I want to bottle it, but I have never had a...

I'm going to try to make some cider vinegar this week. I got a half gallon of fresh cider from my local orchard (I can't see the need to make a full gallon, don't know if I could use that much vinegar in a resonable amt of time). I have a package of champagne and a package of ale yeast (dry)...

I have a few bottles from New Glarus that have wax on them, Belgian Red and a Raspberry Tart. In the past, when I soak them in PBW and hot water to take the lables off, the wax doesn't really come off completely. This time before I clean them I will be scraping as much of the wax off that I can...

We had a big storm come through Monday night that wiped out a few trees, but more importatnly my hop trellis. I was able to get the crossbar, where the majority of the flowering parts of my vines are, attached to what is left of the uprights. A good part of the actual vines are still on the...

I usually do extract/grain recipies, but today I did my first "real" partial mash. I got the "Cascade Pale Ale" partial mash kit from Midwest Supplies and changed a few things. The kit contained: 3.3 lbs Gold LME 4 lbs 2 row 8 oz Carapils 8 oz Caramel 10L 3 oz Cascade (pellets) White Labs...

I'm new to kegging and want to try a batch of soda before I do a batch of beer. I am wondering what the carbonation volume for soda is. So far, from what I have seen, it is around 3 volumes. Thanks, :mug:

I have a batch of California Common that I am going to bottle today. The thing is, this should have been done about a month and a half ago. (Been REALLY busy) I was thinking of blooming about 1/4tsp of dry yeast and adding it to my bottling bucket, much the same way I do when I make naturally...