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Great ideas. Thanks, Al

Thanks for the help. I appreciate it. Al

My second beer. It is a Brewcraft Belgian Wit. Among the things in the kit are 1oz US SAAZ hop pellets (no other bags of hops), 1oz bitter orange peel, 1oz coriander seed, and 2 grams paradise seed. Step 6 says, in part, "Place the bittering hops that...

I have a three pound can of red raspberry puree, and the rhubarb is starting to come on nice. Does anyone have a recipe they would care to share so I can make good use of the puree? I make plum and apple every year my trees produce, but have never tried anything with rhubarb. Thanks, Al

I am going to add 3/4 gallons of water and keep my fingers crossed.:mug:

Yesterday I started making a batch of beer using a Brewer's Best English Brown Ale kit. After boiling the wort and cooling, I started to add the recommended water. The instructions tell you to add water to approximately 5 gallons, but also warn against adding too much water and dropping below...

I have been stirring the cap back in twice a day. I will not remove it. I will strain when I put it secondary. Next time, like in a few weeks when my apples are ready, I will put the fruit in a bag in primary. Thanks for the help. Al

Very new to wine making. Working on my 4th And 5th batches now. Both are plum wine from my prune plum tree. Batch 4 is five gallons. Crushed the plums and removed skins and pits. Pulp and juice went into primary. When ready to put in secondary I ran it through a course filter (I was afraid...

Thanks dfc & lumpher. No boiling the plums. Al

I am going to make a couple gallons of grape juice wine using your recipe. This will be my second time making wine. Last fall I made several gallons of plum wine and apple wine from my fruit trees. Both turned out very well, but the trees didn't produce this year, hence the grape juice. When...

I'm trying to be patient, but it's hard:). Al

I don't have the recipe here at work. By cutting with the water after primary, should the wine still have enough alcohol content to be ok? If it does'nt start again should I just keep it air-locked and rack a couple times then bottle it and see how it goes? Thanks, Al

I am attempting wine making for the first time. Using a recipe for plum wine from a Jack Keller website. Made two gallons using exact recipe. Everything worked well for primary fermentation. Must started at specific gravity of 1.100. Recipe called for 5 to 7 day primary. Split the...