Recent content by brianh0669

Went down to my LHS and picked up the ingredients. Just got in my Brewers Edge Mash & Boil and thought it would be a nice, simple way to break it in. Cannot beat the cost at $18.83 for 5 gallons of homebrew!!!

With 12000+ comments I knew I had to give this a try. Been a beer and wine maker for a bit over ten years so decided to deviate a bit. Used 5 gallons of apple juice, 3 lbs dextrose and 1 lb granulated sugar. Been wanting to give distillers yeast a try so gave that a go as well. The basement has...

Thanks guys. Think I'll throw out their sodium metubi and use my potassium metabi. See how it turns out. I only notice it it the non fruit kit wines. Never have it in anything I make from scratch.

I believe most of the kits have been sodium metabisulfite but cannot be sure. As for the water, I have used various bottled water as well as tap and all have the same result. I do have potassium metabisulfite. Would you recommend trying that in place of what comes with the kit?

So I started making kit wines about 12 years ago. I've tried lower quality and higher quality kits and always have the same results. There is always a definitive salty taste to the wine no matter how long I let it bulk age or bottle age. Degassing isn't the problem and when tasting throughout...

So I've made a few of the Vino Italiano kits and have been pleased with them with a few tweeks. Going to be bottling the Gewerz in about 6 weeks. A the last racking, I noticed it to be a bit dryer than your typical G. I have heard this about this particular kit so not shocked. I would like to...