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I want to make my first wine kit.Can I use star san to sanitize my primary for my reisling that I want to make .The kit also says to add sulphites but It only came with one pack and also says to add at bottling time.Do I need more?Are there any good books or online tutorials on wine making Thanks

I came home today and had everything ready to brew.This was my first time using a smack pack.When I was ready to pitch the pack was swollen but found only one pouch busted in the smack pack.I sterilized the pouch cut it and poured it in the wort.It sounds like it will be ok after reading...

Im an a/c tech and started out in refrigeration.I picked up a mini fridge last week that was being thrown away that had a pin hole in the evaporator.I fixed it and now my beer is cold.When it comes to mini fridges It costs more in labor for someone to fix it than it does to buy a new one.

Hey everybody I just kegged my 2nd and 3rd batch of brew.The first was a barvarian wheat which was fermented @ 70 so it has a hint of bannana to it.My second beer was a lite ale which is just tp light for me.iS it possible to dry hop my light ale in my keg to give it some flavor.What would be...

I was so excited about making a batch of some heff I didnt and the clairifier at the last five minutes of the boil.Will it affect the taste.I came home today to a plugged airlock.I threw a towel over it and bled off the pressure and hooked up a blow off tube.I used a carboy this time so I could...

its 71 in the room and I used muntons dry yeast.I made a starter and it bloomed fine.T his was my ftrst batch ever and I'M pretty sure the wort was above 80 when i added the yeast,rookie mistake.Besides that it tases fine.

I went back and looked at the instructions.I didnt notice till now that the sg/fg were on the top right hand corner.my final is 1.012/1.015. It hasnt changed in 4 days is this normal?

My OG was 1.060 and at day 5 it was 1.030.I checked again tonight and it is still 1.030.I will be kegging this beer.Should I just give it 2 more weeks.

Hey everybody new to the site and homebrew.Yesterday morning I started my first try at brewing.I tried a power house porter from midwest with dry yeast.I put the lid and airlock on at 1200.4 or 5 hours later it was bubbling like a jack hammer out of the airlock.I checked in the morning and it...