Recent content by CaptainObvious

This is a solution which is great depending on just how many times and for how many different things you want to use the bottle. I was at a Meadery just this last weekend where I discovered a place that silkscreens their labels on. That's right, silkscreen. Therefore, there's no actual...

I've had similar problems with oxyclean as well. Except for that one problem, it's a wonderful product. Oxyclean is a lot like bleach (an acid) except that it goes the other way (it's a base), so, if you have the problem of the oxyclean sediment that just won't go away, even after extensive...

The only problem that I've heard of with wine not starting to ferment well can be easily detected by a rotten egg type smell. This is a biproduct of the metabolic activities of the yeast when it does have everything it wants and is a sulphur compound. To fix this problem all you have to do is...

If I have a liquid yeast culture that's meant for 5 gallons and I want to grow it up to be for 20 gallons, how much dry malt extract and water must I mix in with the existing yeast culture and how long must I wait? What's the volume-of-beer to volume-of-yeast ratio? Capt. Obvious