Recent content by Celestyal

Okay, thought of this on the blue the other day and didn't know the answer. When sanitizing my equipment what the difference between a bleach or starsanz solution vs a vinager solution? Vinager is a darn good bug/bacteria killer so what do you people think?:mug:

Thanks Yooper!:tank:

What is the purpose of degassing a wine? To prevent bottle bombs?

Hate to say, but still can't see the pics. Just thought you should know.:rockin:

Okay, so i'm intrested in starting to make my own kombucha. I know i need a scoby(sp?) and i know i love the stuff. You have just reached the extent of my knowledge!;) Beer and wine i have, very tasty stuff. Just looking to branch out a bit. Thanks for any help and apologies if this is a...

Hehehe, i was actually going to try to make some cheese... Just wasen't planing on doing it just then! Actually i've discovered that i don't like apfelwein hot. I tried heating it up in pan on the stove with a cinnomon stick and i just tasted like bread dough again but with cinnamon. Don't...

Yeah, i'm kinda weird like that. I'll try just about anything even if its really off the ball. Not one for a 'traditional' way of drinking something. :tank:

Okay, wish i'd taken pics but hey, hinsight is 20/20. I thought that tonight i'd add some of my apfelwein(sp?) to some warm milk before hitting the sack. I'd done this many time with mead and it's great for helping with the sleep department. But i digress, so here i am pouring my now warm milk...

Does anybody have a good recipe for pumpkin wine? Going to have anywhere from 8-15 pumpkins this year. Need something to do with them...:mug:

That sounds great but i was looking for a more traditional root beer. Might try that anyway... Any suggestions on soda making books would be good too. Thanks

So i looked in the recipes section and flipped through a few pages on this forum. I would like a good root beer recipe, from scratch. Anybody have any good ideas? Thanks for any help.

Beermaking is easy. Choosing what to make next is the hard part. And making sure you have the fermenter to put it in. Edit: I forgot I was loged in as my sister, this is tsuyako here.

If you get some yogurt and strain it through some cheese cloth on a mesh strainer for a few hours you can seperate the whey from the casin (sp?) then you get 1) yogurt cheese and 2) whey.

You cant enjoy the paycheck if you dont do the work.

Okay, another question. Upon searching for kegerators we have realized that putting it beneath the taps as planned would leave us with...no room behind the bar. There is a closet behind that wall that is deeper then it is. (Meaning the back wall 'could' be knocked out because it extends...