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Hello, Recently I bought a wine kit, and inside the Kieselsol has a grainy texture like crystals have formed. Has anyone had this problem before? Thanks,

Hello, I was wondering if someone could link me a DETAILED raspberry mead recipe. I have made a lot of beer and wine now which all turned out great so I want to venture into mead making. I would like the recipe to be very detailed. I have been looking around already and have come up mostly with...

Hello, I have a question about a Mangrove Cider kit I just bought. In the kit it says you should use a carbonation tablet. I usually add a cup and a half for carbonation of my 23L batch of beer. Would that be ok to use in the cider kit or would that make the cider sweet? Thanks

Hello, I know there are other threads related to the topic of crab apple wine but, I wanted to get some answers that directly relate to my setup. My first question is I have a juicer. Should I do the crush method or the juice method? How do I get rid of the bacteria in the apples as I dont feel...

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Hello everyone, recently I bought a Fontana International Cabernet Sauvignon and took a starting Sg. It was 1.080-1.085. If I let all the sugars ferment it would create a 12.5%. Isnt that a bit low for a Cab? Cabs I drink are 13-14%. Any feedback is appreciated Thanks :mug:

Hello everyone, recently I bought a Fontana International Cabernet Sauvignon Kit and took a starting Sg. It was 1.080-1.085. If I let all the sugars ferment it would create 12.5%. Isn't that a bit low for a Cab? Cabs I drink are 13-14%. Any feedback is appreciated Thanks :mug:

How do you guys brew outside? Do you use insulating jackets to control the temp of your brew?

Thanks for the quick responces :D Heres some info on my setup. I have 2 Fast Fermenters, I left the beer in the fermenters for about 10 days because within 3 days the Sg was 1.010(which I was surprised) so I decided to leave it in the full 10 days like the instructions said. I then dumped 1 and...

Hey everyone, this will be my first post on the forum. A few days ago I tasted my first batch of beer and I have a few questions. The beer was a Festa Brew Blond lager and it tasted great! Although there was a very prominent smell of wort. My closest guess was there was un-fermented wort...