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I bottled yesterday. 22 days in. 3 cups of rice became 1 quart of wine. Taste was complex and delicious: lemon gingerbread-pudding and cinnamon.

3 days in and there is about a cup of liquid in it now. I was concerned at first because I over cooked it slightly and this was the stickiest rice I have ever seen. I mean, it was difficult to get off my hands with soap and water. Anyway, when I first put it in the jar I was concerned that no...

I am gonna mix this up tonight. At the Asian grocery tonight they had never heard of dried rice balls with yeast in them. They looked at me kinda weird. When I said "sake" they showed me this koji mold rice in the refrigerator section. I'll let everyone know how it turns out.

I use brown sugar. Also cinnamon. And a wee bit of clove. If I want it sweeter I add lactose to taste in the bottling bucket.

Saramc, One more question. You said you typically rack 2-3 times in 6 months. What is your criteria for racking? Time? Height of the lees?

Thanks. You gave me more info than I asked for, but clearly needed. I love this forum!

Hey, I want to run something by you folks before I make an expensive mistake. I've got a three gallon cherry vanilla mead going right now. Started it in a six gallon bucket. After a couple of weeks I moved it to a 3 gallon carboy. A month later and it's still bubbling, albeit quite slowly. The...

Thanks POAS and B_Anderson. I've been drinking this stuff for a week. I don't need labels for myself, I just write on the cap, but I want to give this stuff out to some friends and I think they'll subliminally enjoy the beer more with a nice label on the bottle.

Modified skeeter pee with a pound of raspberries in the secondary and highly carbonated. Delicious.

Last month the landlord sent a plumber over without telling me. He let himself in without knocking while my pregnant wife was in the shower. He was easily a foot taller than me and he actually does real work for a living, but he looked pretty scared as he found himself getting crammed out the...

Thanks, Jayhem. I appreciate you're taking the time. I can't wait to drink this in a couple of weeks.

Newbie question: I have been making cider and wine for years but this is my first beer. According to the recipe it is time to bottle. The color of the ale seems cloudier in the lower half of the carboy. is this normal? Is it okay to bottle it or does it need to clear first? I don't mind if...

Is it just me, or has anyone else brewed something so delicious that you just had to top the bottling bucket back to drink the last quarter inch at the bottom strait from the bucket? In my case I stepped into the bathroom and kicked the door closed: my wife wouldn't have understood. BTW, it was...

I'm a professional juggler. I've been on the tonight show, letterman, and Ellen.

I have brewed 2 ciders, 1 pear, a JOAM, and a skeeter pee. Now I'm ready to get a little more adventurous. I want to do a cider with cranberry added in the secondary. The question is: at what stage of yeast activity in the primary do I switch to secondary? Vigorous activity? Wait till it's done?