Recent content by Jackweird

Hi Everyone, I just recently bought a starter kit for wine making from Northern Brewer. I have been making beer for about 4 years and wanted to try something new and since most of my family drink wine it made wine making the logical choice. I plan on sticking to fruit concentrates and juices...

I would do brew in a bag as your next step to all-grain. It all grain with out having to purchase all the equipment all you would need is a large mesh bag that can be reused. It would sit in your pot as you "mash" the grain to pull the sugar out once it is done you pull the bag out and your wort...

you make a good point and i never thought of that. I am going to avoid the capdem and use less lemon thanks for the advice.

So it seems less is better in this case. so i will try just zest and see how it comes out will keep every one posted thanks for the help !

I want to avoid any wild yeast that could cause off flavors in the brew so capdem was my way to prevent that.

So I am planning a wheat beer and I want to add a lemon flavor but not so over powering where it will be all lemon. My plan was to add 1 Oz of lemon zest to the boil and flame out. Another 1 oz in secondary for a week and then finally the day before bottling take the juice of 10 lemons put that...