Recent content by jacobq

When I did wines I used a secondary to get it off some of the sediment and to agitate it. I know its good for it to sit on the yeast for a while, but I figure after only a week, most of the yeast will be dead and there will be a lot hops, proteins, break and other stuff settled. this would also...

I tried to do the BIAB i guess but it seemed like a lot more effort to keep the temps constant, I experimented with 2 2.5g batches, one i did BIAB on the stove and the other i used a small cooler. I got two buckets, I figured I would use those two as a primary and then move them to the Better...

Hi. I've been brewing wines and ciders for a while with some really basic equipment and had a lot of fun with it and made my first batch of beer (all grain) a few months ago and I decided to get serious with it. It's difficult trying to figure out who has the best price when you account for...

I recently did a gallon of pomegranate cherry wine that turned out amazing. I used 3 quarts of POM juice, (it comes in 1.5qt jugs) and then I added 1 quart of "RW Knudsen Just Tart Cherry Juice". I noticed I had some problems with my ferments being too hot and unhealthy yeast so I did a few...

Hello HBT, this is my first post. I guess I'm a newer brewer in the sense that i haven't made many good drinks but I think i'm pretty experienced in what not to do. I prefer to only make 1 gallon batches and experiment. I recently started brewing again and I would like to show you some...