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Rosewater: What size batch did you add the 1/2 oz. of tea to?

That is an atmospheric burner...The A/C unit might blow out the flame. Also, it could interfere with the combustion and possible cause carbon monoxide problems. If it were my house, I would definitely NOT keep the water heater in the room with the A/C unit.

I second BrewBeemer's comment. I work for a mechanical engineering firm and that is something we need to look out for in our designs. Having said that, if it happens to be a sealed-combustion water heater, you won't have a problem. Are there two pipes going through the roof with one of them...

I failed to give you all the info... It was dry as a bone...0.992 two days in a row. I planned for it to be drunk right away, so I placed the soda bottles in the refrigerator. Only after they were cooled to refrigerator temps did I add sugar and only to one at a time. The original taste...

I brewed a 4-gallon batch of what was supposed to be hard iced tea. The day I bottled it I sweetened it with cane sugar and it tasted exactly like Lipton Brisk Iced Tea from the can. It was exactly what I was going for. By the next day the flavor changed quite a bit. The iced tea taste went...

I suppose the opposite question would be useful as well. What common things should I avoid for those wines I intend to drink young? Tannins and excess sugar, I see. Yooper - what is "pretty fast"? To my inexperienced ears, that sounds like one or two months.

I have several carboys of different fruit wines that will be ready for drinking next year. I have just started, though, so I have nothing that will be ready in the near future. Is there a fruit and/or yeast and/or technique that generally produces something drinkable young? Aside from...

I did something similar. I used quite a bit of tea, lemon juice, sugar and yeast nutrient. I made a starter with champagne yeast. It took about 3 days to start up. It finally did and fermented out pretty quick. I had read that the tea made it drinkable right away. Drinkable is in the eye...

Great! Thanks for the replies.

My primary fermentation has not become "vigorous" after 4 days. I am getting a bubble from the airlock every 2 seconds. Is that a problem? I am using a 4-gallon water jug from Sam's Club for my primary. I assume it is sterile because I bought it and dumped the water out and used it...