Recent content by Matthew_Eldon_Verge

Thanks! I would really like to hear a review about this wine, if you know of anyone who has made it.

I went to the brew store, and the woman behind the desk informed me that she had just sold one to a lady who had decided to stop brewing and to sell all of her stuff. She gave me the number, I contacted her, and the price was right. This is my first wine. I have made three batches of beer and...

Well, I made a good deal yesterday and got a Selections International French Merlot kit, two carboys, bucket, whole bunch of random equipment and 50 bottles for $100. Since the kit itself is over $100, I was happy. I have the wine in the primary fermentation now. Does anyone have any...

Why is it, may I ask, that a wheat beer should be left longer in the primary / never put in a secondary, while another beer should be put into a secondary before bottling?

Man, I've been using my lips for all my brews. All four! Best get an auto siphon.

Awesome! Taste better is way more than I had hoped for. This place is great.

So I just racked over my brewhouse Wheat Beer into the secondary fermentaterlizer, and it's lookin' good! I also bottled my cider, but it tasted like watery alcoholic apple juice . . . next time I make cider, it'll be from scratch. Question! I ended up being away for Christmas a week...

Thanks, guys. I should have viewed the sticky first! I am going to try baking bread with it tomorrow. What I meant by my last question is that, to my understanding, brewers before the 19th century didn't know what yeast was. Did they use the slurry, then, knowing it would cause...

I'm intrigued by this magical gurry that's left over from my brew. So intrigued that I collected it from the primary and secondary and put it in a bowl in my fridge, where it awaits its uncertain future. So here goes; How long is it good for? Can I use it to bake bread? Have any of you...

Thanks for warm welcomes. Glad to see some other maritimers here.

I was told I could use the slurry to bake bread, so I kept it and put it in the fridge. I never did find a recipe for bread using slurry, so now I'm wondering if it is even still good. Anyone know how long it will live in the fridge?

Hey, everybody! My name is Matthew and I'm an alco-*cough* I mean a new brewer. I am currently drinking the results of my first batch, which was an IPA made from a Coopers concentrate. Right now I have a cider in one carboy and my wife has a strawberry wine in one too. I am considering...