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buy a cheap bottle of like wine and add to your carboy. Or you could buy glass marbles clean sanitize and add them to the carboy to create displacement.

-1 on the brown sugar, unless you don't care if it isn't clear. I used 1.3 lbs in a 5 gallon batch and mine is still very hazy after 3 months. I do not think it will every clear. Brown sugar is good, but don't expect it to clear.

Two thumbs up to the frozen coke bottles!! That would be the way to go!!

Well the Apfelwein was a big hit at my dad's birthday party. I brought a gallon jug, that was about 3 months old. I had backsweetend it with half a can of applejuice concentrate. I had people telling me I don't really like wine, but I like this. Needless to say the jug was empty in about 2...

http://www.finevinewines.com/Round3_flash_110308F/page1/wine_page_1F.html A wine saver will also help. It is a small pump that removes oxygen from your wine bottles, you can hook it up to a bung and airlock. Create negative preasure in the carboy and see if CO2 rises. Watch the video, you...

k-meta = Potassium Metabisulfite http://www.finevinewines.com/Home-Wine-Making-Sulfites.asp citric acid http://www.finevinewines.com/Home-Wine-Making-Acids.asp

http://www.finevinewines.com/Product_Match.asp If it doesn't bring up the kits, go to www.finevinewines.com then click on line catalog and do a search for Lambrusco, they have 4 different kits. GL

From my understanding of other people Wyeast 3068 imparts a nice fruity flavor. I have a cran-apple brewing right now with it. Won't know how good it actually works out for awhile though. Also try some Light DME to change the mouth feel, maybe 1 or 2 lb for 5 gal to start. DME is a fermentable...

Real quick from my understanding of invert sugar, it is nothing more than 2/1 sugar water. Heat 1 cup water/ add 2 cups sugar and stir till dissolved. You now have invert sugar. ~enjoy....

Halfpint, Thanks for the info. I did a google search and found some leave it in and some strain it. So at this point I am not to worried about it! I read the same thing as you said, it will sink to the bottom. How long do you leave your Graff in the primary and secondary? Also what do you use...

Well yep, I guess we all experience the learning curve. Hopefully it won't be to bad, as I used less than .5 oz and only 3 % AA. Thanks for the clarification!!!

Well I forgot to buy the bags. I used a wire mesh strainer but some stuff was still in the wort. Having never brewed beer, I did not strain the hops, is that a problem? I did a little googling and some say leave it, it will impart flavor and sink to the bottom, others said strain it out...

This might be a really dumb question, but I have only made wine and never did a wort. After boiling all the hops for 30 mins do I need to strain it?

I had a big round strainer with screen type material. I just barely lifted the grains above the water, took the pot with 170 degree water and poured it over the grains and let the water run out. Only needed to hands!

829 + 5 = 834 pitched it last night.