Recent content by Wineomatic

Hey guys, been searching the net and can't seem to find and answer for this issue. I recently bought an edges tar kegarator, I have everything connected, Co2 is flowing, etc. When I go to open the tap no beer is coming out, however, if I push above the nut that attaches to the beer line stiffly...

This has me worried, I did the same process EdWort suggested with the Apfelwein (letting it age in the carboy rather than bottling in 4 weeks) so mine has been sitting in the carboy a little over three months: I put my Skeeter in the carboy back at the end of October, so here are my...

Granulated sugar: 2 cups in a pound Brown sugar: 2 1/2 cups in a pound Confectioner's (powdered) sugar: 3 1/2 cups in a pound (Source: http://recipecircus.com/recipes/Joy/EquivalentsinMeasure/Equivalents_in_Measuring.html) How will it effect your Pee? If there is sugar the yeast will...

How was the flavor, how was the taste? Did you feel it was crisp, sweet, tart?

Has anyone tried with the main sugars? Brown, Corn, Pure? Any noticeable differences? My first batch I did with dark brown sugar and it gave it a maple back flavor, wasn't bad at all! But yeah, any other noticeable differences?

Buddy of mine came over this week (10/23/13) and smelled the wine, he said it smells like "paint". It's been in the three gallon since August 11th. Dump the batch? Add three more sulfite tablets and pray? Bueller?

TODAY WAS BOTTLING DAY!! All bottles we carbonated. However, I did try the product still (I used brown sugar instead) AMAZING STUFF! Can't wait to hand some out to my friends and family!

Just did my first rack! My seckle pear & green green apple wine was put into the secondary fermenter on August 24th. It was sitting in a 5 gallon car boy with about 1.5 gallons of empty space (with my condo move, and all the purchases had to prioritize between carboys or important things). I...

(Zombiefying from the grave- Happy October/Halloween) I have heard that in some states you can apply for a special license at local farmers markets (here in IL I believe its $25 per event) that allows you to sell homebrew. I haven't dug deep into the provisions of the law or it only...

July 21st I airlocked my Apfelwein. I await patiently to bottle! Should I wait til November or October?

Hit FG 1.00 today after a week of bubbling!! Tasted a little bit of it, tasted pretty good, just needs to age a little bit!! :D

Ohhh man!!! Walter is gonna snap on this second half!!! I re-watched during the break (and between Game of Thrones) the entire series again up to the mid season. This finale is going to make me wig out to a bigger fanboy probably.

Hmm, still deciding if I want to keep my still or carbonate it. I know it's all taste preference, I am sure it is good either way! Its only been three days since it started bubbling......I need a Flux Capacitor....

Like you (OP) I'm super technical as well, even though I am just starting out. I been writing in a journal cause I'm not too data base witty but I really like your batch numbering system. I may have to play a little bit with Access now!

I am going to be working with a 6.5 gallon Carboy, I understand (or think to understand) that the mesurements are .4 (4 ounces) of Dextrose to every gallon. So for 6.5 Gallons would 3 pounds of Dextrose suffice or will it effect the taste ("tart" as I read two posts up)? Is there an OG/SG...