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Still is. There are still moonshiners. Especially in dry cities/counties (how insane is it that those still exist). If you brew beer or wine the stuff you see on distilling forums is scary. Whatever yeast is highest alchohol, little concern for sanitation, they literally toss all kinds of scary...

Wine is different. Beer is basically made of a pure sugar mix.. malt. Wine has 8000 variables. The most important of which is the yeast. Thats some hardy yeast you have there btw but youre right thats too hot normally. Wine seems to take longer to ferment (im a COMPLETE novice with beer) which...

Justibone id just about bet money that stuff is nothign more than ec-1118 with energiser and nutrients in it. I believe ec-1118 is supposed to get up to 20 if you let it ferment long enough. Just that the extra couple percent takes a looong time. BTW distillers scare me. Some of the methods...

"new" wine is Harsh. Just strong... acidic, sweet whatever. If you brew high alchohol wine you can use the trick people have used forever. Water it down. Its not a crime really. If you end up with 18% very strong tasting wine then cut it down by a third you have.. less strong 12% wine. Its...

It isnt going to hurt to shake it if theres no oxygen for it to grab. As youve described theres only co2 and when you shake/stir/whatever youre just going to release co2 locked in the ferment and remix the yeast cake back into the wine. Allowing yeast that has run out of nutrients/sugar to find...

Youre worrying too much. This isnt rocket science. This is how you make wine. Put yeast in fruit juice. This is how you make liquor. Put yeast in somethig sweet and distill. This is how you make beer. Put yeast in something nonfruit. People have been doing this for 200,000 years. They...

Im just curious (and NOT a beer expert!) as to what your readings are now. The beer i pitched is already at 1.013 after 4 days. I plan on "charting" brews eventually to get fermenting profiles of yeast and mashes etc.

is to change your lifestyle. The running and weight lifting is great but if its not something you normally enjoy you'll quit... Im an ex trucker and its a VERY common problem for truckers. The thing is we're actually in "good shape". Truckers as a rule have killer arms and legs. We work them...

Im a wine brewer normally but finally decided to do a half*ssed beer the other day. Picked up some amber malt extract and safale-05 at the hbs when i was there. Boiled and started fermenting but didnt expect much from it. I used 1/2 lb malt extract to make approx .8gal. I was worried at first...

It actually happened. Arcturians. Draconians. Dirty bombs. Presidents flying off to get drunk in air force one (you KNOW there are some serious parties on that plane!). Ya'll were just drunk

You all need to read this http://www.drunkard.com/issues/01-05/0105-beer-snobbery.htm If you dont laugh.. welll...

You're absolutely right and for those of you who basically have a "beer party" every week. Sounds awesome. I have a LOT of friends and hopefully i can get good enough one day to start doing that. Per the 1 gallon batches though if youre not one of the whole/grain 3 hours to set up each brew it...

They use that plastic here to store apple juice (apple country..). IM a trucker so i can tell you theres a 99.999% chance they reuse the heck out of them..those things are expensive. Its unlikely theyre scratched on the inside because there are "no humans involved" .. everything is done with...

Can i make a suggestion for those of you who cant wait and need something to do with brewing. I make wine for fun. Its' pickier but much less complicated. There are a Lot of other things you can do. First of all why the insistance on 5 gallon runs? 5 Gallons is a LOT of beer especially if you...