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The laws of physics and mother nature will take care of carbing your beer very nicely without needing any help from us interfering humans. The only circumstance where you would want to shake the cornie is to have the beer carbed 'right away'. Connect your CO2, adjust to the correct serving...

Wine is made from pure grape juice- not sugar. The more you put the less it will taste like wine. Double eccccch. Cider with a pound per gallon will give you a good buzz, but won't taste much like cider any more. Triple ecccccch. :mug:

I made it, had one glass and tossed the rest out. To get an idea, pour a glass of unfermented juice and add a small shot of Everclear or similar. That's what your finished wine will taste like, possibly a little less sweet. Ecccch.

If anything that might improve the taste. I can't beleive I just said that.........

Sounds like you've got it spot on to me!

I don't understand the 'double standard'. Both bits of hardware have the same status in my mind Cornies and kegs are owned by somebody, somewhere. A retail outlet pays a token deposit on them and signs a contract to safeguard them. The retail outlet has no legal right to sell them outright...

Why do you want to use Campden tablets?

I think the problem is that you're doing something that no one here has done before and you want someone to answer your questions of how to do it. :D If you want to do a real lager, the ideal temp for lagering is as close to freezing as you can get, and for as long as you can bear to wait. At...

The book you read that stated wild yeast was the 'best' didn't mention that there's no guarantee that your apples would have the 'correct' wild yeast present. Most don't. It's the juice is actually fermenting and tastes OK, I wouldn't worry about it, just let nature do it's thing. You might get...

According to wikipedia, the 19 control or monopoly states as of 2005 are: 1. Alabama 2. Idaho (Maintains a monopoly over sales above greater than 16% ABV.) 3. Iowa (Does not operate retail outlets; maintains a monopoly over wholesaling of beverages greater than 6% ABV.) 4. Maine...

I've been to many Beer Stores and LCBOs in the Ottawa area and have been surprised at the large selection available. I think there's one near Bank and Walkely that was particularly good.

The government doesn't own any breweries. Depending on the province, they may or may not run the liquor stores (like in the US) and may also run beer stores. In Quebec, you can buy beer just about anywhere you want, corner stores, supermarkets, Costco etc. any time you want. In Ontario (right...

Them durn weird tube thingy on the fronts will get you every time! :mug:

Maybe tell exactly what's going wrong and we can go step by step. There's lots of little details to be followed and if something is forgotten or done out of sequence, beer spray on the walls is the usual result. I have a Melvico (one of the last before it went out of production) and it can be...

You need to have an airlock fitted to the lid. I think your vendor made a mistake not providing one in the kit.

Damn, beat me to it! ;)

They should fire their proof reader. It should read something like : Saflager S-23 (11.5 grams): This yeast may be found in many Western European lagers. While this yeast will ferment well in lagers and pilsners at slightly higher temperatures (between 59 and 68 degrees Farenheit), the estery...

You're already really short on time if you want it ready for your Thanksgiving. Try lagering the batch for two weeks @ 32*F or so, and bottle just your dozen using a proportionate amount of sugar. leaving them at room temp to ensure that they carbonates adequately. The rest of the batch can go...

Ummm, this might be obvious, but if you use lager yeast at lager temps, then it won't be an 'ale'. ;) Cream ales use either ale or lager yeast (depending who you talk to) but are fermented at ale temps.