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I have used the brewking line very successfully (Vintners reserve, international & limited ed's) When I clean and sanitise - I just use a solution of Potassium Metabisulphate Spray inside and outside of all equipment and hands - don't rinse, work :) no problems so far. Kilroy

Hello everybody, Does anybody have a Marsala recipe ? If so - please post :) Thanks Kilroy

FOund this recipe over at honeycreek.us TEA WINE 8 teaspoons of dry tea leaves. 1 pound of raisins 2 lemons 3 lb. sugar 3/4 tsp. pectic enzyme 3/4 tsp. yeast nutrient "all purpose" wine yeast Bring one quart of water to the boil. Remove from heat and add the tea leaves...

I have been brewing wine using 2 stage - Plastic Primary / glass carboy secondary, for about 6 months now. I have yet to scratch the inside of my primary, and I only use plastic spoons/stirrers etc when mixing all. When I clean it - Dawn soap & a plastic scrubbing brush and hot water. Like...

Howdy all, Just found this while surfing, and though I have not read it all yet, it does look like a good one. http://www.honeycreek.us/advanced.htm Andrew

www.homebrewit.com has some really nice kits, ranging from about 70 - 100 the upper end ones include a nice floor corker too. Kilroy

Iced tea + Liquor of your choice - Vodka's & Tequila's work well. I don't know about actually fermenting icedtea, but I am sure that if you follow a basic wine recipe, and follow the sugar, yeast, and acid guidlines, then you may very well come up with something.

hehe - yup you could also try having the airlock wet with a little sanitizer, it does go in a little easier. Andrew

Hmmm Fresh apples to prime the Carbonation - very interesting idea. will have to try that in my next batch. Thanks Also - an online reseller that I have had decent luck with is www.homebrewit.com , also just ordered some stuff from wineandbeerfactory.com Try them. Andrew

DUnno what you are brewing - but if you have some Potassiam Metabisulphate sanitizer made up (Wine makers use this more I suspect) use that in the airlock, cheaper than vodka, and I am sure that there are better uses for the vodka :) The metabislphate will also kill any natural yeasts that...

I get a 100 or so Wine bottles that I scrounge from resturants etc.., fill the bathtub with the hottest water that my bioler produces, and then Dump in a whole lot of "Arm & Hammer - Washing SODA" Put bottles in bath - and then leave for a few hours. Most of the labels and glue are soaked off...

Bottle sprayer, and a Bottle tree. Best inventions since the homebrew kits :) you can pick em from any good HB store, and all online HB stores that I have looked at have em. www.homebrewit.com definately does. Andrew

Look at getting a Bottle tree, http://www.homebrewit.com/aisle/1070 They work very well, and pack up nicely inbetween uses. Kilroy

Everything that touches my wines gets sanitised every time they touch it, Including myself. When I bottle, the recieving carboy, siphon tubes, bottle wand, corker, corks, and my hands are totally soaked and nicely sanitised. When I draw samples for testing - the Hydrometer, the testing...

Below is a recipe for a Malvasia-style Madeira, along with an explanation of the ingredients and step-by-step instructions. Malvasia Madeira (5 gallons, 19 liters) OG = 1.140 to 1.180 FG = 1.015 Ingredients 1 large can of Riesling concentrate (96 oz.) 1 large can of Cabernet...

heya guys Has anybody here tried to made a Maderia Wine? I know that there is a whole process of keeping it at quite a high temp for 6+ months to "condense". But really was just wondering if anybody has tried it. Thanks Kilroy

Well - and Wow - Certainly very ingenious. As for the filtering - for the Wino's out there, and I am sure that it could be used for beer too, is a product by Buon Vino. I have the Mini Jet filter, cleans 5 gallons in about 20 minutes. My 6 gallon Carboys take less than 25 minutes, and it...

I was born on the African Continent, raised British, Immagrated to the UK, and then moved out to the USA 5 years ago. Kilroy

I don't do beer, but wine is my game. I use my metabisulphite, rinse the bottle's and hang em upside down on the bottle tree. if some of them are dry by the time I get the wine in, oh well. I certainly do not rinse them, they just "dry" on the bottle tree. As far as my brewing - I sanitise...

Book I looked yesterday was calling for 6 Pints of Picked Petals/gallon of wine. I did not look at the rest, but that was what startled me. Kilroy