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Modelo Especial is a good source of clear bottles. buy a case and drink it.

Go ahead and start 3 more batches of apfelwein drinking 4 a night will only give you 11 nights enjoyment. You can drink one young like you are now and the other 2 will get a little age on them. Then start skeeter pee on those 3 yeast cakes, and it will give you more to drink while you let the...

Do the carbonation bubbles affect readings? I was making a skeeter pee that went from a 1060 to a 1066 to a 1070 on consecutive days at 68 degrees, starting 3 days after pitching. I could taste the slight alcohol taste so I know it is working... I just ignored it and let it keep working. In...

If you make yogurt or cheese the whey can be used as a liquid fertilizer. Coffee grounds are good as a soil amendment, but you can over do it. Too much nitrogen can lead to lots of leaves and not much "fruit".

Don't plant it in full sun. YOu might try planting it on the east side of your house. It will get 4-6 hours of direct sun before it gets too hot. If you don't have east exposure then go for south east or north east or even somewhere with partial shade during the day/afternoon. second to last...

It would not be a named variety but if your just looking for something different/unique then you might try growing from seed. I'm getting some from a heirloom grower next month, but it has no name that I know of.

Unless it said it is food grade then it is not. Most Lowes cary food grade buckets, they are not with the grey outdoor buckets. They only have the 5 gallon size in white. Another option is a trip to the grocery store bakery and ask for empty icing buckets. You can get them in 1-2-3-4 and 5...

I have always been tolt it was not legal, If someone can point me to the law that makes it legal, then I'll join the party. But till then I'll buy my apple jack.

To my knowledge distilling AND jacking are illegal in the US. Jacking leaves all of the fusel alcohols that are harmful in the liquor that can be mostly separated out by distilling.

106 or 1006? big difference. either way give it time.

Yes there are poisonous trees and shrubs, always be sure of why your picking before you use it. So far I have only used mulberry, but I just started too. Lots of wild edibles to be used.

Thanks that is even better than what I was thinking.

I did, the worst that can happen is it won't taste good, but often the fridge/freezer clean out wines can be good to great. Since you have the fruit it doesn't cost much and won't take much time to make a gallon batch. Go for it.

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Simple syrup, equal parts sugar and water that is heated till the sugar melts in to the water is another option. Apple juice works too, but I haven't tried that with grape based wines.

That made me laugh. What does that include besides north pole? Sometimes you can call them and get them to ship it flat rate. I always hated paying more for shipping than the cost of the order. I miss my friends, the scenery, the food, the beer, and the fishing.

Growlers are not pressure vessels, so if you want carbonated beer then I would not suggest it. The only way to do it is carb it in a keg and then fill the growler for no more than a day or two.

It will take at least a month to clear and maybe even more if you have lower temps, below 70.

You have to open them for gravity readings, and for wines to push down a cap of fruit pulp/skins. It is not something you want to do more than you have to, but it is an acceptable risk. Sanitize anything you put into the mix and don't take more time than you have to.

+5 = 870