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Is your root beer sparkling - carbonated? If so, how did you do that? ... naturally done (verses a tank of CO2)? ... if so, what was your process?

I think just the UV is the problem with wine/cider. Also, there is less riboflavin in cider than grape wine (riboflavin is one of the two culprits in wine becoming light struck) ... so cider is a bit safer in that regard. And ... the reason white wine is more problematic is because the...

Yes, it affects (raises) TA . De-gas before TA measurement. The simplest way is to put the wine sample in a small flask (etc) ... put a "stopper with hole" on it. Put your thumb on the hole and shake ... pull your thumb off the hole to let the gas escape ... do this 3 or 4 times. This is for...

Storage always needs to be in the dark to avoid your product becoming "light struck". If you use clear bottles, just be prepared to store them in a case (cardboard or otherwise). Fermenting vessels and secondaries should also be generally kept in a room where there is no ongoing sunlight and/or...

I would never start someone off on a conical fermenter system. Even if all she will ever do is make wine using purchased juice ... I still would not recommend a conical system. This hobby tends to become a compulsion ... and so the "longhand" way of winemaking provides much more flexibility...

You do not need to stabilize if you are making a dry cider. Stabilizing is a way of preventing further fermentation when additional sugars are still present in the cider. Getting your cider to clear (as possible) does not require stabilizing; it just requires letting the cider finish...

If and only if you have caught it before it advances much. Using a racking cane and tubing, siphon-off the mead from underneath the floating mold into a new, sanitized container. Make sure to stop siphoning well before you suck any of the top layer (with the mold) into the new container. Take...

Apple blossoms, as do the seeds and leaves, contain hydrocyanic acid (cyanide) ... however, people are known to use those blossoms (and others with the same chemical such as cherry blossoms etc) for making tea, steeped into vodka, and eaten. Personally, I would not use those blossoms for wine...

I just came across a 300+ page .PDF file of all Jack Keller's wine recipes. It's made available for download from a winemaking guild in Pennsylvania (Susquehanna Winemakers Guild). Not knowing when something might disappear from the web ... for posterity's sake, here it is ...

While intermediate and advanced cider-making is a bit different, the following is for basic ... >> Is my next transfer into bottles or into another carboy? Into another carboy. This allows the spent yeast that has already fallen to the bottom of the first carboy to be separated-out by...

Don Fanucci "Just enough to wet my beak."

For a walk-in that functions comparably to a commercial walk-in, the money is in the refrigeration (condensing unit and location etc) cost, and efficiency. Roughly, figure a standard commercial grade 8 X 8 X 8 walk-in freezer uses about 8,000 kWh per year in electricity ... that's about...

It's been difficult to find any information about breweries, beer and any brewing tradition from the area the German side of my family is from. We were from Ostpreussen, also known as East Prussia; a previous historical German State. More specifically from the general area of Königsberg, now...

that reminds me ... another subtitled Japanese movie ... (probably a bit more light-hearted) is ... "Shall We Dance" a 1996 Japanese romantic comedy-drama film directed by Masayuki Suo.

Every official along the 4000 mile route will require a lengthy investigatory sampling to verify the safety of the contents. Make sure to attach Beer Nuts and pretzel rods to the kegs.

What are some good movies ... romantic comedy, drama etc for a date night at home with one's spouse or significant other? A movie I saw a couple weeks ago: "Mostly Martha" from 2001 ... cute, German, romantic comedy (I know - that sounds completely contradictory). Story about a workaholic...

Been meaning to make bibimbap for a while since I'd seen it made on a tv cooking show on pbs. I made a different Korean dish, bulgogi. Well, kinda bulgogi - more like the flavors of bulgogi ... I used the marinade on a roast and then korean barbecue sauce on the rotisserie ... was so good!. I...

Saw the movie "Mostly Martha" a couple weeks ago ... cute, German, romantic comedy (I know - that sounds completely contradictory). Story about a workaholic female chef. Much food in the story. *Great* movie for a food-night-in, with the wife.

Falafel sandwich. Falafel made fresh from dried chickpeas (not canned), on pita with tahini sauce *and* hummus on it. Served on fresh, warm homemade pita. (could use a store bought bread like a tandoor bread such as laffa or naan) The sandwich is topped with tomato, lettuce, cucumber ... and...

For the orange flavor, I'd say you're spot-on by using flavoring or extract. The vanilla, same. For the "creamyness", I'd boil up some lactose (milk sugar) & water and "backsweeten" the cider to taste and effect. (note that lactose is much less sweet than sugar) (and mixed with water because...