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What is the best way? I plan on using 8-10 lbs for a 5 gallon batch. Going to buy the frozen type in the store. Don't know if I should rack onto them in secondary while they are frozen, or blend them into a puree or if I need to heat them at all?????? Advice please- I do not want to get an...

I have taken a step back over the past years with the home brew but I am getting ready to fire it back up. Just wanted to ask if StarSan is still the best easiest cleaner/sanitizer out there or if there is something better now.....

When pitching my yeast, is it best to just sprinkle across top of juice/must or should I stir it in?

Any suggestions on a strain of ale yeast? I'm trying to hit higher OG for higher alcohol (8-10%). I would lager, but I do not have a vessel to ferment cold and I live in Biloxi, MS so our February is 70 degrees. FYI, here is my planned recipe so far. Feel free to add your 2 cents: 10#...

I am preparing to brew one for a friend's birthday and have come across 2 clone recipes with lager yeast and one with a trappist ale yeast. Can I use the ale yeast and not lager and still come out with a true helles/doppelbock? Also, to I have to peform decoction (one recipe calls for a...

I go and buy Sam Adams from the store to build up my bottling supply.

I have been asked to do a clone of this for a friend and this is the best clone recipe I have come across so far: 10# Blegian Pils 3# Briess Pilsen Light DME 1# Munich Malt 0.8# Carapils/Dextrine 0.8# Briess Caramel 80L 1oz Perle at 60 min. 1oz Perle at 40 min. 1oz Perle at 20 min...

Considering this is brewed with a lager yeast, what temp is going to be required? I have only done ales, but I have been asked by a non-brewer to do this for a friend's bday.

Oddly, now that I think about it, that is a pretty good description. I don't want to taste it right now the way it smells but realizing time heals a lot of problems, I figured I'd wait if someone mentioned it

Been in glass for almost a full month, before that, 7 days on the fruit. Any ideas of the problem/solution?

Hatin Mondays like a religion. lovin all the comments on brew your own and throw care to this wind! Love the Picasso quote as well. maybe one of these days you will be drinking one of my own originals and say to yourself, "This is great! Sort of tastes like......." :)

This may be a stupid question, but I don't know the answer so I will ask. I have long dreamed of coming up with the perfect recipe of my own beer and it be good enough to market one day. I have very little experience with my own recipes, but the thought has occurred to me, "how do I know that...

From my days on the beer brewing forums, I have a really good feeling the advice I will be given will be "relax, and give it time", but I guess I just want to hear it. My OG was 1.11 for my blueberry wine. I threw the Montrachet in last Friday. I have stirred twice a day and gotten some...

Great. The stopper size for a beer/wine bottle was pretty much the question/answer I was looking for. I plan on racking into secondary in 5-7 days and my initial plan was to rack 2 more times after that (1 time for each month). Do you think this is unnecessary? I plan to bottle for aging...

Yooper: Any suggestions on what to top it off with? I know it won't take much, but I want to keep it as "pure" to the original as possible. I anticipate having a little left over after filling my 1 gallon carboy that I could still ferment out and top with but do not know what type of vessel I...

Thanks all, I took everyone's advice and this is what I mixed up this afternoon: 2 lbs blueberries (crushed in paint strainer bag) 12 oz Dark sweet cherries (cruched in paint strainer bag) 6 oz raisins (blended in blender slightly to break up and put in paint strainer bag) 2 lbs of liquid...

Thank you so much. That is the exact type of info I was in search of (and thanks for the explanations as well instead of just stating something). I will definitely include your pointers!

Regardless of the kit you go with, remember this: Water (if you have to add to kit, some come with complete juice), is a huge ingredient. Do not screw your wine up (and therefore your desire to make your own) by skimping on this. I did two kits and was less than pleased with either although I...

Experienced in beer making, pretty green when it comes to wine, although I have about 30 gallons under my belt, but I am always wanting to improve myself and my knowledge. I have come across equipment that will allow me to do one gallon batches instead of 5 so I want to experiment a little to...

My friend and I love red wines, our most favorite are red river pinot noirs. We love Bell Glos and Meiomi. We have been contemplating buying a premium red wine kit which is closest to this style. We want to pay between $150-$200 for the kit. We considered buying frozen must from Russian River...