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Well, turns out my cider got infected, too much headspace i think, plus no sani in the airlock. Here are some pictures of it: I am guessing at least a few of you has had this happen, what did you do, did it work out? I am hoping I can just rack from underneath it...

Well, this is definitely one of my more shameful posts on the internet. :( Basically, I managed to get glue into my batch of wine (about 3-4 drops to 1 gallon wine). I tried using carpenters glue to seal my airlock to the lid. I waited till i thought it was dry (the inside wasn't) and put the...

Heres the album of my process: http://imgur.com/a/B1zWT This is my second brew, 1st being apfelwein. Hopefully this turns out. OG reading was 1.08. For 1 gallon, used 3 pineapples and approx 5 cups sugar and 1/2 pack of EC1118 Questions: 1) I am using a sanitizer that says to stay in...

I am curious if I can use my brewing sanitizer (Chloroclean) at home for my regular dishes. I left them out for about a week and dont have any bleach on me at the moment. It says to use 3.5g/liter and to soak for 20 mins, do I need to wait that long (I'm probably using double what I should be...

Hey! Im curing bacon tonight and was looking for some flavour suggestions. I have maple syrup and brown sugar. I also have quite a few spices. do any one you have any really nice combinations? I am already going to do one with just straight smoke but I would like to experiment with other...

After I posted this: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f32/newbie-question-making-apfelwine-jugs-274116/ I went out and got all I needed. Finally got around to making it tonight. The album has the amounts, but I only used half the packet of yeast (really should have been a fifth of the packet but...

Is it possible to make apfelwine in the one gallon jugs the juice comes in? And what I mean by that is just taking some juice or cider out, adding the yeast and sugar, putting an airlock on it and letting it go. Also, if its pasteurized I shouldn't have to sanitize the jug, just the funnel...