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  1. seanthefreak

    Brewing kits for the beginner. Where should I start

    How much beer do those kits from midwest make
  2. seanthefreak

    Whats the final step

    yea but if i stabilize it and bottle it without letting it clear, then it will be a cloudy wine, im sure it will taste ok but not as good as if i let it clear, just was wondering how to speed it up
  3. seanthefreak

    Whats the final step

    how do you degass, what do you add to kill the yeast?
  4. seanthefreak

    Whats the final step

    i am backsweetining, im fermenting till dry then sweetining, so you wait till clear, can you add something to clear it
  5. seanthefreak

    Did i mess something up?

    Ok i got a hydrometer and checked the reading today. It was under 1 so i figured its about done, very little bubbles and no movement on the airlock, so i racked it out, im gonna let it age and clear for a while now, but it tastes dry but has some strawberry flavor, so im pretty happy with it, i...
  6. seanthefreak

    Whats the final step

    If im making strawberry wine, and its fermented dry, whats the next steps, what do you add to make it not cloudy and then what do you add to stabalize and sweeten it. Im learning as i go. And my apfelwein is starting too ferment. Yea
  7. seanthefreak

    Man, I love Apfelwein

    yea im dumb i was reading it wrong, lol, 1.06 yea
  8. seanthefreak

    Man, I love Apfelwein

    Okay just finished making my first batch, the starting sugar was 1.6 or 1.61, if it finishes dry, what will be the abv
  9. seanthefreak

    Man, I love Apfelwein

    Just came back from the wine store with supplies to make my first batch. So excited, this will be my 3rd wine im making ever, so i hope it works. thanks ed
  10. seanthefreak

    New to wine, when to bottle

    Ok so im making 3 gallons strawberry wine, 1 gallon blueberry and 1 gallon banana, just transfered the gallon wines to first glass jug, just wondering, i didnt take a started sugar reading, so how do i know when i should bottle, should i just wait a month, rack, wait a month, rack and bottle or...
  11. seanthefreak

    Did i mess something up?

    Ok im going out tonight to buy some 1 gallon fermenting bottles, a hydrometer, and stuff to make ed worts appflewein or however its spelled, how to u use a hydrometer and when do you take a reading, i have had 1 gallon of blueberry and 1 gallon of banana wine in the primary for 7 days and about...
  12. seanthefreak

    Did i mess something up?

    No i dont, i guess i should, what if it is done fermenting? What do i do next
  13. seanthefreak

    Did i mess something up?

    Im new to winemaking. I made a batch of strawberry wine, i put the cambden tablets and stuff in it, added yeast, let it sit in first fermenter stage for 6 days, added it to the first carboy for fermenting. It bubbled for like 5 days, this is day 6 and its not even bubbling the airlock anymore...
  14. seanthefreak

    Man, I love Apfelwein

    Im new to winemaking, just joined this forum yesterday. After its ready for bottling, what do you bottle it in, how do you carbonate it. And i seen you keg it, how do you do that?
  15. seanthefreak

    First ever batch of wine

    Just put the strawberry wine in the first carboy for fermenting, my whole house smells of alcohol and strawberry. Delicious, gonna add the yeast to my banana and blueberry wine tonight, just need to find some 1 gallon fermenting containers, the store was out of them today
  16. seanthefreak

    First ever batch of wine

    I am making about 4 gallons of strawberry wine, crushed up berries in first fermenter and added the cambden tablets and all that. After 7 days, i tasted it, tasted like it was carbonated, did i mess up or is that the bubbles from the yeast, im transferring it to my first carboy tomorrow after i...
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