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I've read people aging their mead in the bottle for 6 mo to a year before opening it but I kinda forgot about my mead in the primary....for 2-3 years...I tasted before going on deployment and it tasted amazing albeit very sweet. Granted I used I think it was 5 lbs of honey and a few handfuls of...

I was wondering if it is possible to grow my hops around a pillar. I have 2 big pillars of my deck and I'd like to have my hop hops spiral up that pillar. How do you think this would work?

I've been searching high and low for Pliny the elder, Pliny the Younger, any of the Stone Enjoy by and most importantly Heady topper. I can't find any of these in the Detroit area so I am willing to trade any of Michigan's local brews including Founders Bells Atwater Arcadia Shorts...

My Fiance works at Teavana a loose leaf tea store and she brought home .5lbs of Strawberry lemonade tea and wants me to make something out of it. I have made wine from pom pomagranet juice and other juices just not sure what to really do with this as in how much sugar/water to use. She tells me...

I just ordered 4 Rhizomes and should be here hopefully soon but currently here in Michigan we are still under a lot of snow and not getting above freezing any time soon so if they come early what should I do with them?

I'm looking at soon taking the plunge to an all grain brew in the future and wanted to know if my set up was up to snuff. I Brew on a glass stove top in a 5g stainless steal brewpot. I have a 10g water cooler set up as a mashtun. Would my efficiency suffer to much due to the 5g pot? I can...

Well I had a moment of weakness while cleaning the bottles to bottle my latest batch and decided to go out and buy all the stuff needed to start kegging. After a trip to my LHBS and Lowes this is what I ended up with. She's not much to look at and is only temporary until I find a dedicated...

This isn't a debate thread on budget or anything to that effect. No arguments on which side is right or wrong. As a government employee I find myself temporarily without a job today. I still have to report in to receive further instructions at my normal time but fully plan on being at my...

My Fiance works at a store called Teavana and gets really good discounts on bulk loose leaf teas. She has been begging me for a while now to make her a wine using the teas at her store. I've looked up a few recipes and came up with this one, tell me what you think for a half gallon batch 64oz...

I'm trying to get my first home made recipe going on and would like some input. I am shooting for an IPA. Hoppy with a punch. I am using beer smith and here is what I have so far BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com Recipe: MOAB Brewer: Jeremy Wesley Asst Brewer: Style...

I just moved into my first house in April and finally have found time to setup my brewers bench. I still have to do all the actually brewing upstairs in the kitchen until I can get an electric build setup. In the pick is 24 bottles of Apfelwein, 1 Gallon of Mead I started saturday and 5g of...

I just finished my second brewing session and it left me wondering what I could have done better or more efficient. It was a Great Pumpkin Ale kit from my local home brew store. Sanitizing and cleaning all went very smooth with the addition of a spray bottle with Starsan in it. This made the...

I was supposed to bottle my pumpkin pale ale Saturday but got sent to Texas last week and wont be back until this Saturday. Will the extra week in the secondary effect it the taste in a negative way?

Finally took the plunge and started my first batch of beer! Went to my lhbs and bought their Great Pumpkin Ale kit which came with all I needed to get started. The process was relatively pain free..that is until the end... After talking with my lhbs they suggested to put a straining bag in...

I just got into making cider and wine a week or so ago with a small batch of pomagranet wine and decided to make a cheap small batch of cider to go with it. The recipe is 1L Simply apple juice 1 2/3cup sugar 1tsp of yeast It's fermenting like crazy now but being its my first cider...

I just started my first 2 batches of wine and I realized I don't really know what to do next...:cross: Here is where I am so far... I decided after reading a bit to take 1quart of pomogranete juice 12/3oz of sugar and a pinch of yeast. Mixed all together in a 640z glass jug put a cork and an...