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Ok so I'm finally making my first banana wine. It's simmering right now. All of the videos I've seen show a milky/creamy/cloudy looking end product. Mine has been going for a good hour or so now and its not cloudy yet. It looks kind of thick but its pretty clear and brownish. Is this right or...

Simply put, is more bananas better? I see most recipes call for around 3.5 pounds per gallon. What if I use, lets say, 6 pounds per gallon? Also, I've seen various recipes, some call for skins on, others for skin free. I'm not afraid to use the skins but would one taste better than the...

So in doing my research for an up coming banana wine I'm strongly considering lalvin 71b yeast. In doing some research I've got a question about yeast choice in general (I'm still new to all of this and have only used champagne yeast so far). Based on the descriptions I've read, lalvin 71b is...

What do you guys use to top off your wines after losing some to measuring the gravity or racking to a new carboy. It doesn't take much to take the level a fair bit below the neck of a carboy thus leaving more headspace/exposure to oxygen. I'm still new to all of this but in the past I just use...

Hi guys. I have another question about my first mead. So I just finished racking my mead for the second time and got rid of lots of lees. I tasted it after racking and while not bad it tastes real strong of oranges/citrus with a strong alcohol taste. Is this how it should taste? I used...

Ok so I'm sure this has been asked about before but I cant find anything. I made my first batch of ginger ale not too long ago. Before I get to the question let me get to some details. I used whole ginger, not peeled, and juiced it, some morena sugar (pure cane sugar but not as bleached as white...

Before I start I dare you to not laugh at my obviously rookie situation LOL. Ok so I know this question is premature but Im asking anyway. I just got done racking my first jaom for the first time. After the rack I still had some of the liquid in the siphon tube and though the liquid was clearly...

Hi, guys. This question concerns both wine and mead but since mead is considered wine I chose to post here. So I just started my first ever batch of both mead/JAOM, and welches grape juice wine. I am doing a 3 gallon batch of each and used a champagne yeast...red star brand I think...yellow...

Hi, guys. So I just started my first ever batch of both mead/JAOM, and welches grape juice wine. I am doing a 3 gallon batch of each and used a champagne yeast...red star brand I think...yellow packet. It was a general purpose yeast the guy at the homebrew store told me. He told me that was a...

Hi guys. I have never done an all grain so I don't know much about the recipes but obviously there are a lot of them out there. Since there are so many ways to make good beer I'm curious if it would be possible to make, at the very least, a decent beer with just randomly throwing some grains and...