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    Tea wine recipe

    The title says it all,Im still new in the world of tea wine making, I need a reliable for a good old traditional tea wine (planning to use jasmine tea since some people the aroma gives the wine a better taste). According to the directions, I need 200ml of water per tea bag, which means for 10L...
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    Can Teawine get oxidized ?

    I've read that tea is actually oxidized before we drink it. Is it the same as oxidation that happens with beer and wine?, And I've heard that certain fermented drinks like mead is less prone to oxidation, if so is tea wine more resillient againts oxidation or is it the same as any other wine ?.
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    Auto siphon stiff

    Ive got an auto siphon and noticed that the seal between the cane and the rubber thing at the bottom of the cane was not airtight, there were bubbles getting inside the siphon. So I tried to hotglue the 2 parts together to eliminate the leak (not sure if it was a good idea but hot glue was all...
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    Is J-80 any good ?

    Is the Johnsons J-80 food grade sanitizer any good as a substitute to Starsan ?
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    To stir, or not to stir

    I've read a bunch of articles and forums, some say you need to stir your wort for one whole week and wait for 1/3 of sugar drop before stopping. Some say to not stir at all after a day has passed since you pitched. And I stirred my mead twice a day, every day for 1 whole week since quite a lot...
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    Aeirating before or after mixing

    So im asking this question fully out of curiosity, what if your container is not enough and youre trying to aeirate it properly, can you simply aeirate the good old plain water before mixing all of the ingridients together?, Or do you have to specifically aeirate after youve mixed everything up...
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    Mead contaminated am i screwed ?

    Okay let's just get to the point, I'm still a newbie and has got a ghetto setup by making my own idiotic airlock. So 15 mins ago I was trying to stir my mead to release the co2, but the absolute complete idiot me pushed the plastic container too hard and the freaking water inside my ghetto...
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    Airlock for bottling

    So I've been brewing a gallon of mead and is planning to age them in bottles, I've ordered 6 1L glass bottles that come with these plastic corks. Now I dont have enough airlock because my only airlock is a DIY airlock that works quite well (i cant buy legit airlocks cause their prices are over...
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    "Foam" ontop of my mead

    Hi, allow me to introduce myself, in Joseph and im new to this forum :D. Okay, so ive started doing my third try with mead, after around an hour of putting the yeast in i started to notice a very thin layer of foam forming ontop of my mead, and it has got this weird "blotches" that forms a...
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    Dont mind this, posted in the wrong category

    Posted in the wrong category
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