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A few months back I made some apple wine that turned out very sweet and, unlike my other apple wines, retained a good apple flavor. I'd like to think it's because I used Simply Apple juice and a sweet mead yeast. I only made 1 gallon of this stuff and already drank a bottle of it, the rest is...

You probably have a tracking code which will let you know where your package has been and is going. I ordered a kit from Austin Homebrew 3 days ago. The tracker reads "Out For Delivery" so I've been by the front door all day. :D

This thread has my head spinning with ideas! Once the local Mennonites get to pressing their apples it's GAME TIME! :D

woohoo! Congrats from one noob to another. :) I'm just starting to sample all the fruits of my work.

I'm just posting to brag on this recipe. I helped my friend bottle his about 2 hours ago and straight from the bottling bucket this stuff tasted SUPERB. He had it in primary for 4 months and it's just fantastic. This will probably be added to my to-do list. GREAT RECIPE! :D edit: btw he...

I see... I've read that ideally pectic enzyme should be added at the beginning of fermentation. I might give it a shot anyway (given the price) and because a couple of these will be gifts.

Thanks for the reply, I was thinking a month but I wasn't sure. I don't care about clearing at this stage of the game. Besides, I doubt it will clear anyway because I heated some of the apple juice to dissolve some of the ingredients. I looked at my blueberry cider this morning and the...

So I just bottled 2 gallons of this stuff, backsweetened it a little. Boy was it tart. I picked up some 1 gallon carboys to use for experimenting, so I have a gallon 3 gallons sitting on either 1 lb strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries. I don't know anything about secondary...

every time i return to this thread i'm reminded why the subject line is so fitting. thanks for the update :D

^^^ posts like this make me very hopeful. i've been so busy w/ school these last couple weeks I haven't even paid attention to my graff. I think it will end up in primary for a little over a month. part of me wants to get started on something else, part of me wants to age this longer, and part...

greetings, neighbor.

i've never used orange zest, but i do recall reading that a single cup is sufficient for flavoring 5 gallons. don't quote me on this, but it seems like 4 oranges worth of zest would be a pretty intense orange flavor. like i said you'll want to verify this w/ a more experienced brewer, but i...

hopefully you're brewing a WINTER WARMER LOL GET IT!? :(

if i can't find my keys (w/ attached bottle opener) in like 10 seconds of wanting to crack a brew, i usually use the edge of my counter top and smack that puppy

not weird, unless crazy good qualifies... but i just missed this gem by 1 day... http://springfield.craigslist.org/for/1546360339.html I'm still kicking myself.

haha, that's ridiculous. i love it.

I thought this was ALL NONSENSE FOR SO LONG!!! Luckily, years ago a wiser friend set up a small tasting experiment to see if there's really a difference. Since then I poor everything into my snifter. Pint glasses definitely don't do it for me. The glass totally makes a difference, and I've yet...

I don't think I disturbed the yeast. Pretty smooth bottling, but I'm sure it got knocked around a little bit as I lifted it to the kitchen table. I used distilled water. The ingredients should have been fine. All extract, and I brewed within 10 days of getting the kit. I had it in primary...

I'm not ruling out infection, but after skimming the other "green beer" threads I think that I have nothing to worry about. I was extremely careful when it came to sanitation, so I really doubt it's infection. From what I've read, it's pretty hard to screw up a beer.

I ask because I cracked open a bottle from my first batch that has been in bottles for 2 weeks. I know it was too early, but that's why I did it. I want to crack one open every week or so from here on out to see how my beer matures. First off, it's a honey brown ale. It poured beautifully, nice...