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After about $500 bucks and 20 hours later, I have completed my fully insulated DIY wine cellar with "coolbot" style temperature controller and AC unit. Holds a perfect 50F. Was wondering if there was any interest in me writing a DIY tutorial on this, or at the very least the temperature...

I have about 3.5 gallons of mango wine already clarified aging in a 5 gallon carboy. I use one of these to seal the top. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0064OED86/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 I put the cap on, fit an airlock then in the blowoff connection put my airhose and use the CO2 from my...

Has anyone done an all fruit concentrate wine? In otherwords, there are tons of recipes that use apple, grape, peach etc frozen concentrates to make wine, but they all add white sugar to up the % ABV. I was looking at doing a frozen apple concentrate wine, but the cost of the concentrate is very...

I have a batch of pineapple wine that has been racked 3 times over the course of 4 months and has sat in a refrigerator for about 2 months at about 37 degrees. I sampled some yesterday and added 3 grams of sugar to 6 fl oz of wine and it was AMAZING! My question is, after 2 months in a fridge...

I have made a couple of batches of fruit wine recently. I have just bottled peach, banana and blueberry. I have about 70 bottles total. I don't have a basement or refrigerator space to store them, would a dark close be an ok place to store them and how long do you think they will keep? My home...

So I embarked on making some peach wine. I followed all the directions and made my juice (slice peaches, boiled and strained banana slices, yeast nutrient, etc). So before I pitched the yeast, I checked the pH and it was very high, 4.1. I calculated the amount of acid blend I needed to add to...

So I followed a banana wine recipe from Jack Keller's website. After about 4-5 months of racking and bulk aging and putting the appropriate amount of K-meta at everyother racking I bottled it. At bottling, it had a subtle banana flavor, had a VERY buttery moutfeel, but was a bit "HOT" tasting...

So I brewed a partial mash Festale from Austin Home brew a few weeks ago. http://www.austinhomebrew.com/Beer/Amber-Ales/AHS-Spiced-Festale-10B.html#.VEf1PvnF_1Y After 10 days of primary fermentation I threw it in the fridge with some Super KC. After another 5 days I kegged and pressurized at...

Walmart sells Nestle 5 gallon jugs of water for 12 bucks. They are actually something like 5 bucks with a 7 dollar deposit. These are basically a 5 gallon plastic carboy for 12 bucks...and you get 5 gallons of filtered water too. Also, because technically you are buying water, in states with no...

Just wanted to share my experience with some Zeigler's Cider that I recently made. I've brewed over 50 ciders in the past 5 years, and I have to say, this came out the absolute best: 5 Gallons of Zeigler's All Natural Cider (No preservatives, no added acid). 1 packet Safale-04 Ale Yeast 1 TBSP...

I'm in the process of cold crashing 5 gallons of unpasteurized Zeiglers All Natural Cider that I fermented with a packet of SAFALE S-04. Starting Gravity 1.05, Final Gravity 1.01. Before pitching yeast, I threw in 5 tsp of pectin enzyme and 5 tsp of yeast nutrient. Fermented about 7-8 days down...

Great deal. A few quirks, but all worked out very easily. I just bought this last week for $349 =( Can't beat the price. Give a thumbs up. Thanks! http://slickdeals.net/f/6422758-nostalgia-electrics-kegerator-beer-fridge-and-dispenser-black-krs-2100-299-w-free-shipping?p=63273822#post63273822

I made my first batch of apple cider with wild yeast 1 month ago. It came out about 5% abv and was VERY tart. I cold crashed it and saved the yeast. I brewed another batch a week later (these were only 1 gallon batches). That batch was about 5% abv and didn't taste tart at all, just like apple...