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I've been making a peach cider from the Kirkland White Cranberry Peach juice blend at Costco. I gotta tell ya, it rocks. Here's the recipe: 5 or 6 gallons of Kirkland White Cranberry Peach juice blend from Costco Montrachet wine yeast Just pour the juice into a 6.5 gallon carboy, pitch...

I placed an order over 10 days ago but it hasn't shipped yet. Tried emailing a couple of times to get an ETA but no response. Tried calling the number listed on the my order response email but got an error message saying that the voicemail box was full and couldn't accept any new messages...

So I made a 1 gallon batch of JAO. I changed the recipe just a little in that I used Lalvin EC-1118 because I wanted to end up with a dry or nearly dry mead. I started at an OG of 1.067 and fermented down to 1.026 over about 5 months. I racked then to a secondary and topped up with a mix of...

So, I've read Mike Dixon's account of motorizing his and got inspired - http://hbd.org/carboy/motorizing_a_malt_mill.htm. I went to CL today and scored a couple free dryers. I gutted'em for the motors and they are definitely 115VAC units. Neither has their running rpms on the the labels but...

Any champagne/sparkling wine makers in here? I've been kicking around the idea of a homebrew champagne for a while now. Initially, I had been looking at the traditional method of carb'ing in the bottles and then riddling. However, I just purchased a small chest freezer and already have a CO2...

We did our first wine kit recently. Because it was the first we wanted to do something easy and cheap so we selected an Island Mist kit - Strawberry White Merlot. It is all finished and in the bottles now. The wine is waaay too sweet. If I had known that it would turn out this sweet and...

With my beer, I use Star San and it lasts for a very long time before I replace it. I was just wondering if anybody knows how long a batch of k-meta will keep in a covered bucket? Right now it is about 6 weeks old and has a very strong smell when the lid is taken off. Thanks, Don

I found someone on Craigslist who was giving up the hobby and selling all their stuff so I bought the lot. Along with the equipment they gave me a five gallon bucket of amber malt syrup. This stuff has been sitting in my brew closet for a couple of years with a skim of rum over the top of the...

So, I've been reading about this for a while and think I have a basic understanding. One of you electric wizards out there please correct me if I have this wrong: Basically, we want to use a 4500W/240V, very low density element and switch it on and off with a solid state relay. The question...

So, I was Costco today and was looking at some F&W peach preserves. The ingredient list only had peaches, sugar and one other thing that escapes me at the moment. I wonder this would make a good base for some peach wine? I mean the peaches and sugar are already in there, right?