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Just recently moved from a corner in the basement to taking over the whole thing. Installed a utility sink with hot and cold water and speakers. I guess it is kind of a tasting room too. http://imgur.com/xvoD39j Usually do wine and meads but I started my first beer a couple of weeks ago and...

I may be wrong and it may differ by state but I thought I read somewhere it's legal to make up to 200 gallons of wine a year. Is this correct? If so, is there a limit to how much you can store? Say you didn't drink any, could you have 600 gallons in your basement after 3 years?

I have bottled about 90 total bottles of 3 different red wines recently. I didn't fill the bottles too much and I let them sit upright for a week before laying them down on my rack. of these 90 bottles about 8 of them have bleed through. It just looks like a few pin pricks each and there is no...

Just received a Brickmann electric smoker for a wedding gift. I have slow roasted pork belly in the oven and crock pot before. This will be my first smoking adventure. Any advice, tips, or recipes?

Can anyone recommend a good site to order a custom wine label from? I am bottling some valpolicella I started last year in bellissima wine bottles for our wedding favors in November. I just want a simple label for these bottles with our names and wedding dates and possibly a cupcake theme...

I have this melomel (honey, peaches, kiwi, strawberries, raspberries, nottingham ale yeast) I started 2 weeks ago, this morning the gravity read 1.022 which is where I would like it to stop. I skimmed off the fruit with a sanitized spoon, degassed for about 3 minutes and then added 3 campden...

I've decided to start a new homebrew club. Our primary focus will be mead but we welcome brewers, vintners, infusers and anyone interested in the craft. We welcome all experience levels. I have filled out the form to register with the American Homebrew Association but that takes up to two...

I'm looking to join a mead/wine club. If there isn't one lets start our own!

Started a starter last Friday morning. 1 pound of honey, half gallon of water, two packages of Nottingham yeast. It took off bubbling within an hour. Saturday (my 29th birthday) midday I put together the must. 11 pounds of honey, fresh water plus the starter to just over 3 gallons total. Then I...

Poor planing on my part, I forgot to start a mead to drink on my birthday on Saturday. I have some larger batches that have high abv and started then last November but I rather not break them down yet as they are not ready. I have two options, a half gallon of blueberry cyser with clover...

My fiancee and I have decided to bottle some of the wine and mead I am making this year for wedding favors. The wedding is in November so there is no rush but I think I would like to use 375 ml clear ice wine bottles, zork corks and design our own labels. Does anyone know where I could get a...

I don't see any airlock activity, is this safe to bottle?

I starter a raspberry puree clover honey mead on 1/1/12. Rehydrated two packs of yeast, pitched and it did nothing. I new to mead, and I don't yet know if high og is my only obstacle but I was told a starter would help with that. So last night I pulled some must, added some water and...

25 pounds of clover honey 49 ounce can of Vintner's Harvest Red Raspberry puree Nutrient Energizer Water to 6 gallons Rehydrated Lalvin 71B-1122 No heat, stirred the crap out of it, pitched the yeast Hydrometer is broken, no og reading Basement temp 64 degrees No visible activity. Started on New...

I have one 49 ounce can of this stuff, is that enough to get any sort of raspberry flavor in a 6 gallon batch? Gonna use 25 pounds of clover honey. energizer, nutrient, water to 6 gallons, and lalvin 71b-1122.

I want to start a 6 gallon batch of show mead on Saturday. I already have an orange blossom show and a blueberry blossom show in secondary. Bonus points if you link to a good source that I could order from and receive by Saturday (probably Friday) or something within a reasonable driving...

100% Apple juice, 1 ya pear, 4 small granny smith apples, large handful of rasins, cinnamon stick, vanilla bean, maple syrup, and dark brown sugar. I tossed the fruit, maple syrup, dark brown sugar and some apple juice in the blender. Rehydrated D47 tossed that in. Added the cinnamon stick and...

I would like to make a 1 gallon batch of blueberry blossom sack mead. I was thinking of using Nottingham yeast. Do you think this is a good yeast choice? Should I use the whole package of yeast (11g) in this one gallon batch? What OG should I try for? I will be adding nutrient and energizer...

Is there any reason a cleaned and sanitized liquor bottle (ie Jack) can't be reused to bottle mead or cider? Can I reuse the screw top or should I try to find an appropriate sized cork?

of apple cider last night.. Added brown sugar and cinnamon stick, pitched yeast and threw on blow off tube. I come home from work and head to the basement ready to see some action. Nothing. I know it has only been 24 hours and there is no reason to worry but its still a little disappointing...