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Hello, Ran out of Star San and I'm thinking about trying something different to save some $. I saw some old threads online of people making an Iodine solution to sanitize and claiming it is no-rinse if diluted to the proper amounts. I had seen a number of products for the dairy industry but...

I have a number of gallons of cider that's been aging for a few months in the carboys and I'm ready to start bottling it and bottle carbing. It's made with store bought apple juice and although its turned out decent in the past it's usually pretty "flat" tasting. This time I added some wine...

I recently discovered that Walmart sells 100% bottled pear juice and was curious if anyone had tried making a perry cider from it. I checked the ingredients to see if it was blending with apple juice but it was not so it go me curious and I think I might give it a try. I imagine that true...

Hi, new meadmaker here. I have a traditional, a cyser and a BOMM in progress or aging currently but I wanted to make a hydromel I could drink later this summer which would be simple, relatively inexpensive and drinkable relatively quickly. Not sure what to expect but here is my plan so far for a...

I currently have a 5 gallon batch of simple apple wine bubbling away using EC-1118 and had some questions on step-feeding protocol. First off, I'm kind of just doing this as an experiment to learn about step-feeding, practice my nutrient feeding and reading a hydrometer and really just to see...

Hello, I just started my first ever batch of mead and after doing some reading I'm planning on utilizing yeast nutrient and yeast energizer to help the fermentation and hopefully speed up the process required to have an enjoyable drink. I added yeast nutrient and energizer when I started a...

Sorry if this has been discussed previously, I've been making Edwort's apfelwein for several years and enjoyed the ease of it and the taste of the finished product but I'm looking to change it up. I'm looking for something that is similarly easy and cheap to brew but has less of the wine-like...

Hello, I'm new to home brewing and I'm interested in brewing a spruce beer. I've done a little research on it and I found it interesting that in its simplest form spruce beer is nothing more then fresh spruce shoots boiled in water, and then sugar/molasses and yeast is added. It was...