Recent content by Brenda D

Thanks DZ we will certainly be starting a batch soon! Do you use the kits or do you buy all the ingredients and use the recipes. We are going to be just as lost on beer making as we were the wine, although just looking at some of the things, it looks a little more simple. At least the beer...

Guapo... I am glad to hear you did not have to pour it down the drain! I transferred mine to a glass carboy last night and used another airlock that came with a beer kit my hubby bought and I had bubbles in the airlock. I was so excited to see this. I know it is going to take a long while to...

So far I have only seen one or two and they met their timely death, squashed with a paper towel. We had a terrible problem with them in our greenhouse. The adults won't hurt the plants but they lay their eggs in the soil and the hatching larva will eat newly planted seeds. We used juice or...

I got your PM with the info. I'm sorry, I should have replied back to let you know. Guess I have been too excited with my first wine venture!

It was about 1.028 this morning. It is still fermenting I can hear it fizzing when I put my ear against the bucket. My hubby found this on Craigs list today and is on the way to get it. He wants to try brewing beer too and I will have a carboy this evening! Craigs List

Thanks Bob...so I am assuming that it is not going to hurt anything at all to transfer at this early stage. Today is day 5 and after the transfer today, I was not supposed to do anything else for 3 weeks. When I transfer it to the glass carboy I assume (again) that I take the sediments...

Hi Waldo... I forgot to answer you directly. I used Cleanpro SDH that came with my original kit to sanitize everything.List Active ingredient as Sodium Hydrochloride. I used 1/2 tablet and water as you suggested. Should I get K-Meta for future use. I can always raid the liquor cabinet and...

Thank you DZ..... I have two airlocks that look the same but on closer inspection one has an open tube in the bottom and the other has a solid bottom with holes around the edge. Would one be any better than the other to use?

Maybe I should not have called it racking as I have been stirring twice daily so there was not much sediment in the bottom. I really just needed to squeeze out the juice from my bag and moved it to another bucket as most of the instructions I have read said to do. I have about 5 inches of...

One more question (I hope) about the airlock. I have one of the plastic airlocks. I pushed this down into the rubber cap as far as I could. Should the smaller tube part of the airlock be extended below the rubber stopper? If it is supposed to be how in the world do you get it to go any further...

Thanks everyone. I cannot believe the kit I ordered did not have any step by step instructions for the beginner. If it weren't for my questions answered here on the forums I would be in a terrible mess here on day five! I had read about the Vodka but also read that it may attract the dreaded...

Newbie here with more questions. No instructions came with my kit for the airlock. I will need it tomorrow. I have Campden tablets. What is the water to tablet ratio to use for the airlock. Thanks in advance!

I used to own a mail order nursery so they can be sent now by Priority mail. If you'd rather wait until it's cooler for you to plant I can understand that. It's so hot here I only venture out in early morning or early evening. If you'd like them now just let me know how many and PM me...

Guapo.... Did you know that your recipe for Jelly Palm Wine is the only one I could find on the entire WWW? I followed it to a tee except I did not have to add so much of the acid blend. I screwed up taking some readings and did not add it until the second day. (I'm new and know nothing about...

Thanks Rocky Top. No neighbors that I know of make wine. I live on 10 acres in the middle of the woods. My closest good neighbors are Mormons and they won't even drink a cup of coffee with me!...LOL At your advise I will not add more sugar. I added 10 pounds because of all the recipes I...