Recent content by Peterock

Cool thanks DJ. Is that a dry yeast? Do or should I make a starter?

Ooopps I forgot. I would also like some recomendations on which yeast to use along with the juice choice

I'm looking for some advise on which brand of juice to buy in a upcoming months since I'm unfamiliar with either. They are both Chilean Mosti Mondiale Toro Negra I'm planning on 1 each of the following Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Thanks, Pete

I don't know if you should "dump" back into carboy. I know it would be tough but maybe rack back into carboy. Or at least pour very gentle, kind of like pouring beer from a tap. just my 2 cents Pete

Once sulfite soultion is in bucket or carboy and has been sloshed around With top or bung on/inserted it's a good idea to give it some contact time (3 or 4 min.) as Wade said the fumes are what do a lot of the work. Do you have a hydrometer? It's probably worth waiting to rack untill you have...

Don't add any sulfite unless you are sure that fermentation is done. Take S.G. reading for 3 days. If it's the same each day its done. Have you kept primary and secondary in proper temps? Colder temps will slow fermentation down to the point that airlock will have very little action and fool...

I'm having No problem with my S style airlocks evaporating, but I'm constantly adding distilled water to my humidor :sm Go figure

Did you read that in a beer making forum? I would suppose you could bottle from a bucket with spigot but your wine would defenitly have to be clear so that you wouldn't bottle any less that may be in bottom of bucket. Buy a bottle filler wand, they are cheap $5 and they hook right up to your...

Hi Stolen, Trumbull native here. Soap and water is NOT going to cut it. Have others done it and got away with it......Maybe. Don't chance it! You need to clean(soap water) THEN sanitize the Bucket and the Carboy even racking cane and anything that is going to touch your wine before transfering...

The step from wine making to beer brewing even though both are fermenting sugars to alchol, are a far cry from simiular. I want to thank you all from helping me out. I have in fact join HBT.......wow.......the same impression I had when first coming across WMT. I'll still be making wine...

Thanks guys, I guess I'll just use the extra DME I have...In the appropriate amount, obviously! I'm def gonna have to look into that CO2/priming chart.

What would the min. amount of time for a cork in a corkidor before bottling? Lurkers bucket inside a bucket is genius! :try

Where do I buy corn sugar? I looked in all gorcery stores in my area and found nothing. Let me guess......I need to buy it from a brew supplier (gouge)I was at LBS and asked for corn sugar for priming he told me to use DME. Will it work? Yes but I don't want to use it if it's not going to be...

A Pump? To pump the wort thru the coil? Wouldn't gravity be slower thru the coil, hence more surface/contact time with the tap water there for = better cooling? What's this single tier brew stand you speak of? Got pic? I plan on making a LOT of beer. If I'm going to build/make/buy something...

Wade so can you tell me if it's worth while to build a counterflow chiller or a simpler submersion one. Is the counterflow chiller, chill that much faster? Or efficinetly?