Ok so I will seal it next time at start... try from there... I did pineapple honey... prolly start 2 1gal ones this week... shoot for pineapple honey again and maybe just a mead. Have buy a new cylinder to use hydrometer since my glass one broke.
So I tried to make wine out of juice concentrate and it smells sour and taste sour... I’m sure I did something wrong...i fermented them in bucket with lid cracked open and towel over tha for a week then transferred to an air locked carboy let set til I didn’t see any bubbles coming to surface of...
I have a 6.5 gal primary and 6 gal glass carboy for secondary... I'm looking around 14 to 16 abv. I got recipe from stromthe castle site gave no specifics oringally called for 18 lbs of honey for 5 gal batch but I'm trying to make atleast 6 gal..should up the nutrient and energizer to 3 teas. It...
I got a simple recipe for a sweet mead.
26 lbs of honey
5 gals of water
2 teas. Of yeast nutrient
2 teas. Of yeast energizer
1 packet of yeast
I want a sweet but high a percent of alchol.. what type of yeast shall I use ? What type of s.g. should I get?
Ok was plannin on using 15# of apples ... but i dont have a juicer or press so i was going to chop them and maybe boil them in 3 gal of water? Then dilute that with a 3 gal of apple juice to make 6gallonz
Ok i just bought a wine equipment kit and it came with recipe book. Me and my fiance was looking thru it and decided on this recipe but all 1gal recipe.
14-16lbs apples or 1 gal of juice
1lb sugar
1 1/2 tsp acid blend
1/2 tsp pectic enzyme
1/4 tsp tannin
1 tsp nutrient
1 campden...
So i guess i will start with a honey wine or mead. Seems to be simplto send a e. So do cover the primary with anything?? Cause i live in the country and bug maybe an issue (stinkbugs eerrr) . Or simple just puta lid and crack it a bit to let air in but not pests? My email is...
I got kids in the house so i want to do all primary in plastic, the fact that primary is most chance of exploding if not properly air locked. Im trying to save up for glass carboys. How long does a usual primary fermenting take? I heading to local brew supply store this weekend. So if i can get...
Well i heard about using home depot buckets and there not expensive. Yeah i know there like huge arguement about using bucket think there hdpe #2. Might go that route or maybe call a fast food resturant.
read that already... Looking to make from actual fruit or make a mead.. I don't have any friend that brew so im by myself trying to learn. Just some thing to pass the time