Recent content by shanek17

Hmm im not to experienced with oxidized wine yet so not sure if thats it. I dont think its vinegar now. Its more sour which makes me think of my homemade fermented foods and drinks. i make lacto fermented sauerkraut and pickles and also liquids like water kefir and they are all sour. this is...

I had a bottle of wine turn to vinegar, i guess it was because of the odd shaped cap i had on it that didnt provide a good seal. I took a sip of it at it was very bitter and has obviously started to turn to vinegar. But is it completely vinegar? i dont know, its been sitting in that bottle for...

It is ridiculously awesome! Lol. its all part of the fun... Yea i would like to get a good bitterness and flavor in my beer. But heres the thing i got 1 oz of cascade sterling hops to work with , thats it. I went to the lhbs twice now in the past 24 hrs and im not goin back again anytime soon...

Hello I am a fellow fermentationist and I am having a brewing dilemma. The other day I was in my cupboards and noticed that I had a box of granola bars and they expire this month, I looked at the ingredients and noticed Barley malt extract, also it contains whole grain rolled oats and other...

thats a good question about using a prickly type of rod for nucleation. Iv read into the nucleation and I found that anything small and pointy can be a good source to aggravate the co2 and help it be released. There is man on this forum who uses a large carboy cleaning bristly brush to degas...

Wow this threads gettin alot of thank yous now! If you all want to watch a helpful hydrometer video go to youtube to craigtube and find his hydrometer video. His video is the best! i would post the video directly if i wasnt on my cell phone.

Wade! Why do you say to have it topped off? i have some 1 gallon jugs half filled with experimental wine and i would like to use the vacuum pump on them. but half of the jug is wine and half is air/head space so im worried about possible glass explosion. Whatda you think?

Yes ill have to look more into this. in the mean time wade has this to say about it. he mentions having little head space in the carboy. why, i do not know...ill have to ask him. *"How to degas your wine with a vacuum pump When degassing your wine with a vacuum pump you need to use a glass...

Well the fermentation was over. Its been aging for 6 months but i realize the yeast could still wake back up. i then added ONLY sorbate and only 1 bottle has refermented. so it would appear that the othed 2 bottlss are doing just find with only sorbate additions... And those were the bottles...

I have recently took a batch of mead and put it into separate bottles for backsweetening. I have 3 bottles now where i used 2 different types of honey and also goji berries to sweeten. Unfortunately the goji berry bottle is refermenting now :( and im trying to figure out why?! Is it possible...

Hey everyone so iv been experiencing some tooth pain and after some research came across some interesting information. The website claims wine is actually good for teeth health , because of the polyphenols. and now im wondering if the alcohol also helps neturilize any bacteria or cavitiy bugs...

It appears canada and europe have banned the importation of chinese fake honey... lets hope this is still in effect and that the other countries will follow this lead. After all quality is what we all strive for here. http://www.endtimesreport.com/storing_honey.html The honey normally sold in...

So does anyone have any information about possible exploding carboys? Does it really matter how much head space is in the carboy? I just wouldnt want to try vacuum degassing and have a big carboy explode , because i didnt have enough or too much wine in carboy.

Oh so your using the racking tube to agitate the wine will under vacuum pressure? How can that be done? iv heard others mention they wish they could agitate the wine when vacuum degassing, but you must have some type of nifty setup to do it.

So true. I just read that in an article and its it has been legal in the us for awhile now... Also store bought honey is heated very high so that it remains a liquid in the grocery store. but now im wondering about canadian honey.. Does anyone know if its legal to sell corn syrup "honey" in...