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I have never made beer or cider. I have been looking into it this week after a trip to my local homebrew shop. I have read lots of posts about what to do and then it gets contradicted in another post. I'm wondering how you cool the wort down after boiling (do I really need a bunch of extra...

I was given three WE kits from someone who bought them then decided they didn't want to make it after all... So these kits are 2-3 years old (maybe older). I already started the peach icewine (2012 release) 2 days ago and the yeast seems to be taking off well. I just started the port tonight and...

Howdy! It's definitely been a while but I'M BACK!!! :ib I've been lazily checking the airlocks as I have been bulk aging four carboys for the last year... Yes... At least a year... BUT I spent the weekend washing bottles and cleaning my equipment. With a few weddings in the horizon I have...

My local wine shop just GAVE me a box of these bottles... Apparently they were holding them for someone else and they were two weeks late in picking them up... They were gonna throw them out so I gladly relieved them of their "burdensome junk in the way"! SCORE!!!

July 23 2011 This is near my stomping ground. Any western pa-ers interested in coming down and meeting up? http://www.ridgwayheritagecouncil.org/index_files/Page1806.htm

I just bought one of these carboy cleaners... http://www.northernbrewer.com/winemaking/wine-equipment/wine-cleaning/the-carboy-cleaner.html from my local wine shop last week... OMG... AMAZING! How did I ever clean carboys before I got this? :db

I just finished my cherry wine and after I sweetened to taste, I added a bit of chocolate Torani syrup to taste to about 6 bottles. So far the taste is awesome and there haven't been any issues. Anybody know what the long-term results may be? If not, I guess I'll figure it out. If it works, I...

Does anybody know what color the RJS Strawberry White Zinfandel orchard breezin finishes at? I was trying to figure out if it looks more dark or more pink in color... Trying to pick between WE and RSJ strawberry mist kit... looking for a more pinkish color and good strawberry taste...

So I have officially finished my first batch of skeeter! 3 bottles are already gone... It is very smooth and don't anticipate that it will have a very long life span in my fridge. My label... I decided if people were going to be drinking my pee I needed to be as crass as possible... hence...

So this is another attempt to amuse the boyfriend (and bring him to the dark side so he buys me carboys... wahaha!) I'm going to be using this label for about 6 bottles of my beaujolais wine that will be ready to bottle in a few days. I hope he really gets a kick out of it! :) This...

So, unfortunately, my photoshop program took a crap and won't work... However, I found a website called Picnik. It's free to edit photos. You just upload photos and edit with their tools. You don't have to join unless you want to use their premium features. I am just super pumped that I...

May 15th 10a-4p Elk County Chamber of Commerce Wine & Herb Tour Ridgway, PA (15853) Tour area retailers, sampling wines & food while collecting potted herbs ready for planting in your own garden. Tickets $20 each On sale April 15th. 21+ http://www.ridgwaychamber.com/

So I needed to stop at the wine shop for tannin and yeast energizer for my skeeter pee... So today I took a drive to a homebrew shop... Now don't get me wrong, I have been there before and KNOW they have higher prices than other shops (even the wineries) but I was sickened today... When I...

So I know a few people who are truck drivers and one of them came upon a "dent and crush" dilemma where a few cases in the truck had damaged boxes. I guess the protocol for their company is that damaged goods (if under a certain percentage) are covered under their insurance and the company...

So this is my wine room which is still in progress... The cat is my wine making mascot... lol The Busch Light box is from a bar that I get free bottles from... I plan on putting in a double utility sink with a dedicated tap for a bottle rinser. The cupboards under the counter are in...

So I think I got some TOTALLY AWESOME DEALS today!!! As many PA'ers know... BiLo supermarkets got sold to TOPS then TOPS sold off to Giant Eagle... well, they're closing the store near me and EVERYTHING MUST GO 20-80% off EVERYTHING! Welch's grape juice is usually $2+ per can (frozen) I got...

I just spent a big chunk of today washing and peeling labels off a gazillion bottles. My wine won't be ready to bottle for another few weeks but I just wanted to get the scrubbing of nasty ickiness out of the way now. I used to wait til the last minute and scrub them and sanitize them and...

So I stopped at my home brew shop today... and ended up with a new BB 6 gal carboy, bottle rack, drill mounted stirrer, auto filler holder thingy, additives, ph kit, and a bunch of other nifty shiznit that I've already forgotten *DOH*... It's a good thing the boyfriend is off playing Army this...

So I was in the basement today scrubbing out cupboards in the soon to be exclusive "wine room" and found some unsettling critters scurrying about! I have a wood stove in my basement and the corresponding wood pile tends to bring in some interesting 8 legged creatures from time to time and I'm...