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If you start a wine kit in two different buckets you will end up with lees in the bottom of each bucket, which you can turn into two Skeeter Pee

Under French law wine must be bottled using natural cork. The traditional seal has long frustrated producers with the inconsistent amount of air it lets through and its tendency to become tainted with 2,4,6- Trichloroanisole (TCA), a compound that makes wine smell like wet cardboard. ( Bachus to...

Do you think a .50 micron filter would remove sorbate?

Just read beer sales are down and wine and spirits are up

Ladies, what would be a great gift for Christmas from a love one, excluding wine stuff.

I have been doing a lot of reading on alternative ways to back sweeten wine. one of the complaints that seems to come up over and over is back sweeting with sugar can cover up the wine of its natural flavor. What some wine makers are doing is back sweetening with store boughten grape juice...

What do you all think of my idea for filling head space, zip lock bag that was inserted and filled with water, Picture to follow

Part of an article written by Katie Cook of U of M, I thought it was interesting The trend at the moment seems to be making wines on the sweet side. I would argue that it is easier to make a sweet wine than a balanced wine. Another advantage to creating sweet wines is that they are...

Ingredients 4 boneless or bone-in pork chops 1 cup soy sauce 3 tablespoons sugar 6 cloves of garlic 2 tablespoons honey 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon fresh black pepper

Does anyone know if the chat room is still working? I tried and it asked for a pass word????

I am looking for a particular strain of yeast Lalvin R2, most places don't carry, any ideas???

Has anyone been around these grapes?

Slowing down fermentation I am thinking of slowing down fermentation, my thinking is to take my freezer and plug in an temperature regulator and keep the temp at 58 degrees, it is an upright freezer and will hold a 32 gallon Brute can.......what are your thoughts

Who has a good apple recipe?

I know some of you have tried aging your whites in a SS beer keg, just wondering if you could tell a big difference vs. glass and also where did you get your keg?

Véraison is a viticulture (grape-growing) term meaning "the onset of ripening". It is originally French, but has been adopted into English use. The official definition of veraison is "change of color of the grape berries." Veraison represents the transition from berry growth to berry ripening...

I am sitting here watching the news and the newest fab is to drop your favorite alcohol beverage into dry ice and sniff the fumes, they say it is easier on the liver....oh bother, I am sticking with the old fashion way

Always The Best. Midwest. You are subscribed as [email protected]. If you experience difficulty viewing this message you can View in your browser. FAQ FORUM EVENTS BREWING EQUIPMENT BREWING INGREDIENTS WINE EQUIPMENT WINE INGREDIENTS Buy any two...

I was reading an article about La Crosse wine and they were saying to use a thiol producing yeast, does anyone know what this is?

I bottle a Gewürztraminer in 2011 with a real cork and it is dissolving in the bottle! I will try and post a pic