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Made a Wine Expert Private Reserve Pinot Gris with 2 packs of yeas lavlin EC -1118 K1-v1116 I spoke to the company, who assured me this was fine. Made the wine, first with a towel and then once fermentation was going, put the lid on the bucket. I let the wine sit in the bucket for an extra...

Back into wine making. Making a Wine Expert Private Reserve Pinot Gris. Came with 2 packs of yeast which is not unusual, but found it odd they were different varieties. Lalvin EC -1118 K1-v1116 Is this common? in case any on is interested I am Trying to get close to wife’s favorite wine, which...

Going to make one last attempt at making a wine kit. SWMBO is a fan of pinot grigio. She tends to gravitate towards Cavit, which is about an $8 to $10 bottle. I think the wine is semi dry with a gravity of 1.002 to 1.005, different bottles has slightly different range. I was going to try and...

Just finished some fruit wine. Just under 5 gallons. Currently in a 5.5 gal carboy with too much air space. I normally use super kleer but I am all out. I do have a bottle of sparkalloid (and bentonite) which I used a few years back. I am not opposed to using either, I just recall not clearing...

This is take on Jamil’s “McZainasheff’s Wee” 10# Golden promise 1/2 # Munich 1/2 # honey malt 1 # crystal 40 1/4 # crystal 120 1/4 # pale chocolate 1.5 oz Kent golding 60 min .5 oz Kent Golding 20 min WLP 028 Scottish ale yeast 90 min boil 1 gallon of first running 60 min boiled (boiled down...

Made my first batch of skeeter pee in many, many, many, many, many years. I am making 5.5 gallon. Bought a food grade safe bucket to be able to give to a friend with celiacs (hence no equipment will have touched grain) The issue I had was I have run out of room with 30 oz of lemon left to add...

All Grain Yeast: US-05 Batch Size (Gallons): 5 Original Gravity: 1.062 Final Gravity: ———- IBU: 26 Ingredients: 7 # 2 Row 3 # Flaked Corn 1 # Flaked Barley Mash at 152f for 60 minutes Spa rage 170 60 minute Boil 1oz Cascade pellets 20min Whirlfloc15 min 1oz Centennial pellets 5...

Needed a gallon of beer to brine a turkey in December so decided to give a scotch ale a try. 3.5 gallon batch 4 gallon boil 6# Marris Otter .5 # roasted barley .25# crystal 40 .25# crystal 80 (lhbs was out of crystal 60) 4 Tbsp light brown sugar 1 oz fuggles 60 min WLP 028 Yeast Mash 154f 60...

9# maris otter 2# flaked Barley 1# roasted Barley .75 # Chocolate ..75Crystal 60 2 oz fuggles (60 min) 1 # toasted coconut (secondary) 2 oz coca nibs (secondary) 1 vanilla bean (secondary) yeast- Imperial A10 The darkness SG 1.052 Mash 4 gallon water @ 156F for 60 min. My efficiency was only...

4.5 gallon 6 gallon boil Mash 150 90 min 8# 2 row 3/4# special B 1/2# crystal 20L (brew shop out of honey malt) 3# dme 1.25 oz chinook 60 mi .70 oz Perle 15 min 1.5 oz williamette flameout S-05 Yeast (3 packs) I intend to age this atleast 5-6 months. 1.080 SG Est 69 ibu

I had a recipe. How ever due to extra supplies I pulled an audible on brew day. For 5 Gallons 8.5 lb Pale 2-Row Malt 8.0 oz Munich malt 4.0 oz Wheat malt white 8.0 oz CaraVienne malt 4.0 oz 20° L crystal malt 4.0 oz Victory malt 12.0 oz flaked corn 8.0 oz Orange blossom honey (last 10...

This time around I was aiming for a lawnmower beer with a citrus nose. I took a bunch of Mexican/summer lagers recipes and bastardized them. This is my first attempt at nothing But late hops and whirlpool into. All Grain Yeast: US-05 Batch Size (Gallons): 5 Original Gravity: 1.050 Final...

Decided to experiment with making a sour. 5 #pilsner 3 # white wheat malt 1# Vienna malt 1# oats Oyl 605 (48 hours) California ale (S-05) Oyl 212 (secondary) I made a starter for the souring agent. After mash I will be souring the unhopped wort for 48 hours @ a range 70-90f Then 2...

Bottling a quad wine this morning. Ran into nothing but trouble with the corks. #8 short corks. I soaked them in warm KMeta water prior to bottling. However some corks were hard as a rock. A few got stuck in my corker and took all my might to get in the bottle. Seems more than half had the top...

MASH INGREDIENTS -- 9 # 2-row pale --3/4 # Caramel 60L --1/2 # Caramel 80L --4 oz Pale Chocolate -- 2 oz Black patent MASH SCHEDULE: BIAB 153° F for 90 minutes (had trouble keeping 153, kept dropping to 148) Rinse 170 F BOIL 60 min 1 oz. UK Golding (60 min) 1 oz. Liberty (30 min) .5 oz...

It has been years since I made berry wine. I have been checking the wine daily and squeezing the bag to work the berries. Today I noticed some big bubbles on my krasuen. If this was in my batch of beer I would be worried. I did use a combo of home grown & store bought berries...

Went simple 10# Marris Otter .50 oz Mosaic 60 min 1 oz Mosaic. 20 min .5 oz Mosaic 10 min .5 oz mosaic. 5 min .25 oz. mosaic. 0 min .25 oz mosaic 160f whirlpool 1 oz mosaic dry hop 7 days Omega OY-52 Target SG is 1.50, the above was taken at 140f, once it cools down I should...

Trying my hand at a sour and All grain. 4 lbs Pale 2-row Malt 3 lbs. Red Wheat Malt 8 oz. Acidulated Malt 1 lb light DME Hops .75 oz. Tettnang 4%a, 30 minutes Yeast: White Labs WLP630 Berliner Weisse Blend (contains German Weizen Ale yeast and Lacto) Step Mash all grains: 30 minutes...

Partial/Extract IBUs: 75 (according to Brewers friend) ABV: 6.8 to 7% COLOR: 7 SRM 8 DME Golden 6 oz Caramel 60 malt 6 oz Honey malt HOPS SCHEDULE 3ml HopShot hops extract at 60 minutes 1 oz (28 g) Amarillo at 20 minutes 1 oz (28 g) Centennial at 20 minutes 1.5 oz (43 g) Simcoe at...

This is 5 gallon batch Extract & steeping grains. This recipe exceeded my expectations IBUs: ? ABV: 6.04 8 lb (3.6 kg) Pale liquid malt extract 0.5 lb carapils 0.5 lb Munich malt HOPS SCHEDULE 1 oz (28 g) warrior at 60 minutes 1 oz (28 g) Citra at 15 minutes 1 oz (28 g) Citra at...