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I got too much stuff.... buckets bottles carboys brushes brew pots hand corkers CO2 gear... All decent gear, used Craigslist stuff Just looking to thin out some stuff. If you need any thing or are just starting out, let me know if I can help I need the space more than money! Pick up or meet some...

I saw this and thought it kind of a cool idea for folks like me with not much storage space. paint your carboy and use it as decoration. The black background would protect the wine from light and you could show off your artistic talents. Alas, I have no artistic talents at all....I could do the...

"brewed" a Muntons Pilsner last night. Mini mashed with a pound of Crystal, used half Light DME and half simple syrup for the "kilo" of added sugars. Rehydrated the Muntons yeast and built up a starter over the course of Sunday. Pitched at 9:00 PM.... airlock going like a steam engine this...

got a batch of California Trinity White that I am not impressed with right now. I have Myers Lemon and a Cutie Orange extracts that I think would add that extra something. Got a rough guideline on how much to start out adding? Have half a pint of the Myers left, the rest went into some...

gave a buddy a couple of six packs of beers i had made...Pilsner, Octoberfest, cariboo Slobber, Cream Ale....just a mix. Well he is like me, not much of a drinker! All these were at least 6-12 months old. They had a Little BBQ over the week end and he put those beers out. Another friend was...

Opened my first 375 ml of the Eclipse Old Vine Zin. Still only 3 months in the bottle, but what's not to like? Good nose, nice color, great legs....really decent young wine. Tomorrow is the Eclipse Cab Sav. Monday is the Eclipse Bravado. These were my first really big kits with...

So I'm sure y'all got Tom's message about Home Brew Supply the other day and how it helps support this site. So, I popped in on line and took a look around at the wine kits. Did some comparison shopping and checked shipping costs....they had a decent deal on a couple of kits I wanted, so I...

I made a Fontana Cab and a Pinot Noir. The Cab is NOT to be confused with a real Cab...but, it ain't bad. The Pinot? Heck, I don't even know what a Pinot is suppose to taste like...but, it ain't bad. Neither one really wowed me...both very young...maybe better in a year. So, I'm cooking...

Life has just gotten way too fast here lately. But, I still wanted to do some sort of a darker, malty beer for Christmas. Swung by the big old HBS and took a look around. Picked up a Muntons Bock can kit, a pound of chocolate malt, 2 pounds of Dark DME, and some pecan flavoring....also picked up...

I bottled this last Nov. and tried it last night. I was completely disappointed. First the smell, which is not really known to me was kinda off putting...not terrible but very strange. It was more of a uggg instead of a ummm if you get my drift. Initial taste was sharp bite...so I did the...

Mike shows up for work on Monday with two black eyes. His buddy asked how he got them. Mike said at Church. See there was this great big ole lady sitting in front of me. When we stood up to sing the invitational song her dress was stuck up inside her butt cheeks, so I pulled it out for...

Bottled my first temp controlled ferment beer using my little freezer and a InkBird controller. Pretty cool...held at 63 degrees for 3 weeks...cold crashed at 33 degrees for 3 days. First cold crash too...really liked that part...made a nice tight bed of trub that was very easy to work with. So...

So my stepmother gave me a couple of boxes of old jellies and jams....one had a date of 6-12-2010....it was the newer looking jar! About 12 jars in all, dumped in the bucket ...some of it was kinda funky looking, but smells and tasted OK....and started thinning it down with water...at 6 gallons...

Had a visitor and she saw all the wine bottles and started asking questions....she was not a wine drinker...what does this one taste like...why is this a different color. When saw the Plum Wine she said she loved Plums, can we try that one? I was not too sure...it was VERY TART when bottled...

anybody ever make a zucinni or yellow squash wine? Garden is already producing WAY MORE than we can eat...so is every body's garden, can't give it away. Saw carrot wine...what do you think? Got squash and a empty bucket!

Started this one yesterday. Man....that was best tasting juice. I'm thinking about about buying another one just so I mix the juice with vodka! Can't wait to see how this one turns out. Sorry Joe, don't think I'll tweak this one...want to run it straight and see what WineXpert had in mind.:dg:dg

Has anyone used one of the William's Brewing Wine Kits and what was your impression? Thanks.

Texas is experiencing a big growth in Wineries. Here in the Hill Country they are bulldozing out peach orchards and replacing them with grapevines. Yesterday, I heard that there are 30 some odd wineries....NEW WINERIES to be built here in Texas. I sell metal buildings, which can easily be...

Some time back I read a post about adding elderberries to a Pinot Noir, now I can't find it. Have a kit I want to start this week end. Have a 8 oz bag of dried elderberries. Normally I would just dump them into the bucket and let it rock and roll. But, was wondering if perhaps there is a...

I'm starting to get worried...looking around at my "winery", I mean office....there is 25 gallons of various stuff in the works...a Chardonnay, Nebiollo, Trinity Red, two batches of cider, and two beer kits yet to be brewed. Expecting Amazon to deliver two more wine kits this week. I'm about...