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I made a batch of beer this weekend and use oxy-clean to clean my equipment. I then bottled 6 gal of wine so I rounded up 30 bottles. All needed cleaning and many still had labels. I used the 5 gals of oxy-clean solution and was amased. Most labels just floated off and the rest were easily scaped

Does it cause any problems useing any equipment made from copper pipe w/ fittings and lead free solder

I was told that I could use oxi-clean to clean a aluminum brew pot. Has anyone used this and if so how much for how long.

First off I would like to say that makeing mead is new to me. About 10 years ago it was one of my first wines and all but one bottle blew corks so I never tried it again. I put together an 5 gal batch of mead last friday w/ sulfide and pitch the yeast the following day. The recipe called for a...

I put together an 5 gal batch of mead last friday w/ sulfide and pitch the yeast the following day. The recipe called for a low SG which turned out to be 1.065. Fermentation took off on Sunday and stopped on tues. I checked the SG and it had fermented out. The smell was wonderful before ferm...

<H1 align=center>Chocolate Mead aka Liquid Sex Mead </H1> Recipe by Capten Rhys ab Idwal ab Idris ap William ap Llewellyn ab Idris ap Daffyd gen y Arian Lloer Rimsholt, Barony of Andelcrag, Midrealm. This recipe may be quoted, borrowed, copied, or stolen by anyone under two conditions...

Do you guys and gals use acid blend ( when called for) or do you play around with 1, 2 or all 3 acids at different percentages. One book that I have says to only use malic and tartaric at 3/1 ratio and no citric

I have been making fruit, grape and berry wines for quite a few years with good success. Just for fun I was thinking about trying some of the recipes for my excess vegtables from my garden. Carrots, tomatoes, potatoes and peppers. Can anyone tell me if any of these are worth the sugar

Has anyone tried to make there own toasted oak staves or chips

I started this kit a couple of weeks ago and was on step 3, stabilizing and sulfiding. Sinse I never seem to have my glasses when i need them my wife read the directions. My SG was prefect .990 (part of step 3). She then somehow skipped back to step 2 and had me rack into a clean carboy. This...

has anyone ever tryed to make there own oak chips or staves? I was thinking of trying a couple of gal batches with raw, toasted and maybe even smoked oak staves