I bought a 28 day Merlot Cabernet kit wine. It was supposed to be in the primary for one week. Life got in the way and it has been 5 or 6 weeks now. Will this present any problems or can I just rack to the 2ndary fermenter now?
After all is said and done on this recipe, it made a sugary sweet wine that isnt getting many takers. I just paid 50 bucks for a cabernet merlot kit from amazon and will try that next.
I'd like to make my wine is cheap as possible. Does anyone know a good source for free fruit? I looked at pick your own places. They are just as expensive as the store.
I added the lemon juice to my boil but I didnt really mix it up in the carboy. I did get a bubble through the airlock this afternoon. SO FINGERS ARR CROSSED
Made a batch yesterday on top of my yeast cake from a welch's wine. This morning there were no bubbles coming from the airlock. I pitched some yeast so hopefully it will start up today.
The RealLemon juice had preservatives, but I added yeast nutrient and energizer.
Suggestion for Mr. Beer... make the LBK the ideal size for brewing with 3 pound bag of DME. That seems to be a standard size for buying DME. This way, no measurement is needed. It will keep using the kit for small batches and may increase kit sales.
I used too much DME and I think thats why my...
The Mr. BEER lid blew off this morning. I heard hissing coming from the cabinet. Touched the lid and POP. It flew off.
Last night I brewed a batch of all wheat DME with hops and Muntons Ale Yeast. I used 3 pounds of DME for a 2.5 gallon batch. Starting temp was a little high and there was lots...
Ingredients:
9 Great Value frozen Grape Juice concentrate
4 Welches white grape raspberry conc.
1 Welches white grape peach conc.
4 cups table sugar
1 package Red Star Montrachet Wine Yeast
Water to fill 5 gallons.
All ingredients purchased at Walmart today, except yeast. I found a five gallon...
I have seen this listing on eBay multiple times and wondered if this would be a good alternative to a glass carboy. does anyone have an opinion?
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=320775149940
I've got some Beech-Nut Homestyle Baby Cereal, Single Grain Oatmeal lying around from my youngest son who doesn't eat it anymore. Can I throw this into my next batch of homebrew?
Ingredients
Oat Flour, Sunflower Lecithin.