Recent content by Phogaboa

So, I made my first batch a couple of months ago. Simple recipe: 5 gallons Kroger apple juice sprinkle packet of Red Star Champaign yeast. Ferment 2 weeks. Bottle. It turned out to be 6% abv. The flavor for the first month after bottling was not great, but I drank it because it was...

Hi folks. I live in Bloomington, IN, and am a busted poor grad student. Some friends and I have been brewing and started doing all grain. While this is more economical than what we were doing with liquid malt extract, I'd like to further reduce costs by finding a good price on barley. The...

Hello, I am interested in making rice wine. Specifically, I want to make Shaoxing yellow wine. My girlfriend is from Shaoxing, and I think it would be really cool to make the same wine that has been made in her hometown for thousands of years. Her grandmother used to make it, so I may be...

Hello Forum. I've helped some friends brew many times, maybe about ten times now. Finally my friend made a beer I really liked. It was a kit - brewers best milk stout. I liked it so much I knew I had to brew it. Previous brew were just not to my taste, but this was good. So, I bought an...