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I've got a supplication clone sitting on cherries right now. I'm going to bottle it in +\- 9 months. Is it possible to "wash" the bugs the way you would a straight yeast? I didn't think it wise to rack another beer on top of the year old cherry carcuses but really want to reuse the blend. (I...

I brewed a belgian dubbel Braggot this weekend and everything went perfectly. I hit all of my temps, I was dead on on SG. Everything was perfect. Until I tasted the hydrometer sample. It had a super piney, slightly bitter, almost medicinal taste. Absolutely horrible. I've never used Saaz...

I just received 5 cases of the "Vinnie" bottles from Brooklyn Homebrew. They're some impressive bottles! Very heavy glass. I'm going to make a Belgian Braggot this weekend and that'll be the first thing to live in them, but I bought them with my Supplication Clone that's sitting in secondary...

I've already broken 2. This is an improvement over the 6 total in broke last year. Just for fun, let's see how high this goes! Post your total then add it to the page total at the end of your post. 2

Dubble Braggot Belgian Dubbel All Grain (5.00 gal) ABV: 9.77 % OG: 1.072 SG FG: 0.998 SG IBUs: 15.9 IBUs Color: 6.5 SRM By: Ulfblod Ingredients 4 lb 8.0 oz - Pale Malt, Maris Otter 8.0 oz - Cara-Pils/Dextrine 8.0 oz - Caramunich Malt 4.0 oz - Oats, Flaked 6 lb - Honey -2lb...

I'm going to try a supplication clone. Below is the recipe I've cobbled together using various resources and blogs. I know that people typically use Roeselare and abbey ale yeast. I am the proud new owner of some ECY01. Does anyone have any direct experience using ECY01 with this clone? If I use...

When is ECY usually available on love2brew? I called them and they were very vague. I know that no one has a definite answer, but I was wondering how they trend. Thanks!

I was wondering if anyone had tried this combination? I haven't done anything with Brett, but have used d-47 in mead with great success. Given Brett's eating habits and D-47s dying habits (also being a wine yeast there should be plenty of complex sugars left over) this seems like it would be a...

I put this in the lambic/sour section and it didn't get much traffic, so I figure I'll try here. :-) All Grain 4.5lbs white wheat 4.0lbs of German Pilsner 0.75lb of flaked barley 15g of Sea Salt (10 min) 20g of fresh ground coriander (10 min) 0.5oz Sorachi Ace (20 min) 0.5oz Sorachi...

All Grain 4.5lbs white wheat 4.0lbs of German Pilsner 0.75lb of flaked barley 15g of Sea Salt (10 min) 20g of fresh ground coriander (10 min) 0.5oz Sorachi Ace (20 min) 0.5oz Sorachi Ace (flame out or dry hop) Wyeast 3068 Lacto starter The plan is to mash and do a short boil (10...

I back sweetened my cider with tart cherry juice. It seemed like a really good idea at the time... Instead of a delicious cherry flavor in my (previously) delicious apple cider, I have a reddish concoction that will turn your mouth inside out. I didn't know if adding, idk, K-bicarbonate or some...

Today's the day. I'm making a semi-sweet/sweet sparkling cider. SG was 1.060 and it is currently 1.010. Is it better to allow this to dry out, then back sweeten or to arrest fermentation by cold crashing and allow to clear, or just bottle it? I'm using a cherry juice concentrate to back...

I put this on the cider forum and it didn't get much traffic. Since bottle conditioning applies to wine too I thought I'd put it up here and see if anyone had some advise. I'm making my first batch of cider, and want to bottle carb it. I read the sticky(s), but I am still a little fuzzy on...

I'm making my first batch of cider, and want to bottle carb it. I read the sticky(s), but I am still a little fuzzy on the process and have a couple of questions. SG: 1.060 Target FG: 1.00 (8% ABV), back sweetened to 1.010-1.020 with cherry juice and dark brown sugar Yeast: Safale S-04 5...

Is anyone able to help me ID these grapes? They've been growing on that fence row for 40+ years. If it helps any, I live in SW Ohio.

So the 25#'s of peaches that I used to make my 5 gallon batch of peach wine have disolved into a loose bunch if fibers. I wasn't too concerned, but now that the cap is dropping to the bottom they have made a very loose lees. As in I'll be lucky to recover 25% of that 5 gallons! Will this...

Does anyone have any experience with this? I have access to tons of paw paws in the coming weeks, but don't know if they'll make good wine. Jack Keller has a recipe that says is "life changing," but he says that a lot! I'll bist his recipe below and scale to 5 gallons. For those of you that...

I'm getting a half bushel of peaches from Georgia on the way back from Florida and wanted some feedback on a proposed recipe. I couldn't find one in the recipe section and doing a search yields tons that seem untested. So I cobbled (pun intended) a couple together and this is what I came up...

I've got one batch of mead and a batch of Skeeter Pee under my belt. Im wanting to do a nice white next. A Gewürztraminer wine from a vineyard outside of Traverse City, MI is probably my favorite wine. Does anyone know of a good kit or source for the grapes in SW Ohio? The only post I could...

Does anyone have experience that they could share with regards to carbing mead or wine using a soda stream? It says to use only plain water, but then salt has an expiration date so....