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I got sent a few pounds of frozen fruit. Variouse Beeries, cherries and mixed up! I have no use for them to cook can i brew a cider? How do i go about it? I never used fresh frozen fruit.

Any recipies?

So, I lost track of time and left a French merlot red wine kit ( grape juice ) in secondary for 9 months. It comes with Sulphite, Potassium sorbate, Chitorsan, and Kieselsol. Do I need to use these considering the period of time It has been sitting? Any benefits or disadvantages to using them...

Well, I think i have made 20 + batchs of beer mostly the coopers line up ( along with afew other brand available locally ) using everything form their brew inhancers, dextros, corn, double cans, honey, sugar, maple syrup and brown sugar with not one I fully enjoyed. Maybe beer kits just cant...

After ruining tones of cider over the years I have gone back to simple apple juice and yeast and love the results. But I want to get a green apple flavor, Problem is finding somthing that accualy tastes good. Im looking for a somersby taste anyone know anything that will work?

I have a mexican beer kit and i would like to get the lime taste like bud light lime into it, how do i do this?

I fermented some apple wine at about 14 % for 1 year. Bottled it 3 months ago. Just wondering how long this will keep and how longs should I age for. I was considering bottle ageing for 1 more year. That would mean 2 years all together, Is this to long?

So I finnaly found a nut brown ale kit with good reviews. I plan to make the kit as is but rather then 23 litters cut it down to 20 litters, I find kits get way to light and watery at 23 litters. I was wondering what i could add in to make it slightly better when its in secondary and help the...

I have a apple wine around 15% that has been fermenting for 8 months. Its been racked 3 times and I don't see lees at all. I have had it on medium toasted oak for about 2 months. I tasted it 2-3 months ago and it still tasted strong like liquor but with a great taste of apple. At this point...

I bought about 12 or so of copper beer kits on sale for 9.99$, I experimented with the entire line up and used, honey, brown sugar and white sugar. The beer is not the worst, but its not the best and it really changes depending on the sugar used.. I was wondering if anyone knew how I could...

Just curious how many fermenters you all have. I have 9 Plastic buckets ( thanks to a 10$ sale) ands 5 glass carboys ( thanks to a 14$ sale)

I bought a keg with the hope it was SS, If its not im thinking its going to become wintertime smoker since its should block wind. It dose have slight surface rust so i was thinking its SS. Anyway i could check for a reaction or somthing? And whats the best way to get a possible small rust ring...

I made some cooper stout kit and i added 1 tsp brown sugar to each 12 ounce bottle and none is carbed in the slightest after about 10 days. The English bitter and and amber ale have take on some carb, but its mainly foam that leaves no carbonation after its chilled. I used this brown...

I have made 2 beers with honey and 6 with brown sugar, It turns out every time I use honey I find it more dry and sour when the brown sugar, Almost tastes like an IPA when i'm making light beer. Anyone else have this issue? I think ill be sticking to light brown ( cane sugar ) from now on.

I need to get a hold on a 15.5 gallon stainless steel pony keg I have been looking every were on line but cant find any decently priced, Any tips for getting one in Canada?

My last 3 beers have been ok but have lacked carbonation, I was using 1/2 tsp light brown sugar ( cane sugar )per beer bottle 330-355 ml. This time I tried to use 1 tsp light brown sugar ( cane sugar ) for each 330-355 ml, after reading there were a few people experimenting with it but now i'm...

Went to check on my buckets fermenting and i found ants climbing all over the side. I have tried, to kill em all, clean up the trails they leave, mop, spray with just about everthing, Commet.... I need tips on keeping them out, There is an ant infestation in town and i live by a forest. Killing...

I don't wana go out and spend 50$ on a floor capper for 30 bottels on wine, Is there any other way?

I have been wondering for awhile about using copper in brewing to get rid of off tastes. I understand it can strip sulfides out so why not run it through 20-30 feet of copper tube during racking into carboys? Dose anyone know if this would work? I understand this is the concept of why places...

They were nasty, But when i seen 50 brown bottles and countless clear I could de labelle and clean I knew it was a great chance.... I frist sprayed them all with oven cleaner and rinced.... then i soaked in boiling hot water with commet for 1 hr, rinsed with comet. rinsed the comet out and...