Recent content by belibutn

I am attempting to make some dandelion wine right now, and am still in the flower picking stage. I have 1lb of flower tops, and was wondering about how much it takes to make a gallon batch. Any ideas?

any update on this? I am curious how the carbonation turned out from the bottles.

it's only been in the fermenter a few days. Started the batch on Wednesday night. So it will go away while still in the fermenter?

Hey all. I have a batch of wheat ale going in the primary right now, and the first night of bubbling i thought I had spoiled it. It was producing this horrible sulfur smell. I couldnt figure out what I had done, then I remember that the White Labs German Kolsch yeast I used for it says this...

I would suggest a british style brown ale - lot less bitter than an american brown ale. They go down easy in warmer weather.

Yeah, I'm a boob... didn't stop to look if there was more than 1 page of posts LOL

question: Burnish lightly? What/how is this (done)? And what's the acrylic medium?

I know that a full sugar soda can get good carbonation and the proper bubbly fizzy that folks expect from soda, but I tried the low sugar/sugar free recipe in the Old Fashioned Soda Extracts brand extract. It consists of 1/8 tsp yeast for a 2lt bottle, and 2Tbs of sugar, with the rest of the...

Hmmm, lots of good words and lots of good advice. I do plan on doing wine, mead and cider in the future as well. I've got a lot to think about now, and some experimenting to do.

Hi everyone. I have been reading this forum for quite some time, and have recently made my first batch of beer - used a Cooper's kit for their Irish Stout. I have come to a sad sad revelation. I don't like the taste of beer.... i know, sad, huh? I love making it, hate drinking it. I know it...