I just purchased a juicer and was wondering if I could run whole pears with seeds in there. I know pear seeds are poisonous and didn't know if doing this would poison the juice
Hello I'm interested in trying to culture yeast from beer bottles. From what I've read online people use a little bit of wort or yeast nutrient. Is there any reason why you couldn't just use sugar water to grow a yeast culture?
Hello, I like using hop alternatives with things I can grow myself, for freshness and financial reasons. I still use hops for bittering but usually use alternatives for flavor and aroma. I usually use pine and various fruits and flowers but I want to add basil into my rotation. I'm wondering...
There's someone in my town offering up hops from their vines for free on craigslist and it looks to be a substantial quantity. I've only ever used hop pellets from the store to make beer before. How would I go about processing these for long term storage? They are Cascade hops if it makes a...
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I recently discovered that my cousin has an Oregon crab apple tree on her property. I took a bite out of one and it immediately dried out my whole mouth so obviously it's loaded with tannins. I like wines that are really dry and tart so I'm hoping to incorporate these into my fruit...
Hello, I've got some decent experience with beer brewing but am pretty new with making wines. I've only made two previous batches, both of which were plums. So I'm a complete newbie with regular wines. My parents have a Muscadine vine that grows on their property. It produces a ton every year...