Recent content by Mark_Y

I use a racking cane to siphon from one carboy to another. One on the counter and the other on the floor. Easier to keep from siphoning sediment into the clean carboy. Can't remember what it is called, but mine has a pumping action that starts the siphoning.

2 to 2.5 cups suger to 1 cup of water heat slowly until completely dissolved, while stirring. Don't want suger to burn. Never tried mixing suger directly into the wine, no experience to even comment on that method. Have not noticed dilution of taste by adding suger solution, percentage wise...

I make an inverted suger solution, 2.5 parts suger to 1 part water. Let come to room temp or refrigerate until needed. Too much suger and the solution will crystallize. At 1st I mixed the suger with wine and heated to dissolve, but that will caused oxidation. Abandoned that method. I set up 4 to...

Don't mind waiting, just need better notes. Last batch completed fermentation in 4 days and I ended up transferring into a carboy at the end of day 4. It got away from me that time. Never expected it to finish so quick. Activity had totally finished. Bottled after 7 months, turned out great...

8 gal batch of muscadine wine racked in to secondary carboys at 1.010 SG. Left a good bit room for headspace. It has been a week now in the secondary carboys and was thinking to racking again to reduce the headspace. It is still bubbling slowly. Should I wait to rack again, now or wait? If I...

I think the owner of the brew shop said to use 2.5 gal so that it would be quicker to cool packed in ice water. Does it affect the brew to use 2.5 gal vs the full 5 gal?

So, the actual boil for the dry malt extract is only 10 min? 15 min for grain in 2.5 gal water 45 min boil after grain removal Add 2 dry malt extracts and liquid malt extract and boil 10 more minutes. Add aroma hops just before end of boil Add brown sugar at end of boil ?

Hello, my name is Mark and I am introducing myself to the group. I have been making wine for a couple of years, but decided to try a brew for the 1st time. I thought the directions with the kit would have been a little better. Maybe someone here could clarify this for me. Kit is BSG Nut Brown...