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  1. tkdgeek

    Lalvin 71B Country type wines, not finishing dry

    Have started a few individual gallon jugs of fruit/country style wine using Lavlin 71b for the first time. Blueberry, mixed berry, peach, banana, etc. Pretty much all of them are just fruit and sugar to bring them up to about 1.080. No chemicals as I'd kind of prefer not to. Couple had the fruit...
  2. tkdgeek

    Fruit wine in little big mouth bubbler

    I've started trying to do a few fruit wine samples and the Little big mouth bubbler seemed a good vessel for me. Allows me to make a little over a gallon and after a rough rack I have a good one gallon in my normal 1gal jugs. I've been putting the fruit in my small mesh bag so it's easier to...
  3. tkdgeek

    Water cooler mash tun temp

    I started out with a single 5gal kettle on the kitchen stove and since I only did all grain, I decided to purchase a BIAB. Love it. Careful to lift every 15 min and give a bit more gentle heat to keep mash around my target. No real issues. Thought I'd get fancy and make me a water cooler mash...
  4. tkdgeek

    Why are kits so large?

    I admit I'm only a few years in to brewing and have dabbled in wine from fruits so am very novice. But why do I need a barrel (exaggeration) to boat paddle up a wine kit? Couldn't they make like 1 gallon and 3 gallon versions? Seems very few and far between and overpriced when I see a 1 gal. I...
  5. tkdgeek

    New from the Carolinas

    It's just my opinion but my wife and I moved to NC looking for a place to learn more about to possibly retire in. We both travel for work and have seen many places but she is born/raised/stuck as an Oklahoma person. She told me this was the place. Allergies nearly killed me the first few months...
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