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Hi everyone So I've been making country wines and regular grape wines for a while now, and I'm just starting out in brewing beer. It was my understanding that during the maceration period of the fruit, that the yeast, already present in grapes, and intentionally added with country wines...

Hi everyone I've built myself an apple press, and am now in the process of building a scratter. Hasn't been very successful so far. I do want it to be hand cranked, and simple to build, as I may teach others to make them depending on how this goes. I am using simple stainless screws set into...

Another brain teaser for you I wonder if in those dusty old french recipe books in a farmhouse somewhere, there is a cheap and cheeful non-precise suggestion for adding acid (tartaric, malic and citric) to wine with local produce? Now tartaric obviously comes from grapes. But adding more...

Hi everyone I am fully aware that I need an enormous space to grow any decent amount of barley but I just want to do this as an experiment. I've settled on some Golden Promise, but I can't seem to find a place to buy the actual grains which I can grow. I can only find malted grains...

Hi everyone I have been doing well with wine as part of my self sufficiency lifestyle (foraging locally etc). I'm quite keen on beer now. I don't consider sugar to be very sustainable as it takes a lot of energy and effort to produce in reality. I have been reading about saving some wort...

Hi all I'm based in London, and passionate about homebrew and self sufficiency. I've tried wine, now I want to try beer. I have a strong preference for dark malt beers such as Schwarzbier or Leffe Brune. Looking forward to brewing my first batch Cheers