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If you're using it to balance out a short-ish fruit wine (like me - say you had 8 lbs of elderberries, and needed 12...) you'll probably be fine. On the other hand, if it smells like grape freshie out of the can... it'll likely smell like that post-ferment. To give you an idea, I got a recipe...

May I suggest gathering a stock of screw-top bottles? That's what my elderberry wine is going in... eventually.

I'm drinking a Munton's connoisseur IPA right now and it's fine too. Difference is I gave it 7 days in primary, 2 weeks in secondary, 7 days bottle conditioning and used light LME instead of dextrose and spray malt to prime. Depressing to learn that even a slightly modded "can and a kilo"...

I racked this beer last night. Went to check on the proceedings and got a hydrometer reading of 1.012. That Cooper's yeast works fast! With about a pint or two left my racking cane clogged. Lesson learned: zee hop pellets go in zee hop/grain bag! I've read a number of threads about the...

Hi there, I'm a relative newbie to homebrewing "in the home". I used to do plenty of "brew-on-site" but when my latest place went under I decided to start a production line in the basement. Brewing conditions: Nearly ideal. Year round I get unadjusted temperatures of 18-22 celsius in my...

Hi everyone, Starting off basic so there's a straight Munton's IPA kit that just went in bottles at an FG of 1.008. Second batch is in, this time for my wife, a straight brewmaker cider kit with an OG of 1.039. I'm off to the races! I used to brew on site, but got tired of not having...