Your best option is to get a glycol chiller. However, glycol chillers can be expensive and if you’re not ready to invest in one, don’t worry. There is another solution. But first, you’ll need to transfer the beer from your conical fermenter to your keg or bottling bucket. After yo...
Hard cider is also a trendy drink in the United States. It is called ‘hard cider’ to distinguish alcoholic from non-alcoholic cider, known as sweet cider. Hard cider is also closer to wine than beer. When we learned how to make hard cider at home, we just had to share it so you ...
Anyway, I am super excited to try to make our own Ginger Beer. You are the best!!! One question: if we were to add flavors, would we add them to the recipe before bottling it, or would be add them after fermentation? -Shane Reply Daniel says: July 25, 2014 at 6:07 pm Tim...
you say to alternate between sealed and venting. could i please ask you to clarify? hi cindy! i actually just update the directions with a bit more clarity. you start with the vent open, and then close it after 6-8 hours. i apologize for creating a grey area! happy wine making! how...
Yeast The places where beer styles emerged earned their reputation for that style in great part because of their water. Today, we can manipulate the chemistry of water to mimic that of those famous spots, and intentionally achieve flavor varieties that brewers of yore would think impossible. ...
This bag is used in clarify jellies. Using the jelly bags I get 3 cups of filtrate from the 4 cups of liquid used. Simply rinse the bag when used. Reply Robbie says: January 12, 2012 at 11:15 am Anybody try using a Moka pot to steep and filter the bark powder simultaneously?
In a quart jar, I’ve been very successful just very carefully and slowly pouring the mead off into a separate jar before bottling, leaving the sediment behind. This saves both the cost of a siphon setup, along with the mess.To bottle, you can either just cap it up in the clean ...
Racking and bottling wine is an important part of the winemaking process: Racking involves transferring the wine from one container to another, leaving the sediment behind. This helps clarify the wine. You can rack the wine multiple times during ageing, but we want to minimise the amount if we...
there aren’t any, just to be sure simply add 1/4 tsp or so of yeast nutrient (from a wine store). If the mead starts making bubbles, then it means it’s coming back to life and it’s not ready. But if it stays dead, then you can clarify it and get it ready for bottling....
Have you heard this one before? While many first time drinkers say that Kombucha has a distinct vinegar-like flavor, the taste buds of long-time drinkers are often recalibrated to barely register the tartness of properly fermented Kombucha. ...