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They went from around $1.40 a pound here to $2.99 a pound almost overnight. Most all of the peppers went up like such as well. We have a huge Hispanic community. I guess I need to find out where they are shopping. My local grocery used to have a huge Hispanic food selection. They have really...

I am a Stumble Upon addict. I came across this page the other day. I really want to give this a try. Gives all grain brewing a refreshing twist. http://www.sloshspot.com/blog/02-25-2009/How-To-Brew-Pumpkin-Beer-in-a-Pumpkin-in-20-Easy-Steps-125

Now to find some decent tomatillo's. They have looked like crap the past month around here. Must be the off season for them as they are about a dollar a pound higher in price right now. I really figured they would be fantastic this time of year though. I really just need to plant and grow my...

If you was fermenting it in a big bucket to allow for the fruit, go ahead and rack it to a carboy. You are going to have CO2 in the wine but if the vessel is large and not airtight, you may introduce oxygen sooner than later.

I wouldn't do a one gallon batch in a 6.5 gallon carboy. Technically you could do the primary fermentation in that large of a container but you would have to watch it very close and transfer to a one gallon vessel at just the right time. You need to find a larger food grade container and just do...

Look at local Farmers Markets. If they don't have any ask the vendors if they know where come might be obtained. It would be best to find an area where you could pick your own. It takes some asking around to find those.

Hello and welcome. You will need a hydrometer, some tubing for racking your wine and a corker to cork the bottles when the wine is done. A bottling wand wouldn't hurt. You will need some chemicals as well if making wines from your own fruits such as Sorbate, K-META, and Acid Blend. There are a...

Welcome aboard. Glad to have you here.

Thanks all. It was a pretty laid back day. Sipped a few brews and layed around the couch during the day. Was gonna brew but it rained like hell here most the day. Went out for dinner last night with the family. Overall a great day.

I don't go down into the city much, I spend most of my time out in Metairie but have been to these places and they are great. For beer first stop has to be the Avenue Pub. Great beer and eats. http://theavenuepub.com/ Crescent City Brewhouse and The Bulldog (both locations) are good to. I...

That is a good looking and accurate looking recipe. Also Wade, you don't really need a disk with Beersmith, just save your serial number and you can download it and re-install on any machine.

Party taps are also called Cobra taps in some stores. Also, since you carbed with sugar prepare for the first few pints to be really cloudy.

Bittering is extracted during the boil. When you dry hop you get hop aroma with no minimal if any extra bitterness. Before I had a Hop Stopper in my boil kettle I used to try to leave the hop sludge behind. To do this I would boil a larger than needed batch with 7 gallons at the end of the boil...

I use floss as well. In regards to your question though, it all depends on the size and extraction you get. You really need to sample for extraction. It is easy to put more oak in, it isn't to take oak out. Contrary to what many say, letting the wine sit and mellow won't take out too much oak. I...

I doubt you will get much of anything from the blackberries and oak with only 24 hours contact in the must. Maybe some from the berries but little to none from the oak. Particularly if the temps were in the lower 60's.

Crushendo kits are pretty good kits. If you can give the wine a couple years age you will be rewarded nicely. It has been mentioned already that they are a challenge to rack. If you have a 3/8 auto siphon there should of been a little filter tip that fit on the end to help rack the wine. Problem...

I find wheat beers best for fruit beers. A Munich Helles is a good choice for a fruit lager. If you are ordering the wort in bag kits then yeah, a Cerveza kit should work fine with the Marzen yeast. Keep your IBU's on the lower side as well or you will cover the fruit flavors. I wouldn't go over...

As Wade says, if you do filter you really need to be able to force carbonate and bottle with a counter pressure filler or Beer Gun. It will make for a clearer beer but will strip most of the yeast needed to natural carbonate. I rarely filter but when I do, I use my Mini Jet that works pretty...

I always use Fed Ex. If asked I state cooking marinades. I only get asked at a local contract shipping store. If I go directly to the local Fed Ex office I have never been asked.

Hell, I probably could of thrown one of those your way to when you was here to brew as I have 2-3 meters. I have a couple of these that work great. The only gripe I have about them is the probe takes care or you are replacing it which isn't a real big deal. It is a very good meter though...