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Honey does take a little longer to get started, especially at this time of year, but it ferments out very dry. I'm brewing in my garage and the temps are around 50ºf. I know these kits have ale yeast, but for the most part they seem to do ok under lower temps. For rice, I just boiled...

I guess planning three weeks ahead is a bit much for most beer drinkers:D We only carry product from ABC, as thats what our head office authorizes. Last time I placed an order, the lady on the phone told me they were waiting for a container from England, so spraymalt wasnt available...

I'm in Northern Ontario, Sault ste marie area. The homebrew stores in The Sault carry a pretty good selection as far as winemaking stuff goes. They have a fairly large Italian community there and winemaking is part of thier culture. Beermaking supplies are pretty much limited to canned...

Maybe I need to try one again. I can't remember the exact variety I had, but it was a Baron's kit and I followed the instructions exactly. It had a packet of bentonite clay, which struck me as an odd additive for beermaking. Getting the malt out of the can is a bit of a pain, but its...

THe easiest and least expensive is to use a canned kit. They have done all the boiling and hopping for you. The basic instructions are to dissolve the contents of the can in hot water, add 1kg of corn sugar, then fill your primary to 6 gallons with cool water. Pitch the yeast cover...

Mine's a '75 yamaha DT250. Restoring this was really fun and easy. Nothing like the smell of 2-stroke exhaust in the morning!

I made a recipe once that used heavy cream. It tasted pretty good. Problem came I put the bottle in my snowmobile and went Ice fishing. The bumpy trail shook up the bottle, the cream turned into butter.

Wade, your setup got me thinking. I bet a shop-vac could replace the vacuum pump as a suction source in a setup like that. I've got a small $40 wet/dry vac that does a very good job of sucking up water on the garage floor, so I would guess that it could power a setup like yours. If nothing...

A caution if your pumping wine, is to make certain all the connections on your suction side are air tight. Even a small air leak can introduce quite a bit of o2 to your wine and cause oxydation. I once ruined a 12 gallon batch of beer because I didnt take the time to replace the o-rings on...

+1 on the filter/pump. Even if you don't have back problems, its much safer than lifting heavy, fragile glass carboys. I have a buon vino minijet. It's not cheap at $150-$200, but its well built. I have a 54litre demi-john that is too heavy to lift. I wouldnt have aquired it if i...

ONe word of caution when dealing with fresh cider is to make certain you have Pasturized product. E-coli and other nasties can survive fermentation. In many cases the orchards use windfall and cull apples to make cider. They may use manure to fertilize and wild animals tend to poop on the...

Kieselsol is a fining agent. You can do a couple of things. 1. Leave it out. your wine may take a bit longer to clear out, but it'll be just as good 2. leave it out and filter your wine before you bottle This is what I usually do. 3. Do a search on "finings" THings like eggwhite...

Cannibus is more suited for beer. It's more closely related to hops than fruit or grapes. http://cannabisbeer.com/

ABC cork has wine dispenser bag in box units listed in 5 and 20 litre sizes. I Don't know if i'd trust it to keep 20 litres of wine though. http://www.abccork.com/CAStore/pc/viewCategories.asp?idCategory=23 I've got an account with them, but winemaking supplies is a very small part of...

Well, it's been a bit over a week and its not doing much yet. It is in my garage and it's at the low end of the temperature range for 1118 so I'll give it another week or so before i do anything to it.

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I'm trying something a bit different with a concentrated Pinot Noir wine kit. I've taken the concentrate from two wine kits and reconstituted them both to a total of 23 litres. My plan is to rack it into a big demi-john and bring the volume up to 46 litres with water after the initial...

Well.. I racked it off yesterday and it's looking quite promising. It's clearing nicely and has a nice colour to it. sg is now 1.000, so it's about 10½% alcohol. It's fairly light in body, but thats what I was going for. I'm glad I didn't add any acid blend. I'll probably let it age in...

THe purpose of campden tabs is to provide s02 (sulphites) that stuns or kills wild yeasts so that your wine yeasts can get first crack the sugars in your must. If your making wine from fresh fruit or grapes, then you definately should consider sulphiting your must. Most wine kits include...