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I am wondering if it might possibly hurt wine to package it like beer. What I mean by that is using beer bottles and crown caps in order to bottle the wine, rather than using wine bottles and corks. Now, I fully understand that the practice is not recommended or ideal, but as long as it does not...

Hey all, I just bought some oak chips I'll be using for my upcoming batch of mead. I wasn't sure what variety went best with cherry mead, so I picked the cheapest kind there was. Anyway, some of the labels say to soak the wood for one hour prior to use and other labels made no mention of this...

I am wondering if bottle conditioning can have a direct affect on the alcohol content of beer. Obviously, we add sugar to trigger a "renewed fermentation", and the CO2 gas which would normally escape through the airlock is sealed in the bottle, thus carbonating the beer. I'm curious that since...

Hey all. I have a 5GAL batch of strawberry/grape wine I'm thinking about bottling within 2 weeks, but I detect a bit of carbonation in the smell. I have not "degassed" it and quite frankly am not sure how to go about this process. I need to know, if I add a a bit of stabilizer and whip if...

Hello brewers. I'm seeking advice because I've experienced what may be a HUGE delay in my brew. I need to know if beer is guaranteed to produce yeast rafts in its secondary stage. I'm working on a brew now that sat in the primary for about 4 days and has been in its secondary stage for nearly...

Hi all, how is you Easter weekend going so far? I was hoping to get a bit of wine-making advice today. I have a 5-gallon batch of grape/strawberry wine that is in its later clearing stages and hopefully will be bottled this season. The recipe I followed was the jelly/jam wine recipe from the...