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Update 4/19/2024 @ 11:45 am: No visible airlock activity. Stirred must, did not agitate fruit bag. SG = 1.067 @ 69 degs f. Corrects to 1.068. Airlock bubbling again. Lid not sealing consitantly is my educated guess, I guess! 😎 Averaging about 3 points/day gravity drop from start on...

That sounds like a great idea! 😎 I had one, but it never seemed to work right. Going to try and squeeze that into next months budget. Blueberries listed as only ingredient. That’s what I thought. I had decided against heated it. Yeast packs were definitely old. Kept in refrigerator from day...

I did not measure the acid before I started. Just added LD Carlson acid blend per the recipe. Tried measuring acid with strips, but they just turn purple from the must. 🤷‍♂️ Got the recipe here: https://winemakermag.com/article/making-blueberry-wine-tips-from-the-pros Been stirring at least...

Anyone have any ideas on how to salvage this ferment? Is it possible frozen blueberries were treated with preservative? Only Ingredients shown on label are “ high bush blueberries” Proofed yeast looked good. When added to must, fermentation falls flat. I get some signs or ferment after...

Update: Was going to pitch some EC1118 I have, but expired. Tried proofing it and nothing. I had 2 more packs of 71B, so I proofed 1 and it looked good. Tempered it with 1 tbls must every 10 minutes utill temp was close to must temp and was still looking good, so I pitched it. SG currently...

No competitions for me, just some beer to drink on a warm day…. Or a cold day too! Definitely enjoy lighter styles, witbriers and Centenial blondes (thanks Biermuncher). Is Brewmate an app? Didn’t see it in the Playstore.

Blueberry wine update: Pushing fruit bag down, stirring 2 times daily Airlock activity: 45 bubbles/min on 4/13/2024 8 bubble/min on 4/14/2024 SG: 1.100 on 4/10/2024 SG 1.098 on 4/12/2024 SG 1.083 on 4/13/2024 SG 1.080 on 4/14/2024 Has slowed way down but not anywhere near finished. Any...

Yup. The ciders I make with Notty have been better them my EC-1118 experiment.

Yeah, i forgot how long it had been in fridge! Realized it when I looked at it the date code when I was about to pitch! And being 3 1/2 hours from the closest LHBS, I ran it. At the time I found some info about brewers making fine beer with some old yeast, so I decided to gun it and run it! I...

Fairly new to winemakkng. I have made some Chardenay from kits that was really good. That’s the extent of my experience with wine making. Started a blueberry wine and once I pitched and the yeast got to work, there is a sulphur smell coming from the bucket. Recipe obtained online from...

My story is that my closest LHBS is 3 1/2 hours away, so I tend to purchase bulk quantities of ingredients so I don’t need to wait to travel near a LHBS or wait a week or more for online orders to ship and arrive. So, I find myself with extra ingredients and trying to make them fit a recipe...

Has to be someone with an empty carboy earmarked for cider to put us over the 297 gallon mark! Ibrew2

The word “could” means exactly that, they could be, not that they are or even probably are. As I stated in an earlier post, I am not posting empirical evidence of anything rather, engaging in a thought provoking exercise. Is that not what we do in open forums like this? My post are asking...

6/16/22: Started a 6 gallon batch of Edworts apfelwein using 4 gallons of generic and 2 gallons of Treetop juice and 1 pack of Montrachet (aka Premiere Classique) yeast and .4 lbs/gallon dextrose. 6/17/22: Started a 3 gallon batch of cider with 96 ozs of grape juice added for a apple to grape...

Still not clear, but bottled on 7/3/22. Already starting to clear in neck of bottles. I am thinking the that the FAJC is what is causing the clarity issue I’m having. Anyone experience that? Ibrew2

My comment saying those deals don’t mean much was in response to Kevin’s post saying that AB/InBev sold their interest in 2019, not a general response to those deals happening. The reality is that AB/InBev could still be a player in those aquisitions, weather publicly or through a shill company...

Those deals don’t mean much. I saw a major grocery chain bought out by another grocery chain, only to have the buyout go the other direction years later. Corporate shell game. Point is, things aren’t always as they seem in corporate America. Ibrew2

I think the question of “why” is important to try and understand their motives. In reality we will never fully know what their motives are until the act on them, with the exception of maximizing profits, as that is a given. Concerning the buying up of businesses and consolidating the...

According to the brewers association, as of 2017, 1.1 million people home brew, producing about 1% of beer produced in the US. I don’t know if that’s enough to concern the big guys or not. The question I have is this: Why did AB/InBev get involved with and purchase NB to begin with? They must...

Not a stretch at all. American corporate history has many examples of this happening. There used to be strong antitrust laws that made this less likely, but they have been watered down over the decades. And home brewing is done by such a small number of people that we have nobody lobbying for...