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Hi guys! If anyone has experience in this area, how should i go about nacksweetening with Xylitol? How much to add to a 750 ml for someone who genrally likes Reislings on the sweeter side?

Or what i should ask, is how long to keep valve open?

Hi, i have received a new still. An 8 gallon still with a football shaped vapor chamber that comes with a valve at the very top. After some research, im told its used to release the methanol that boils off between 148 degrres farenheit and 160 farenheit. How long do i actually have to collect just t...

Hi, i know im a bit late to the game here, but i have been trying to find definitive answers for flavoring neutrals with lorann oils for quite a while now. More so on the "how much to add?" end of it. So let me break it down what im trying to achieve. I am making a basic sugar shine that i...

Yeah so maybe i do a trial. Ill add some to the thumper, run it, and see what i get. If i dont achieve at least a subtle flavor profile of cotton candy, ill add it to the finished product. I will let u know how it comes out.

Hi guys! My wife has asked me if i can come up with a vodka with cotton candy flavor. I have a multitude of different oils from Lorann that i have used to add flavors to food and what not. If i were to do a basic sugar wash and add some oils to the liquid in the thumper, would i have any result of f...

First of all, thank you for reading my thread. Ive just started a simple Welch's red grape juice and pitched Montrachet yeast into it. After a bit it is now bubbling away. My question to all of you is if i were to take a bottle of red and a bottle of white and mixed them, could i achieve a sort of ...

I know potassium sorbate isnt good for fermentation, potassium metabisphite i hear will allow fermentation which i need clarification for. I mean it is a preservative right?

First of all, thank you for reading my thread. Ive just started a simple Welch's red grape juice and pitched Montrachet yeast into it. After a bit it is now bubbling away. My question to all of you is if i were to take a bottle of red and a bottle of white and mixed them, could i achieve a sort of R...

Thats true. I could do the half cup of water to 1 tsp of yeast and see whats going on

Yeah so after a day and a half, i went down to check the fermenter i threw the same packet batch in and the airlock was starting to bubble. So i guess even at 7 years old, you cant rule out that the yeast is bad.

Hi guys! Im new to the forum and looking for some insight and peoples experiences. I have been away from the hobby for a couple years and am coming back to it. All started when i was unpacking my kitchen. I came across a box of red star montrachet yeast. So i figured it was a good time to start the ...

My name is Dan. I have been away from the hobby for a couple years and coming back. Since then i have moved to a new home and actually am in the process of building my own kitchen for brewing beer, wine, cider, etc...

My apologies and thank you for answering.

Hi, i have been away from the hobby for a while and coming back into it. I found a box of Montachet yeast that i was unaware i still had. However, its dated 2016. Is there a realm of possibility that it could still be good? Thank you!