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  • Clarifying a pomegranate wine
    by invalid@example.com (mysr_) on October 10, 2025 at 2:29 pm

    Hello, I’m a beginner winemaker and new arround there. So, I have a question about the clarifying for my pomegranate wine. 1 month ago I fermented ≈4 gallon a pomegranate wine. I used a brew-in-a-bag technique and used 10 kg pomegranate seeds’, red wine yeast, and pectinase. After 2.5 week I remove the fermantation bag and added potassıum metabısulfıte and potassium sorbate. The wine was hazy and I wanted to clarify it without chaning the taste. So, I take a sample to a glass bottle and… Read more

  • Staggering Mead nutrients.
    by invalid@example.com (Cynic) on October 10, 2025 at 2:29 pm

    I’m about to start brewing some Mead again after a long hiatus. My original “strategy” was just to toss honey, water and yeast together with a few raisins and then pray to the gods. Which to be fair worked out pretty decently. Now however I want to apply a slightly more scientific approach and help my yeast out a bit since I like the stronger stuff and I want to ensure a hassle free fermentation. We don’t have Fermaid O available here so I found something similar (?)… Read more

  • Which material is best to bottle the mead?
    by invalid@example.com (Tanuj Barai) on October 10, 2025 at 2:27 pm

    Hello Brewers, We have prepared around 17 liters of Medicinal Mead or Metheglin. We need to bottle it now. So should i store it in glass bottles or plastic bottles? The last time we stored the mead in plastic bottles was consumed early, like within 2-3 months. But now i am aiming to store it for longer period like 5-6 years down the line. Can you guys please share your opinion and experience. It will help me alot. Thank you so much. Keep Brewing, Thats The Only Way!

  • Fastest fermentation yet
    by invalid@example.com (worlddivides) on October 10, 2025 at 1:55 pm

    Most beers I brew ferment in 3-5 days, usually closer to 3 days. I’ve had a few finish in as little as 48 hours, especially with some English and Belgian strains. But I just brewed a beer with an OG of 1.056 that had machinegun airlock activity and I had to put 4 two-liter bottles of ice to keep it within a reasonable fermentation temp range. And then just suddenly, all airlock activity stopped and it stopped giving off heat. I believe this might be the fastest fermentation I’ve ever had… Read more

  • BIAB vs fly sparge extraction of roasted grains?
    by invalid@example.com (kydan47) on October 10, 2025 at 1:45 pm

    I recently made my tried & true RIS using an AIO BIAB but the roastiness was excessive. Second batch using less roast was still excessive but a little less, so wondering if anyone else has noticed a difference between fly sparging and biab roast extraction ? I’m planning on going back to the cooler/fly sparging for a batch to compare but multiple batches before would suggest it’s possible. Fermentation was about the same as before for both and temperature controlled. Thoughts?

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  • Sabco conversion
    by /u/Disastrous-Peach5327 on November 7, 2025 at 8:14 am

    Anyone know how to convert a Sabco to natural gas? submitted by /u/Disastrous-Peach5327 [link] [comments]

  • Daily Q & A! – November 07, 2025
    by /u/AutoModerator on November 7, 2025 at 8:01 am

    Welcome to the Daily Q&A! Are you a new Brewer? Please check out one of the following articles before posting your question: How do I check my gravity? I don’t see any bubbles in the airlock OR the bubbling in the airlock has slowed. What does that mean? Does this look normal / is my batch infected? Or if any of those answers don’t help you please consider visiting the /r/Homebrewing Wiki for answers to a lot of your questions! Another option is searching the subreddit, someone may have asked the same question before! However no question is too “noob” for this thread. No picture is too tomato to be evaluated for infection! Even though the Wiki exists, you can still post any question you want an answer to. Also, be sure to vote on answers in this thread. Upvote a reply that you know works from experience and don’t feel the need to throw out “thanks for answering!” upvotes. That will help distinguish community trusted advice from hearsay… at least somewhat! submitted by /u/AutoModerator [link] [comments]

  • Free-For-All Friday!
    by /u/AutoModerator on November 7, 2025 at 6:00 am

    The once a week thread where (just about) anything goes! Post pictures, stories, nonsense, or whatever you can come up with. Surely folks have a lot to talk about today. If you want to get some ideas you can always check out a [past Free-For-All Friday](http://www.reddit.com/r/Homebrewing/search?q=Free+For+All+Friday+flair%3AWeekly%2BThread&restrict\_sr=on&sort=new&t=all). submitted by /u/AutoModerator [link] [comments]

  • Just did the math for making hard solo at home
    by /u/Admirable-Fish-2838 on November 7, 2025 at 5:55 am

    Vodka $2.36/45ml Solo $0.53/330ml =$2.89 per “can” Store bought $3.90 per can (when buying 10 pack) ~26%. Cheaper Pour out 150ml from 1.25L solo bottle Replace with 37% Rivka vodka (cheapest) =4.37 standard drinks per bottle. (In Australian currency) submitted by /u/Admirable-Fish-2838 [link] [comments]

  • Weird iodine-like aftertaste — Enzybrew 10 or Starsan issue?
    by /u/Graven74 on November 7, 2025 at 5:09 am

    I’ve had a few brews lately with an unpleasant aftertaste, kind of like iodine. Water here in Zurich, Switzerland isn’t chlorinated, and the last batch was RO-filtered. I clean with Enzybrew 10 (enzymatic brewery wash, similar to PBW) and sanitise with Starsan. Fermenter is a 58 L Kegmenter from Kegland with a stainless weight holding down the floating dip tube. Could this be from not rinsing Enzybrew thoroughly, or from mixing Starsan too strong or leaving some residue in the kegmenter? Anyone experienced something similar — iodine/metallic taste from cleaner or sanitiser? Other ideas? submitted by /u/Graven74 [link] [comments]