What is Malolactic Fermentation? 'Malolactic fermentation' (ML) describes a fermentation by bacteria (leuconostoc oenos) that are able to convert malic acid from grapes into lactic acid.
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GETTING THE RIGHT WINE INGREDIENTS You may be asking yourself, "why do I need all these ingredients?" That's a good question, and here's the answer. Each one of these ingredients plays a distinctly different and vital role in both the wine making process and the resulting flavor of the finished
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The Original Carboy Cleaner now available at homebrew4less.comDear Fellow Homebrewer, Like you, I have struggled numerous times cleaning the leftover sediment out of my glass carboys. Getting all of the sediment out without wasting gallons of water
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Note: Still Spirts products can be purchased herehttp://www.store.homebrew4less.com/Spirits-and-Liqueurs/departments/872/Direct From New Zealand Website - Distilling Instructions You will need Acrobat Reader installed to read the instructions. This can be downloaded free by clicking on this link. Air Still System Still Spirits Turbo Air
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For many years, I’ve wanted to do a better job of matching my beer brewing with seasons and major holidays. But I always found myself behind. When October rolled around it was too late to brew that Oktoberfest, and my green beer was always a bit too late for St
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Winexpert is about to release some limited edition cocktail kits, homebrew4less.com is currently taking pre-orders at special pricing for these items, they will begin shipping in April, 2010. This April 2010, Winexpert will introduce an exciting and delicious new addition to the Winexpert Island Mist family: Twisted
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Specific gravity is a measure of the density of a liquid. Distilledwater has a specific gravity of 1.000 at 60F(15C) and is used as abaseline. The specific gravity of beer measured before fermentationis called its Original Gravity or OG and sometimes its StartingGravity (SG). This gives an idea of how
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Moving Day So you have devised the perfect Porter, hit all your temps and volumes, pitched a beautiful yeast starter and held
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Fermentation and Bottling Made Easy If you are anything like me, you probably started out your home brewing 'career' by reading a few books and
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Rather than washing the stone in chlorine solution, soak the stone for a few hours in vodka. These stones seem to hold chlorine rather well, as a tank of dead fish proved a few years back. I probably get a little alcohol in the wort, but I avoid any
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