Starting of the must will begin tomorrow. I'm trying to decide if I want to warm the berries in the must mixture (the hot water and the honey) to begin with, or try the new technique I was just reading about of adding the berries in later, in a wide-mouth fermentation vessel (e.g. plastic bucket fitted with an air lock) after the initial yeast ( Read more... )

Those of you who live in the Houston Greater Metro area - or who see me at cons, etc. - would you mind saving me 1) champagne bottles, especially the tinier split size, 2) regular wine bottles, any size, sans threaded tops, and 3) the pop off (not twist-off) sort of beer bottles ( Read more... )