Did you know that you can easily calculate the alcohol content of your beer or wine if you know your specific gravity (S.G.) readings at the beginning and end of the beer/wine making process?
To calculate the approximate value of the alcohol content in your beer/wine use the following formula:
Approximate Alcohol Content (%) [...]

Did you know that sulphite is not strong enough to kill bacteria and therefore is of no use in beermaking?
I typically make wine and therefore use a metabisulphite solution to clean my equipment and to date have had no issues with my batches. I should point out though that I’m pretty fussy about keeping [...]

Thought I would pass along an interesting tidbit of information I learned this morning about home made beer - the easiest way to eliminate the sediment at the bottom of the bottle of home made beer.
As a wine maker I assumed that the sediment was from dead yeast that hadn’t settled out from the fermentation [...]

I thought I would switch gears for this Blog post as I not only make wine but I also make beer. Mind you, my story from this weekend can easily apply to wine making so if you only make wine read on!
I’m in the process of making a tasty Mexican Cerveza and this is just [...]