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First time hard-cider bottling - any tips?

Hey everyone! Thanks again to Katie for hosting the apple crushing event last fall. I brought my backyard Cortlands, and came home with 4 g…

Started by Shoshi

4 Mar 22, 2012
Reply by Shoshi

Got any spare wine bottles?

OK, we hit it big on available grapes this year-- Gamay, Cab Franc AND Reisling.  Am wondering if anybody has stashed away too many wine bo…

Started by Krys Cail

4 Nov 1, 2011
Reply by Rachel Firak

Hop and barely brew

I am starting my third batch of brew and I am looking for some ideas.   I have malted my own barely so that I now have "pale malted barley"…

Started by Catherine VanVleet

5 Mar 14, 2011
Reply by Catherine VanVleet

Hard cider recipes and tips?

So, we have the new motor on our apple crusher, and are rapidly zipping through all those apples we got from our neighbors' trees. And, the…

Started by Krys Cail

6 Jan 13, 2011
Reply by Krys Cail

Wine making 2010?

I just joined and wanted to see if anyone else is gearing up for the grape harvest this year? From the vineyards I have talked to it seems…

Started by Matthew Minnig

3 Sep 2, 2010
Reply by Krys Cail

Want to enter the NY State Fair?!

I've never even made my own home brew, so I certainly won't be entering the state fair.  But I did see that the entry deadline is May 31, s…

Started by Alison F

0 Apr 22, 2010

Where to get malt?

Ed and I have been lamenting that we can't find a more local source to buy malt. The stuff I bought last batch came from Florida - weighs a…

Started by Carlyn Buckler

7 Mar 12, 2010
Reply by Chuck Raniewicz

Finger Lake Distillery visit

Hi brewing (etc.) folks, Please check out the visit to Finger Lakes Distillery on the "Events" page.

Started by persephone doliner

1 Jan 20, 2010
Reply by persephone doliner

Elderberry Mead Take Two

Hi All, If anyone is still interested in making elderberry mead, I have a friend coming to town in November who had been making it for yea…

Started by Shannon Haskins

2 Oct 13, 2009
Reply by Shannon Haskins

Wine Graps Available at Cornell Orchards!

For those of you who haven't seen this, I received this in the mail yesterday: *** Now at Cornell Orchards *** Are you a home winemaker,…

Started by Carlyn Buckler

0 Oct 4, 2009

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