you should be seeing 12-13% abv by the end of the ferment. I don't have a particular brand of yeast I use, I try different ones based on what my brew shop has...
I have a friend who brought me a small bottle, perhaps 50mL, of aged rice wine made with red rice culture. I was told it arrived from mainland China where this...
Hi Alex, The Chinese mastered a simple form of Pasteurization long before old Louis arrived on the scene. They'd heat the wine slowly until it was too hot to...
Hi Alex although Im not much of a distiller quite yet...I have cultured yeast from beers, wines champagnes meads etc for years...Heres the thing... after 5...
... Hi Axis, That's great advice for retrieving yeast. Thanks. However the rice wine 'yeast' Alex is wanting to retrieve also includes grain liquefying and...
Rice wines are normally pasteurized. wal ... aged rice wine made with red rice culture. I was told it arrived from mainland China where this wine is brewed for...
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... Ken, I call Ian and said he is going a great job! b ill Bill Owens Box 577 Hayward, CA 94541 510-886-7418 [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Good advise, I have been brewing for a few years now and thats how its done. You could also use a malt extract instead of suger. Just to throw gas on a fire,...
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Rice makes starches that make surges that make beer. Bud is 50% rice. Bill Owens Box 577 Hayward, CA 94541 510-886-7418 [Non-text portions of this message have...
....not meant as a flame...but....if you are really Bill Owens,including your address and phone number ,or even your real name for that matter,dosnt exactly...
Putting aside the fact that you wouldn't keep your good sharp knives in drawers... Bill Owens runs American Distiller: http://www.distilling.com/ He has been...
... so for the non-plumbers among us (ahem) you can't solder copper to stainless with propane, but you can with mapp, oxygen, or acetyline? yeah, i really have...
... do you ever freeze-distill your alcohol before putting it into the still? ie, if your initial run is 10% alcohol your still will have to work harder to get...
If you want to make JIU, you should use QU! For details of how the various Chinese grain wines are made see - http://www.sytu.edu.cn/zhgjiu/u3-3.htm ...
If you add 8% angkak (red fermented rice) to your cooked glutinous rice and Chinese rice balls you should get a similar mash. Some rice wines are fortified in...
I certainly soldered a 2" SS column into a belled 2" copper pipe using a regular propane torch. (See Photos/Lindsay. Photo 3 shows the copper stub into which...
Lindsay, please give the exact information on the solder and the flux.... I am sure I am not the only one that would like this information... (manufacturer,...
No ... do you ever freeze-distill your alcohol before putting it into the still? ie, if your initial run is 10% alcohol your still will have to work harder to...
If you add 8% angkak (red fermented rice) to your cooked glutinous rice and Chinese rice balls you should get a similar mash. Some rice wines are fortified in...
I didn't want to weld anything to the keg. I wanted it to just slip in. I am now considering cutting a few slots in the 2" column to reduce its diameter,...
... Hola Walter! Tried it once with mountain jungle peat (tropical forests are very damp here at +1000 meters). Tastes different, not bad. Different. Salud! ...
Where did you get the 50% number from? The "Standard American Lager" runs up to 40% adjuncts acording to BJCP Guidlines. The Premium American Lager" is listed...
For those who missed the race, I have posted a pic taken at the winning post. http://tinyurl.com/6d6f2 Hands up those who thought I was kidding about it not...
We have a slightly different method here: http://www.green-trust.org/images/emuski.wmv = = = Original message = = = For those who missed the race, I have...
... winning post. ... horse race! ... and take the pic down in a couple of days if you don't kick me out of the Group first :-) Heh, you're safe Mike. :-) ...
Very interesting, As you can read there http://www.sytu.edu.cn/zhgjiu/u3-3.htm /point 3.3.2.1 Polishing of rice, the rice used in brewing is polished. How can...
