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submitted by Zapped from self.Homebrew

I haven't made any home brew or wine in about 10 years and I'm thinking of getting back into it. I am also thinking about setting up a smallish alcohol distiller this year. Is there anyone else here that makes small batch beer/wine/liquor?

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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

I make small batches of wine/cider. Apple, cranberry, grape rarely, tepache, and I have a big old hunk of ginger I was thinking of turning into some ginger beer.

Distillation interests me but I don't have anywhere to do it.

[–]Zapped[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

You have room.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/114318265012

How do you make your wine? Do you use a 5 gallon bucket for primary fermenting and a 5 gallon carboy for secondary fermenting? I am interested in how you make the ginger beer. I have never heard of tepache. It sounds like something I'd like.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I believe I'd risk a rather severe penalty for running a still in a residential area due to the (minor) risk of explosion.

I just use gallon jugs right now. If I need a separate fermentation container I'll use gallon freezer bags. I use those for tepache and that's how I figure I'll do the ginger beer, a goodly amount of smashed ginger up and left to soak for 3 or 4 days. Ginger really gets things fermenting fast, it's covered in yeast, and it's potent. Tepache is similar just with pineapple scraps, cinnamon, hot peppers, and less ginger.

I'm sure there's a proper recipe for ginger beer but I was going to wing it. Let the ginger's natural yeast take it as far as if can get and then possibly switch to ec1118 to get the abv higher.

[–]Zapped[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Let me know how it comes out and what your final recipe is.

[–]Brewdabier 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I use a food grade bucket with hdpe 2, I've got a 2 gallon and a few 6 gallons and a few 1 gallon glass jugs. The ebay link you posted I would stay away from that thing, you don't know the quality of it. Now how I make my wine is buy Juice from the market and I like using nottingham ale yeast or munich classic wheat yeast. Add yeast and wate a month then rack to secondary jug.

[–]Zapped[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Grapejuice?

[–]Brewdabier 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Lol, high acidic juice is a problem. Making Wine From Juice

[–]Zapped[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Nice link.

[–]Brewdabier 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thank god or Bavaria, saidit has a homebrewing sub.