Hello. I am new to the EZ caps method (and home brewing in general). I was wondering if anyone had tried using v8 juice in their trials, and if so, how were the results? Maybe drinks like this should be left to bloody mary's, but I was thinking that if I took spicy hot v8 and added needed sugar and yeast, if it would come out like a spicy, alcoholic drink that would so for much less than the cost of ingredients for a bloody mary. If anyone has experience in this, please let me know.

is there a way to make champagne if so what would be the way to go about it

anyone have some instructions on making champagne with these e-z caps ???
can champagne be made this way???

Question: i would like to make beer with the kit how much hopped malt extract syrup should i use for 6 2litre bottles and how much yeast do i need to use?

Answer: Although the instructions that come with the kit state to add 1/4 the malt extract syrup can per 2 liter bottle, there is no need to be exact. For 6 2 liter bottles (3 gallons) you could either one whole can for a weaker beer, two cans for a stronger beer, or a can and a half for "normal" beer. As far as yeast goes, those cans come with their own yeast and that is what you should use. Just distribute the yeast that comes with the cans into your 2-liter bottles.

I'm thinking about, for my next batch, making some of the recommended cranapple wine. Having a look at the ingredients, I noticed that about every brand of cranapple juice at the grocery store had a very small amount of juice and a large amount of sugar. As a juice, that makes it of lesser quality than a pure fruit juice, but this might not be the case for fermenting. However, I do happen to have some cranberry and apple juice already on hand, home made from the fruit, without any of the additives or sugar. A general rule of thumb with cooking is that, if you start with higher quality ingredients, you'll get a better product; and I assume in this instance there's a good chance I might at least get a better fruit flavor, since my beverage will have more juice per liter to start.

Obviously people do enjoy the off the shelf cranapple wine; anyone know if I'd be likely to get a higher quality product by mixing the juices and adding sugar myself?

I generally drink my cider after three or four days of fermentation. It's very good, but sweeter than the excellent ciders I've drunk in the Asturias region of Spain. I'd like to make a drier cider, but not one with a much higher alcohol content.

What steps should I take? Longer fermentation? Less sugar? I'm currently using about a cup per liter.

Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

has anyone had luck with fermenting powdered drink mixes like tang, ive read post of people doing it but none saying if it worked or not

I'm assuming EZ caps are fairly durable, but if I was to wash them before use, or for storing, would this cause them to degrade or anything of that nature?

And another first use question...as is noted everywhere, one doesn't need to worry about about cleaning the bottle between uses as the alcohol is strong enough to kill most everything....but what about first use? It doesn't seem it would be a terrible idea to give it a very light bleach rinse or something of the sort.

Thanks!

Hey anyone tell me where to find some good pear juice? I live in Tennessee if that helps.. Thanks for any help

Had a bumper crop this year (several buckets full) of muscadine grapes - Ison variety (dark purple/black). Wanted to try and make some wine along with the usual jelly. Read where storing them in the freezer first helps breakdown the fibers and juice better - not to mention the storage issue for so many grapes! So once I rinse the frozen grapes and let them thaw I plan to boil them down before juicing them through a pillowcase used for filtering the juice. Do I use the resulting juice straight into the 2-liter bottles up to the 90% level or cut with x% water? I know from past experience the resulting juice is rather opaque, soupy and tart. I'll experiment and let you know what happens. Didn't know if anyone else has tried the EZCaps method with muscadines before and might have some suggestions or recommendations.