One of my tastiest EZ caps recipies is slow by easy caps standards, butstill WAY fast by traditional winemaking standards.Make a "regular" batch of either "Nature's Nectar" or "Welch's" WhiteGrape Rasberry juice (about 1 1/2 liters), 1/2 cup cane sugar, and yourez caps yeast, let it brew 14 days at 70-75 degrees F and be sure toshake it up good every day. Refridgerate it to knock the yeast back,then sulfite to kill the last of the beaties off. mix in another 3/4cup sugar and drink up.It's yummy-yummy!ORGINAL POSTER: willum

J COULING wrote: Alright lads,im new to the EZ cap brewing and i'd like to know if anyone can tell me how to measure a ""cup"" of sugar? and how much is a 1/2 to 3/4 cup of sugar? a 'cup' aint a cup unless you know what a 'cup'is, also how do you get an 1/8th of a teaspoon of yeast! that is so hard to work out,i aint got a clue how to measure these important factors without scales on the initial brews,can anyone give me their views on these points? can anyone tell me their weights of stuff like yeast and sugar?,cheers chaps.from James.EnglandA cup is 8 ounces. So a 1/2 cup is 4 ounces, and 3/4 is 6 ounces.If you are totally without measuring equipment the average man's handholds approximately half of a cup = 4ounces. IIRCAs for the yeast, I usually just use about 1/4 to 1/2 a packet of dryyeast.Not sure about liquid yeasts, as I haven't used any yet. :-)The amount/weight of the yeast and sugar kind of depends on what youspecifically want to brew as well.HTHmoiraNo virus found in this outgoing message.Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.8/183 - Release Date: 11/25/2005ORGINAL POSTER: moira

James, here's an easy way to do it. A "cup" is something a man wears whileplaying soccer, or what you might call "football". I don't suggest measuringanything in one. They have a tendency to leak.A "teaspoon" in the American idiom is an old-timey way of saying "coffeespoon".The only Americans that drink tea are Grandmothers and pretentious fops who onlydrink tea if it has a name like Rooibos or Chai. Of course, those samepretentious fops only drink coffee if it has a name like Maple CaramelVanillacinno Frappe. But, I digress.An American cup(8 oz.) is about 240ml, 3/4 cup =80ml, 1/2cup= 120ml. And and1/8tsp of dry yeast is around .625ml.Good thing I served in Iraq with some of your boys or else I never would havelearned the metric system. I also would never have learned what a lorrie was.MarkFrom: J COULING Date: Sun Nov 27 17:26:13 CST 2005To: E-Z-Caps@yahoogroups.comSubject: [E-Z-Caps] (unknown)Alright lads,im new to the EZ cap brewing and i'd liketo know if anyone can tell me how to measure a "cup"of sugar? and how much is a 1/2 to 3/4 cup of sugar? a'cup' aint a cup unless you know what a 'cup'is, alsohow do you get an 1/8th of a teaspoon of yeast! thatis so hard to work out,i aint got a clue how tomeasure these important factors without scales on theinitial brews,can anyone give me their views on thesepoints? can anyone tell me their weights of stuff likeyeast and sugar?,cheers chaps.from James.EnglandYahoo! Groups LinksORGINAL POSTER: mdenuzzio

ok for those of you acroos the pond send me persons jelly babys in thanks.gotta love em.,Converting Liquid Cup Imperial Measure to Millilitres (ml)1/2 fluid oz equals 15 mls1 fluid oz equals 30 mls1/4 cup (2 oz) equals 60 mls1/3 cup (3 oz) equals 90 mls1/2 cup (4 oz) equals 125 mls1 cup (8 oz) equals 250 mls1/4 teaspoon (tsp) = 1 ml1/2 teaspoon (tsp) = 2 ml1 teaspoon (tsp) = 5 ml1 Tablespoon (Tbsp) = 15 ml3 teaspoons = 1 Tablespoon4 Tablespoons = 1/4 Cup8 Tablespoons = 1/2 Cup16Tablespoons = 1 cupUse these metricunits to replace oz.\tapprox. fluid ouncesUS\tapprox. imperial fl. ouncesUK\tcupsUK(10 imperialfl. ounces)\tspoons1 T. = 15 ml.1 t. = 5 ml.1000 ml. is about(1 litre)\t32 oz.(1 generous quart or 2 gen. pints)\t36 (imperial fl). oz.(1 imperial quart) \t4 cups minus 8 T.\t 500 ml. is about(1/2 litre)\t16 oz(generous 1 pint)\t18 (imperial fl.) oz.(1 scant imperial pint)ORGINAL POSTER: andy_hippy_oppenheim

Ok, this lass will help you with conversions. 1 standard cup equals237 ml. 1/2 cup equals 118 ml and 3/4 cup equals 177 ml.To measure 1/8th teaspoon, just use half of a 1/4 teaspoon measure.1/8th teaspoon equals .62 ml.Hope that helps. I used this website to do the conversions.http://www.sciencemadesimple.net/volume.php--- In E-Z-Caps@yahoogroups.com, J COULING wrote:>> Alright lads,im new to the EZ cap brewing and i'd like> to know if anyone can tell me how to measure a "cup"> of sugar? and how much is a 1/2 to 3/4 cup of sugar? a> 'cup' aint a cup unless you know what a 'cup'is, also> how do you get an 1/8th of a teaspoon of yeast! that> is so hard to work out,i aint got a clue how to> measure these important factors without scales on the> initial brews,can anyone give me their views on these> points? can anyone tell me their weights of stuff like> yeast and sugar?,cheers chaps.from James.England>ORGINAL POSTER: dawn

Standard measuring cup, like for cooking. 3 cups of flour 2 cups ofsugar, 1 tablespoon of cinnimon, 1/8th teaspoon of cloves....like that.--- J COULING wrote:>> Alright lads,im new to the EZ cap brewing and i'd like> to know if anyone can tell me how to measure a "cup"> of sugar? and how much is a 1/2 to 3/4 cup of sugar? a> 'cup' aint a cup unless you know what a 'cup'is, also> how do you get an 1/8th of a teaspoon of yeast! that> is so hard to work out,i aint got a clue how to> measure these important factors without scales on the> initial brews,can anyone give me their views on these> points? can anyone tell me their weights of stuff like> yeast and sugar?,cheers chaps.from James.England>ORGINAL POSTER: willum

James, I'm not one of the lads but I hope I will do. Maybe you could try going to a weight and measurement site on the web and convert the US measurements to those that you use in England. Hope this helps.Tammy There is 1 message in this issue. Topics in this digest: 1. (unknown) From: J COULING ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 1 Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 23:26:13 +0000 (GMT) From: J COULING Subject: (unknown) Alright lads,im new to the EZ cap brewing and i'd like to know if anyone can tell me how to measure a "cup" of sugar? and how much is a 1/2 to 3/4 cup of sugar? a 'cup' aint a cup unless you know what a 'cup'is, also how do you get an 1/8th of a teaspoon of yeast! that is so hard to work out,i aint got a clue how to measure these important factors without scales on the initial brews,can anyone give me their views on these points? can anyone tell me their weights of stuff like yeast and sugar?,cheers chaps.from James.England ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/E-Z-Caps/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: E-Z-Caps-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ORGINAL POSTER: wv

Alright lads,im new to the EZ cap brewing and i'd liketo know if anyone can tell me how to measure a "cup"of sugar? and how much is a 1/2 to 3/4 cup of sugar? a'cup' aint a cup unless you know what a 'cup'is, alsohow do you get an 1/8th of a teaspoon of yeast! thatis so hard to work out,i aint got a clue how tomeasure these important factors without scales on theinitial brews,can anyone give me their views on thesepoints? can anyone tell me their weights of stuff likeyeast and sugar?,cheers chaps.from James.EnglandORGINAL POSTER: j

Get a hydrometer from a brew shop.You need to take a measurement before the fermentation begins and once more after the fermentation completed.retiredron96 wrote: I made my first batch of wine using E-Z Caps. I used pomegranate juice and added 1/2 cup of white sugar. At day 8 I refrigerated it. What do I use to check the % of alcohol?Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free.ORGINAL POSTER: patrick

I believe you need to use a hydrometer. You test theproduct before and after fermentation then check thedifference in density, which determines the alcoholpercentage.>>>__________________________________Yahoo! Music UnlimitedAccess over 1 million songs. Try it free.http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ORGINAL POSTER: xxx