>>I have some lemonade that i was going to add sugar to that i wanted to>use since i have no frozen concentrates right now. The thing im not>sure about though is on the bottle it says, refrigerate. If i use it>then its going to be sitting somewhere warm for about a week? Is this>going to be a problem? Anyone try it before? thanksThats the beauty of fermentation. Once you add yeast under theright conditions instead of a juice going bad it makes wine instead. Ifyou refrigerate, its not going to ferment.ORGINAL POSTER: steve

I have been using the same yeast cultures every 2 weeks or so for thelast four months.Has anyone found a practical limit to the number of times that thesame cell line can be reused?ORGINAL POSTER: spencercor

No problem at all. The amount of yeast you'll add will overwhelm the few spoilage bacteria or yeast that find their way in. Later the alcohol will hold them in check.Any of the juices we use must must be ""spoilable"". Juice full of preservatives won't ferment. ----- Original Message ----- From: bkov33 To: E-Z-Caps@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 4:31 PM Subject: [E-Z-Caps] Juices that say refrigerate I have some lemonade that i was going to add sugar to that i wanted to use since i have no frozen concentrates right now. The thing im not sure about though is on the bottle it says, refrigerate. If i use it then its going to be sitting somewhere warm for about a week? Is this going to be a problem? Anyone try it before? thanksORGINAL POSTER: spencer

I have some lemonade that i was going to add sugar to that i wanted touse since i have no frozen concentrates right now. The thing im notsure about though is on the bottle it says, refrigerate. If i use itthen its going to be sitting somewhere warm for about a week? Is thisgoing to be a problem? Anyone try it before? thanksORGINAL POSTER: bkov33

At 05:58 AM 3/16/2005 -0800, you wrote:>hi,>has anyone expierimented with diffrent sugars? i have>a few friends that brew and they suggest diffrent>sugars. one says that cane confection sugar is the way>to go, another buys his sugar at the home brew store>and says that is the best (but expensive).>>thanks>adamA lot of people say that using anything but corn sugar (dextrose)to brew beer results in a vinegary taste, and this is true but doesn'tapply to EZ Caps because the sugars are already in the malted syrup. Butfor making wines table sugar (sucrose) is better. Confectioner's sugar istable sugar that is simply powdered (as opposed to granulated), so itdissolves more quickly in water, and that is convenient. The problem isthat most confectioner's sugar is mixed with a small amount of corn starchto keep it from clumping. The corn starch is usually ignored by the yeastduring fermentation and settles to the bottom of the container forming aglue-like substance. You can make your own confectioners sugar without thestarch by putting regular table sugar into a food processor orblender. But all you are getting is sugar that dissolves more quicklybecause it starts out smaller, generally not worth the effort.ORGINAL POSTER: steve

At 01:39 AM 3/16/2005 +0000, you wrote:>I started a white grape juice wine 2 days ago, and I checked it>today, and it wasn't fermenting.. there was no bubbles. Has this>gone bad? If I left a cup of any kind of juice/milk out for 2 days I>would definately not drink it,.. should I add another dose of yeast>or dump it?White grape juice can be slow to start, but if there is ANY doubtthat it isn't fermenting go ahead and add more yeast. There is no suchthing as too much yeast. I wouldn't give up on it yet.ORGINAL POSTER: steve

>Hi Guys,>there is another product like ez caps on ebay.>Its called Oztops. But they have different pressure caps and 2 kinds>of yeast in each kit. Which came first. Oztops or ez caps?>>the truth is out there....cheers,>jacko.Lots of cars came out after the original Honda, but it doesn'tmean the first Honda is better. EZ Caps has one type of yeast, a betteryeast than any other type out there. It also doesn't have achampagne-pressure cap because it would exceed the pressure limits US PETbottles should be holding... but it's up to the market as to whether peopleprefer using USA patent-pending technology using FDA approved materials orgetting a foreign model.ORGINAL POSTER: steve

Hello,I just saw the ezcaps on ebay and was thinking about buying them, butI'm not much for wine or light beers. Does anyone have a recipe for anice, dark stout with a bit of sweetness to it? I was thinking ofsomething along the lines of Mackesson's or Dragon Stout. Any helpwould be greatly appreciated!~Jeremy~ORGINAL POSTER: jeremy

Unfortunately you can't easily measure the amount of alcohol afterthe beverage is brewed. To measure alcohol content you take a reading witha hydrometer before fermentation and again after fermentation. Thedifference between the 2 is the alcohol content. If you give me a roughestimate of what you fermented, the time it fermented, and how much sugar(if any) you added I can *attempt* to *guess* an *approximate* alcoholpercentage.At 09:15 PM 4/6/2005 +0000, you wrote:>hi, i'm new to all this, made my 1st batches with apple juice and>welch's grape. turned out ok, seems to have fermented. what is the>best way to measure the alcohol % once it is ready???>>>>>>>>Yahoo! Groups Links>>>>ORGINAL POSTER: steve

Does anyone have a good recipe to make wheat beer with the ezcaps?ORGINAL POSTER: lighthousemed