Hi all,I have had my e-z caps for almost a week now, and have 8 liters ofdifferent wines brewing. I just had 1 question.All other wine making steps I've read (not e-z cap) say to continuallylet the air out of the balloon or whatever it is you are using. ShouldI be doing this with the e-z cap? How often?Also it said to not let all of the air out, but I have been testingall of my wines at day 3, so obviously I have to let all of the airout to get some of the drink out. Is this messing up the process?Thanks in advance for responses,-brentORGINAL POSTER: brentnesbit

EZ Caps make sparkling wine and let excess gasses outautomatically. Opening the bottles to taste the beverage shouldn't have ahuge effect on the effervescence because the majority of the gasses arebeing retained by the liquid.At 03:26 PM 3/1/2005 +0000, you wrote:>Hi all,>I have had my e-z caps for almost a week now, and have 8 liters of>different wines brewing. I just had 1 question.>>All other wine making steps I've read (not e-z cap) say to continually>let the air out of the balloon or whatever it is you are using. Should>I be doing this with the e-z cap? How often?>>Also it said to not let all of the air out, but I have been testing>all of my wines at day 3, so obviously I have to let all of the air>out to get some of the drink out. Is this messing up the process?>>Thanks in advance for responses,>-brent>>>>>>>>Yahoo! Groups Links>>>>ORGINAL POSTER: steve

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I am brand new to e-z caps, and am only on my first batches also butI can tell you one thing that jumped out at me from your post. I doknow that if it is in too warm of temperature (say above 80 degreesor so) then it can "violentaly ferment" which may be what caused yourproblem. But like I said I'm brand new and just offering up whatinformation I have read about.Also an FYI... you can't ever have too much yeast (since itmultiplies anyways). So I really think your problem may have beenwarmth if you think it was too high. If not I suppose you couldalways have just had a defective cap?Ok, I will leave this for someone who knows more about it than Ido. -brent--- "Tiffany" wrote:>> I had a problem with one batch I made. I think it either got too> warm, had too much yeast, or too much sugar. Anyways the ez cap> bulged and split, and the co2 was violently leaking out the top,and> when the liquid bubbled up, it started coming out of the center of> the ez cap too. Luckily i was able to plug it up and get it outside> before it got all over the place. And it had only been 24 hours> since I started it. I thought the ez cap was supposed to vent the> co2, so why would this happen? It says in the directions it is> normal to look bulged out and split, but mine actually cracked a> hole in it. I'm a little confused because I have read posts about> letting excess co2 out of the bottle. When should you let excessco2> out?>> The wines that I have enjoyed have no carbonation. How do you makea> non-carbonated beverage with ez caps? Thanks for help ORGINAL POSTER: brentnesbit

I had a problem with one batch I made. I think it either got toowarm, had too much yeast, or too much sugar. Anyways the ez capbulged and split, and the co2 was violently leaking out the top, andwhen the liquid bubbled up, it started coming out of the center ofthe ez cap too. Luckily i was able to plug it up and get it outsidebefore it got all over the place. And it had only been 24 hourssince I started it. I thought the ez cap was supposed to vent theco2, so why would this happen? It says in the directions it isnormal to look bulged out and split, but mine actually cracked ahole in it. I'm a little confused because I have read posts aboutletting excess co2 out of the bottle. When should you let excess co2out?The wines that I have enjoyed have no carbonation. How do you make anon-carbonated beverage with ez caps? Thanks for help ORGINAL POSTER: tiffany

I dont think that it was the temperature, because i had a secondbottle right next to it that was fine(white grape, sugar, yeast). Ihave it about 1 foot away from our gas heater, which does go on andoff, but i dont see how it could have been above 80.. Is it possibleto have too much sugar? I think that could be it because i just re-read the directions for the beer, and it said 1/10 can of malt,water, and yeast. Well I put in malt, water, sugar, and yeast. So Iguess i shouldnt have put any sugar in at all. I'm gonna try againwith the beer tomorrow and also try this recipe i found for AppleSpice Wine that sounds awesome.--- "brentnesbit" wrote:>> I am brand new to e-z caps, and am only on my first batches alsobut> I can tell you one thing that jumped out at me from your post. Ido> know that if it is in too warm of temperature (say above 80degrees> or so) then it can "violentaly ferment" which may be what causedyour> problem. But like I said I'm brand new and just offering up what> information I have read about.>> Also an FYI... you can't ever have too much yeast (since it> multiplies anyways). So I really think your problem may have been> warmth if you think it was too high. If not I suppose you could> always have just had a defective cap?>> Ok, I will leave this for someone who knows more about it than I> do. >> -brent>>> --- In E-Z-Caps@yahoogroups.com, "Tiffany" wrote:> >> > I had a problem with one batch I made. I think it either got too> > warm, had too much yeast, or too much sugar. Anyways the ez cap> > bulged and split, and the co2 was violently leaking out the top,> and> > when the liquid bubbled up, it started coming out of the centerof> > the ez cap too. Luckily i was able to plug it up and get itoutside> > before it got all over the place. And it had only been 24 hours> > since I started it. I thought the ez cap was supposed to ventthe> > co2, so why would this happen? It says in the directions it is> > normal to look bulged out and split, but mine actually cracked a> > hole in it. I'm a little confused because I have read postsabout> > letting excess co2 out of the bottle. When should you let excess> co2> > out?> >> > The wines that I have enjoyed have no carbonation. How do youmake> a> > non-carbonated beverage with ez caps? Thanks for help ORGINAL POSTER: tiffany

Thanks for the response. It's about 36 hours later now and it allseems to be going fine. Pressure has built up in the bottle (to thepoint that the pressure release thing is sticking up slightly throughthe hole) and you can see the yeast foam (I don't know what it'sactually called) all on the top. All is going well!I started a second batch earlier this evening with Welch'sPeach/Apple/Grape. We'll see how it goes. I'm excited. -brent--- Steve wrote:> You should be fine with what you did.>> At 04:06 AM 2/25/2005 +0000, you wrote:>>> >Hi everyone,> >I just received my e-z caps this afternoon, and I was eager to try> >them out. I had a 2 liter bottle, and a bottle of natural apple juice.> >> >I followed the directions step by step for making the hard cider, and> >thought I was all set. Then my eyes fell upon "For best results please> >read instructions on opposite page." Go figure... haha. I should have> >read it first!!> >> >Anyways, on the opposite page it says to make sure all sugar is> >dissolved before adding the yeast. I didn't do this! I had 1 cup of> >sugar sitting at the bottom of the bottle when I added the yeast. So I> >turned it over slowly and just kind of let the sugar drip into the> >liquid, and then gently rolled it around a little bit. It's not all> >dissolved but I figured at this point I shouldn't completely shake it> >or anything.> >> >My questions are:> >1) Did I ruin it by adding the yeast before dissolving the sugar?> >2) If not, should I shake it to dissolve it all?> >3) Should I just stop now and start over? haha> >> >Thanks!!!> >-brent> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >Yahoo! Groups Links> >> >> >> >ORGINAL POSTER: brentnesbit

You should be fine with what you did.At 04:06 AM 2/25/2005 +0000, you wrote:>Hi everyone,>I just received my e-z caps this afternoon, and I was eager to try>them out. I had a 2 liter bottle, and a bottle of natural apple juice.>>I followed the directions step by step for making the hard cider, and>thought I was all set. Then my eyes fell upon "For best results please>read instructions on opposite page." Go figure... haha. I should have>read it first!!>>Anyways, on the opposite page it says to make sure all sugar is>dissolved before adding the yeast. I didn't do this! I had 1 cup of>sugar sitting at the bottom of the bottle when I added the yeast. So I>turned it over slowly and just kind of let the sugar drip into the>liquid, and then gently rolled it around a little bit. It's not all>dissolved but I figured at this point I shouldn't completely shake it>or anything.>>My questions are:>1) Did I ruin it by adding the yeast before dissolving the sugar?>2) If not, should I shake it to dissolve it all?>3) Should I just stop now and start over? haha>>Thanks!!!>-brent>>>>>>>>Yahoo! Groups Links>>>>ORGINAL POSTER: steve

Hi everyone,I just received my e-z caps this afternoon, and I was eager to trythem out. I had a 2 liter bottle, and a bottle of natural apple juice.I followed the directions step by step for making the hard cider, andthought I was all set. Then my eyes fell upon "For best results pleaseread instructions on opposite page." Go figure... haha. I should haveread it first!!Anyways, on the opposite page it says to make sure all sugar isdissolved before adding the yeast. I didn't do this! I had 1 cup ofsugar sitting at the bottom of the bottle when I added the yeast. So Iturned it over slowly and just kind of let the sugar drip into theliquid, and then gently rolled it around a little bit. It's not alldissolved but I figured at this point I shouldn't completely shake itor anything.My questions are:1) Did I ruin it by adding the yeast before dissolving the sugar?2) If not, should I shake it to dissolve it all?3) Should I just stop now and start over? hahaThanks!!!-brentORGINAL POSTER: brentnesbit

BJ if it was too sweet then why didn't you just let it ferment longer?I'm going to try half sugar half honey like you did. Did you have toboil the honey in water first to get it to disolve?--- "BJ" wrote:>> I tried a modified version of a honey mead. I used one cup honey and> one cup granulated white sugar then topped it off with apple juice.> I fermented for 4 days and got a finished product of about 5%> alcohol. It was good, but very sweet. Too sweet for my taste. Next> time I will either half each or used just the honey.>> BJORGINAL POSTER: tiffany