I didn't want a drink with too much alcohol. That's why I didn't letit ferment longer. And, no I didn't need to boil the honey. I justadded it and shook it until it dissolved.BJ--- "Tiffany" wrote:>> BJ if it was too sweet then why didn't you just let it fermentlonger?> I'm going to try half sugar half honey like you did. Did you haveto> boil the honey in water first to get it to disolve?>> --- In E-Z-Caps@yahoogroups.com, "BJ" wrote:> >> > I tried a modified version of a honey mead. I used one cup honeyand> > one cup granulated white sugar then topped it off with applejuice.> > 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: bj

i started brewing some mead. i boiled 3 cups honeywith pineapple juice. it's the same basic recipie iuse for normal mead brewing. i'll let ya know how itturns out next week.--- Tiffany wrote:>> Is it possible to achieve the same results,> different taste, by adding> honey instead of sugar? Would you use the same> amount of honey as> sugar (2 cups sugar substituted by 2 cups honey)?> Has anyone tried> that?>>>>====="I still do not grasp the very concept of religion. What purpose does it serve?It seems an imaginary incentive designed to control societal-scale behavior" -Ominus__________________________________Do you Yahoo!?Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search.http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250ORGINAL POSTER: adam

Is it possible to achieve the same results, different taste, by addinghoney instead of sugar? Would you use the same amount of honey assugar (2 cups sugar substituted by 2 cups honey)? Has anyone triedthat?ORGINAL POSTER: tiffany

I tried a modified version of a honey mead. I used one cup honey andone 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. Nexttime I will either half each or used just the honey.BJORGINAL POSTER: bj

Hi there I got a 1 1/2 litre carton of lemon ice tea liquid and used the whole of it.I have also made wine from cranberry and raspberry tea powder and herbal tea bags such as strawberry and nettle,blackcurrant and many more.Tea wine is nice to try from a good loose tea.The recipe for normal tea wine can be found in many home wine making books.Cheers Andy mattlind@email.com wrote: Sounds good. What brand of iced tea did you use? Also, What size, and liquid, powder etc? ThanksAndy (TRIBAL WINES) ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun!ORGINAL POSTER: tribal

Sounds good. What brand of iced tea did you use? Also, What size, and liquid,powder etc?ThanksORGINAL POSTER: mattlind

Hi there,I have made wine from lemon ice tea which turned out quite nice.I got a carton of the ice tea and poured all of it into a gallon fermanting vessel then dissolved two pounds of suger in boiling water and added it to the tea,then added yeast nutrient and finally the yeast.After fermentation had finished I then filtered and racked it.Then bottlled and now all is gone until the next batch is ready.Cheers Andymmadderom wrote: Hi all. Got my EZ-caps kit on wed. and jumped right in starting 6 different drinks experimenting with both welches concentrates and 100% juice products, all seem to be coming along great so far. The instructions that came with the kit reccomends 1 cup sugar in all of it's sample recipes. That seems a little low to me for fermentation purposes, am I going to be looking at low alcohol and/or very dry beverages? Or is 1 cup sufficient along with the various fruit juices natural sugars to produce a fairly high alcohol content and remain semi-sweet? I've experimented with wine making in the past and am anxious to see how well this method does. Does anyone have a good recipe for strawberry and/or Watermelon wine with the EZ caps method? Finding actual strawberry or Watermelon juice on the store shelves is out of the question. Lastly, has anyone tried fermenting Iced tea? I'm currently trying lemonade with some welches grape concentrate added for nutrients. I assume I'd have to do the same with Iced tea?Andy (TRIBAL WINES) ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun!ORGINAL POSTER: tribal

No it smells great.>I ordered EZ Caps and was wondering if it smells awful when it's>fermenting? Is it a strong smell? Someone told me that you can put a>balloon with air in it on the cap so that the smell wont get out. Is>the smell strong?>>>>>>>>Yahoo! Groups Links>>>>ORGINAL POSTER: steve

>I received a cherry wonder wine kit the same day as my EZ caps. Has>anyone experimeted with them? Looked like a package of Kool-aid to me>so I'm not getting my hopes up too much. I did ad some welches>concentrate for nutrients because I just can't see that stuff>fermenting well on it's own.>The EZ caps yeast says it ferments much faster than the wonder wine>says it does and much faster than any wine I've made in the past...is>the EZ caps yeast some sort of fast-reacting yeast? and could it be>used just as well in a traditional wine making setup or is it designed>specifically for small batches fermented quickly?The wonder wine kits aren't bad for what they are. They come intwo varieties. One is a box with the yeast packet separate (and aclarifier). The other is just an envelope. I never got the envelope styleto work. The thing to remember with the wonder wine kits is that theydon't have an oak flavoring to them, so the red and white varieties taste alittle technicolor. The fruit varieties are best. But using real juiceand EZ Caps is better.The EZ Caps yeast is better than the type included with the wonderwine kits. It can be used to make either 1/2 a gallon or several hundredgallons.ORGINAL POSTER: steve

I ordered EZ Caps and was wondering if it smells awful when it'sfermenting? Is it a strong smell? Someone told me that you can put aballoon with air in it on the cap so that the smell wont get out. Isthe smell strong?ORGINAL POSTER: tiffany