cryptoguitar9999 (56)in #wine • 2 years ago1 gallon white grape/apple juice wine recipe!Ingredients: 625ml grape extract syrup 1 liter of apple juice 2 tsp yeast nutrient (deactivated bread yeast - see my blog) 1/2 tsp DAP 1/2 tsp bentonite 1/8 tsp wine yeast…cryptoguitar9999 (56)in Foodies Bee Hive • 2 years ago1 Gallon Welch's concord grape/reisling wine recipe!This is an easy recipe made with Welch's concord grape juice mixed with a riesling grape extract syrup. Any grape juice or apple grape blend will work with this though. Ingredients: 750ml grape extractcryptoguitar9999 (56)in Foodies Bee Hive • 2 years agoBrewing cider in a 2 liter bottle, recipe and results!Here's another experiment to make cider in one bottle. I would probably do the main fermentation in a 1 gallon jug and transfer to reduce the sediment but for this first cider experiment I'm going to seecryptoguitar9999 (56)in Foodies Bee Hive • 2 years agoMake your own Kefir in 12 - 24 hours easily!I have discovered a super easy and economical way of making kefir in just a few easy steps. Kefir in the store around here is over $5 dollars for a one liter bottle. Starter packs available online rangecryptoguitar9999 (56)in Foodies Bee Hive • 2 years ago1 Gallon white wine recipe and tips to upgrade the alcohol level!This is my best white wine batch so far so here's the recipe. It was brewed from start to finish in this one gallon jug. I have tried out a few variations of more or less grape extract and dextrose amongcryptoguitar9999 (56)in Foodies Bee Hive • 2 years agoBrewing alcohol at home, make your own rum/vodka! Experiment 2.0 with improved results!Here's my second experiment in making an alcoholic water that can be concentrated into rum/vodka which I will show the steps involved below. Technically this is rum since it's made from sugar but the goalcryptoguitar9999 (56)in Foodies Bee Hive • 2 years agoFun times at the potato patchThis is my first try and growing potatoes and I want to show how easy it is. With food scarcity happening as inflation rages everyone that has the space should try and produce some food independently.cryptoguitar9999 (56)in Foodies Bee Hive • 3 years agoBrewing alcohol at home easily, make your own rum/vodka!Here's my latest experiment in making an alcoholic water that can be concentrated into rum/vodka which I will show the steps involved below. Technically this is rum since it's made from sugar but the goalcryptoguitar9999 (56)in Foodies Bee Hive • 3 years agoBrewing your own beer and carbonating with wine yeast!This is my fourth batch of beer this year and this one has turned out the best so far with some additions I learned from my wine experiments. This method can be used with any beer kit or malt syrup ifcryptoguitar9999 (56)in Foodies Bee Hive • 3 years agoWelch's wine update!One of my first experiments created some 6% wine. I decided to ferment this further up to 13% so I added another 2 cups of table sugar, 1/2 tsp DAP and 1/4 tsp yeast nutrient. I had half a pack of EC-1118cryptoguitar9999 (56)in Foodies Bee Hive • 3 years agoGrape apple wine experiment - 12% alcoholThis was a bit of an unplanned wine batch as I had some ingredients I accidentally mixed together and didn't want to waste them. Still some valuable insights were gained from this batch. This juice lookscryptoguitar9999 (56)in Foodies Bee Hive • 3 years agoOlive bread recipe!After doing some reading about bread recipes I remembered some delicious olive bread I tried so I thought I would try and recreate a similar recipe. Prices for everything in Canada are going through thecryptoguitar9999 (56)in Foodies Bee Hive • 3 years agoHow to make yeast nutrient at home for brewing alcoholHere's a way to easily make yeast nutrient for home brewing if you want a lower cost option or don't have a brewing shop nearby. The yeast in the picture above cost me around $11 CAD. A popular yeast nutrientcryptoguitar9999 (56)in Foodies Bee Hive • 3 years agoEasy bread recipe!Here's my easy bread recipe which also happens to be my pizza dough recipe but it works well. With the rising cost of food home made bread is an easy way of saving money and having delicious fresh bread!cryptoguitar9999 (56)in Foodies Bee Hive • 3 years agoOrange wine experiment, DAP vs more DAP, final alcohol level 11.81%This is my latest experiment with everything I have already learned combined into this experiment. It looks like I am making progress as the clarity has greatly improved. Both bottles finished at 11.81%cryptoguitar9999 (56)in Foodies Bee Hive • 3 years agoEasy one bowl banana bread recipe!Here's an easy recipe you can make in less than ten minutes in one bowl. Ingredients: 3 bananas (large) 1/3 cup butter or shortening or oil melted 1/4 tsp salt 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla extract (optional) 1/4cryptoguitar9999 (56)in Foodies Bee Hive • 3 years agoEasy pizza dough recipe!Here's my easy pizza dough recipe. My special tip for rapid rising dough included. There's nothing like fresh homemade pizza! This recipe will make enough for two medium pizzas. 1 cup water lukewarm 1cryptoguitar9999 (56)in Foodies Bee Hive • 3 years agoMango nectar wine experiment, dextrose vs sugar, final alcohol 12.5%This is my first test in making mango nectar wine which yielded pretty good results overall. Both bottles finished with over 12% alcohol. Bottle 1 1 liter mango nectar 1/2 cup dextrose + 25% more (lesscryptoguitar9999 (56)in Foodies Bee Hive • 3 years agoStevia + Erythritol brewing experiment, will it ferment?Here's a quick test to see if Stevia and Erythritol will ferment. I was considering using this to back sweeten some other wine experiments but I had to know if it would restart the fermentation first.cryptoguitar9999 (56)in Foodies Bee Hive • 3 years agoPear nectar wine experiment, dextrose vs sugar, final alcohol level 12%This is my first experiment in making pear nectar wine which yielded some bold results. Both bottles finished close to 12% alcohol. Bottle 1 1/2 cup dextrose + 25% more…
