Making Homemade Wine and Beer

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So, your tired of the mass produced swill that you have been drinking. Your ready to make a change and you want to make your “perfect” glass of suds. Well, grab a beer, sit back and for the next few Thursdays, learn how to brew your own beer.

Now, in the old days, making your [...]

Here’s a recipe I’m not sure if I would ever try. It sounds interesting but given my history with hot peppers, I’m not sure if it is worth another stay in the hospital.

Jalapeno Wine

Jalapeno Peppers 0.75 lb
Raisins 0.75 lb
Sugar 1.5 lbs
Water 1 gallon
Yeast
Yeast Nutrient

Chop the raisins [...]

It’s not even 2008 and the race for the next President is on. Personally, I don’t like any of the candidates from either the Democrats or the Republicans. So I’ve decided to support Noah Body for 2008. Reason why? Because of this great scotch ale recipe. Strong and bold, just [...]

I found this tutorial at Instructables.com. It doesn’t get any easier than this except for maybe buying a commercially made beer. This is really for the true beginner and uses a lot of techinques that I have used and still use for making beer. One thing to be careful about is using the plastic [...]