Lalvin EC-1118

42 discussions on DrinksForum about the Lalvin EC-1118: what owners asked, what went wrong, and what fixed it.

What owners report

fermenting stuck

Hi. Here I go with my first post to this group. I've enjoyedfollowing it for some time from the side lines.Here's my question...I am making about 3 gallons of an apple wine that I started with somelovely fresh apples. All was going...

Cranberry Fruit Wine Base -

Ok, so I'm not ready yet to crush my own fruit. Forgive me. I have successfully done 27 bottles of Shiraz from a wine kit, and the Pinot Noir is ready for stage 2. So as my primary fermentor is empty, I started wondering around and ended up...

A first attempt...

6 Cans of Welch's 100% juice from concentrate (3 - white grape andraspberries, 2 white grape and peaches, 1 white grape) ----$9.74Wine making equipment (2 - 1 gallon jugs, Hydrometer, 2 air locks, 2#6 bungs, acid blend, pectic enyme, yeast...

Ojai Vineyard moves toward lower alcohol levels

Interesting article from the Los Angeles times (reprinted in today'sPittsburgh Post-Gazette) about how Ojai Vineyard is moving to wines withlower alcohol levels because while in pursuit of Parker points, theylost their original vision. Adam...

Rogue Dead Guy

How would you categorize this Rogue Dead Guy ale? It's a good beer, although I wish it were a bit more hoppy (but maybe that's because I usually drink IPA).BA puts it in the Maibock category.

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