Q: What does it mean when a wine is described as co-fermented? A: Co-fermentation is a wine-making technique that can be applied to a wide variety of wine grapes and wine styles. In the old days, when ...

If you haven’t yet joined the homebrew revolution, there are fewer and fewer excuses. High quality hops, once under the sole purview of large importers, are now available for order online, as are ...

EASY DOES IT: At his West Asheville homebrewing shop, Hops & Vines, David Pottharst serves a small but devoted clientele of home winemakers. “Wine is a lot more forgiving [than beer],” says Pottharst.

Home-brewing can be intimidating, but with the help of this step-by-step recipe for hard cider, even the most novice brewers can create a tasty blend. So let your hair down, don’t be nervous and give ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Kombucha first came to the U.S. as a hippie-health fad in the ‘70s ...

My cider has been in its growlers for not half an hour, and already it’s misbehaving. Specifically, it’s trying to crawl out of one of the airlocks as the fermentation gas leaks out. I get that ...

HARD CIDER is the kindest of the do-it-yourself homemade alcoholic beverages. Beer must be cumbersomely boiled, wine is expensive, and poorly distilled spirits can blow up your house and fry your eyes ...

Even entry-level fermenters can brew homemade sparkling cider! Find out how to make apple “champagne” with a couple gallons of cider and a fermentation lock. In just a month or two, apple season will ...

Surprise! Mint wine doesn’t taste sweet or syrupy, as you might expect, but light and only slightly minty. Crystal-clear mint wine, ever so slightly effervescent, serves up like vinho verde. (Caution: ...

Where I grew up people make their own whiskey in rusty bath tubs. Houses explode. Shotguns are fired. Cop chases ensue. Tragedies are inevitable. So when an all-in-one home brew kit showed up at our ...

Cubans have found a homemade solution to making wine without high-tech fermentation tools: They use condoms. Homemade wine is an affordable spirit for Cubans, where a bottle of imported wine in ...