How to Make Tea Wine - Finishing and Bottling

[@rivenmain2175]

i love the new format, where you upload several updates in one video, its alot of work i assume but its very fun to watch like this

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Glad you enjoy it! We are actually going to take it another step further. Soon you will see the making of video then the finishing video a few DAYS later!

[@rivenmain2175]

@@CitySteadingBrews brian that smell you didnt really like was it a bit buttery? i had a few strawberry wines apple and peach that had a sort of buttery smell and i googled it it said that its a compound that yeast produce named 'diacetyl' and that it comes from a 'second fermentation' and in Chardonnay wine they sometimes make it on purpouse and then market it as 'butter bomb' i was just wondering because you said it already finished fermentation a week ago. did you ever have something like this? let me qoute wiki on this: "At low levels, diacetyl contributes a slipperiness to the feel of the alcoholic beverage in the mouth. As levels increase, it imparts a buttery or butterscotch flavor." and also this qoute is interesting: "Beer sometimes undergoes a "diacetyl rest", in which its temperature is raised slightly for two or three days after fermentation is complete, to allow the yeast to absorb the diacetyl it produced earlier in the fermentation cycle."

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Hmm, no, wasn't buttery. It was bitter, almost vinegary, but definitely not vinegar.

[@dianehanna5403]

Liking the"new" format... can't wait for the newer format.

[@dianehanna5403]

Belgium Beer tasting glass reminds me of my dad with 20 different beer glasses..Dad says ."each beer tastes better out of the correct glass!"

[@cherisseepp5332]

I love how happy Derica is about this wine. Lol. It’s so sweet.

[@klausschwabshubris]

Just brewed a batch of tea wine yesterday, perfect timing for this video.

[@slowfuse]

appreciate you guys editing all the footage together over time so we get the whole experience in one video. Nice.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@dragonianwolf]

2 things I wanna say: first: CONGRATULATIONS ON GOING FULL TIME KZbin CELEBRITIES you guys deserve it. you have both worked so hard on your channels and the great contend you provide us. KEEP UP THE GOOD and funny work you give us :) second: In the previous video you mentioned to people to buy a botteling wand I have found one for the people that don't have a helping hand its the "fermtech syphon valve bottle filler". I still haven't recieved it cause the company where I order it from is selling to huge companies and to small hobby brewers but the hobby brewers are on a low priority and thx to covit they are short staffed so.... yeah hope I get it by the end of the month :)

[@zanehuether6031]

just bottled this, the wife is a huge fan. Another win!

[@heyporcupine]

Made a wine out of Peach Tea. Just steeped tea bags, sugar and yeast. The peach flavor came out strong and a nice sweet flavor. 12%. Once again, love the video

[@eddavanleemputten9232]

That’s a great idea! I love peaches but they’re prohibitively expensive to use in brews where I live. Passionfruit might be nice too.

[@jarodlojeck5150]

It's very meta, I'm drinking my tea wine watching you make tea wine.

[@dianehanna5403]

"The Derrica seal of approval" love it! I think I used Ginger Turmeric tea, and it was delicious when I moved it to conditioning! I did sneak a taste last week and it was still good...I have to bottle soon and take my final taste before I bottling, but I'm hoping I like mine as much as you (Derrica) does. Also definitely hear the rain.

[@AllLadyGagaSongs]

Always het excited to see a new upload!! Definitely gonna try this with some earl grey. I've been collecting tea for a few years now and this would be an exciting new way to drink it.

[@RissaRawks]

I love watching Derica's tasting faces. lol She always looks concerned or skeptical at first. Also, the southerner in me would be tempted to add peaches to it.

[@dianehanna5403]

Brian's nemesis is Peaches 🍑!!!

[@emryspendragon2710]

I enjoy watching her tastes wwinw,, she swishes and holds the wine , some people just gulp. Never understood that. But she takes her time, and gets all the notes and aromas.

[@disciplebill]

I truly enjoy your content, and I wish I were at a place in life that I could donate towards your channels, but being the sole breadwinner in our household of 3 humans and 4 dogs, I'm stretching pennies thin enough to see through, as is. But I promise you, as soon as I can, I will. Thank you for all you do. You're contributing to my sanity.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

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[@vaughngriffiths3148]

So glad you guys did this tonight. We made 4 batches in the interim between now and your last videos, the first batch also got to about 1.020 and didn't last the weekend after we tested it. Makes an excellent cocktail mixed with hard pink lemonade, tequila and a splash of rooibos ice tea! I will be like like Wayne and Garth and say Shwin!

[@rossfaulds4310]

I made this tea wine when you first posted it and it turned out great. Got to 12% before it stopped and now just letting it age for a few more months in the bottle. Now just started a chocolate and vanilla tea wine so we’ll see how that turns out 😅

[@nhenderson2094]

Woo hoo!! It’s a double TRBOS episode!!!!

[@papamarksplace5196]

OMG! YUM! Two words! EARL GREY!!! lol it IS black tea and it has these wonderful lemony notes. Derica, YOU will love it. Try it for only 6 days too. Walmart bread yeast. Nothing fancy. Taste is outstanding and the liquor is plenty, even with out a hydrometer you can tell. By taste AND smell. Brian, bet you will like it at 6 days. Give it a try. Cant wait to see what ya's think. Rest my stuff should be nice and smooth by Aug 20. Im gonna be 60 and serve my honey mead that day. Well, my wine glass seems to be empty so I must go now. I will fill and watch some more your vids! LOL Again, Thank You guys so much. Mark

[@papamarksplace5196]

Hey Guys. Made this with early grey. Is still working. On day five. Took tiny short taste. It is delicous!!!! Prolly no booze yet. No. Don't have hydrometer. Taste awesome! Gonna be hard to wait more time. Keep ya'sis posted. ☺

[@leifd731]

When I was a kid my friends Mom used to make pitchers of Liptons black tea with loads of lemon and sugar. I want to recreate it as a wine in her memory.

[@JamesWilliams-sx8dh]

Sweet tea wine sounds pretty interesting to this southern Georgia boy. May have to try it.

[@papasmurf9146]

I like the new format where you go from brew to tasting.

[@calahabsher9225]

Made Earl Grey wine and it is lovely!

[@Dr.4386]

Just bottled my 1st batch of this brew, smaller batch but same yeast and OG... went dry ending at 14% 😮. Did some back sweetening to taste and pasteurized. I used Orange Pekoe and black tea blend. Has a citrus flavor and reminds me at points of a whiskey.

[@FreeFromReligion100]

I made a calendar for wine brewing for 2025. For February, I’ve got tea wine, which I’m a little scared to try. Fortunately, I found this episode, which has given me courage. Thank you.

[@bluecollarbooze5386]

That's cool! I've been really interested in using tea in homebrew. Preferably with mead or beer but this would be good too.

[@angelscott4526]

I'm in but I am going straight to earl grey. Will do a plain black as well. This seems like fun for a summer time beverage. I will work on making some orange zest as I like it for baking as well and don't always have fresh around.

[@urbanhomesteadingchannel1813]

My hubs loves twisted tea. I'll definitely be starting this one this weekend! As always thank you for teaching me much 😁

[@DanWebster]

I really love the way you show the progressions in one video. You guys rock.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Thanks so much!

[@KnowKnots]

Just started a jasmine green tea mead and wine to see which I like better. Thanks for all the great ideas!

[@TheRealOkami]

Ommmmmeeeennn to this. I love tea wine lol.. the force is strong with this ONE!

[@Markus__B]

Do we just ignore the silent introduction of the new "turkey baster of unusual size"?

[@CitySteadingBrews]

LOL, yes?

[@thetacos9982]

I like the new baster. I was hoping he could get it in one shot.

[@dianehanna5403]

LoL

[@mycrazylifewfawnlisette3582]

Like the Chaotic Neutral shirt Brian! Definitely"keep all the options on the table" Definitely had to look it up cause I couldn't quite catch it! LoL

[@Bigdigg9696]

It's crazy how it went from DARK,To lighter to Darkest. Ihave a small very small green tea/peach brew I started last week.im excited to see how it comes out. Thanks for the video

[@davidhowell7279]

Just racked my first ever tea wine. I mostly followed your recipe. I used Stash brand Super Irish Breakfast Tea. I steeped 8 tea bags with some orange and lemon zest. I prefer dry wines so, I opted for 2 pounds of sugar rather than 2.25 as you did. Started at 1.084 and ended at .999. Although it's completely dry, it has a touch of sweetness. Floral and citrus fruit flavors. Blindfolded, I would say it was some kind of white wine that was just kinda meh. Looking forward to some age and perhaps a touch of oak. Thank you so very much for the recipe. I will definitely make it again, perhaps with the extra .25 pounds of sugar. Oh yeah. I forgot. EC 1118 for one month. Will go another month and re-evaluate flavors. You and Derica are great fun btw.

[@1nv1c7u5m4n30]

Damnit all Derica YOU right. It makes ya feel DAMN fancy!

[@captkarizma79]

Love your videos! I think a video of your full bottle cache would be cool. Let us see your stash

[@CitySteadingBrews]

We have boxes and shelves all over, lol.

[@jeremy-ez6nd]

@@CitySteadingBrews show us ur stash/waiting area... we want 2 see ur collection

[@phantomaquarist3417]

You have given me so many different tea ideas. There's a crazy brand of tea called budda teas. They make white oak tea, hibiscus tea, white horehound tea, elderberry tea, wild cherry bark tea, eucalyptus tea, etc. I am looking into them currently for some crazy flavors or at the most some outside the normal flavors. Soon I'll be making my favorite tea lapsang souchong.

[@gruntspy44]

I randomly type in ideas like tea wine... you guys already been there done that and got the T shirt 👕

[@Poleaux]

I love she raises her eyebrows and the glass appears... Good editing

[@ALRULZ1965]

For me, its definitely not something to drink before bedtime, I learned that the hard way, It still keeps the caffeine content, I didnt even take that into consideration when I made it, well, day drinking it is then!

[@gruntspy44]

....I never understood caffeine... I can drink expresso and still go to bed

[@annanhildebrand9667]

@@gruntspy44 unless you're using some brand named coffee called "expresso" it's spelled espresso. Very common mistake.

[@got2kittys]

I made a 50/50 tea- apple cider. It was ok, but needed diligence racking. As it aged, the tea flavor blended in nicely. I will readily do this again.

[@GEInman]

Huzzah! I started a kilju 6-9-23, but discovered it didn't work for me. I brewed black tea and added it to the must 7-1-23. I let it ferment until today: There are lees on the bottom, and it's still. I tasted it-Sweet for me, but I didn't get vinegar (Victory!) I Have Wine! Thanks for your inspiration and guidance!

[@gammaraygaming3306]

If you're getting bitter notes in your tea wine, try using less tea bags in your next batch, or try a milder tea. I get really great results from green tea, and tea and citrus is always a good idea ;)

[@leaschmitt2496]

also better quality loose tea generally has less bitter undertones. Brewing at 80°-90°C instead of boiling point also keeps the bitterness at bay

[@蕾蕾厨房]

It might be also great for cooking.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Probably, yep.

[@joecuddington3205]

For some reason when Derica said tiny bubbles I snapped back to my days in the USMC doing ruck marches and the cadence "Tiny Bubbles" got stuck in my head. I had to laugh. And I even remembered the words to it, well most of them anyways. Cheers. And the wife wants to try this one so bad.

[@ashleysmith4155]

I did a 5 gallon tea wine with Milos store bought tea. It seems to be taking forever. My Starting gravity wasn't very high either I was going for a lower ABV. The first time I did a gallon, and even though it took longer than expected it was pretty good.

[@Liesl_Cigarboxguitar]

I'm trying an experimental tea wine using dark brown sugar. I'm hoping for a nutty hint to the flavour. Will be interesting I'm sure 😋

[@stevenlord5730]

I really like your new(?) Turkey baster. Very efficient.

[@umbabarauma]

I made a pu erh tea mead and ended at 1.020 (from 1.120) and it had cacao, coffee and caramel notes. Really curious to try different teas to see how they come out as mead

[@georgecolby7488]

Another option to round out the flavor is to just garnish it with an orange twist when you drink it. I'm definitely going to make this, thinking about adding lemon in the glass rather than trying to 'force it' into the fermentation process.

[@davidwelch2011]

Just started a Earl Grey Tea Wine that has cinnamon, cloves and mint in it. Used 2.5 lbs sugar, 1med & 1sm. cinnamon stick, 2cloves and .5oz. of mint (leaves and stems), 1/2 pkg of 71B. Made approx. a gallon. Will let you know how it turns out.

[@hotlavatube]

I just kicked off my tea wine last night with the last of my loose leaf earl grey tea (26g, 10-12 min steep, 1 gal water at 212F) . Since I'm out of gallon containers, I split the batch into two half gallons and decided to try a different yeast in each. In one jar goes Red Star bread yeast, in the other Red Star Premier Cuvee yeast. (ding ding) Let the match begin!

[@hotlavatube]

Final results on my tea wine. Both fermented out to ~0.998-0.999, so ~11.5% ABV. Cuvee yeast tea wine is harsh and has little flavor. The bread yeast one was surprising. It tastes sweet, has fruity notes and is actually pretty nice. Bread yeast took longer to flocculate, but ended up just as clear as the cuvee.

[@eddavanleemputten9232]

Thanks for another great video!

[@jackloparo9091]

I can't wait to try this. I love tea. My favorite mixed drink is rum and tea. So I'm wondering what this would taste like fortified with rum

[@CitySteadingBrews]

I bet it would taste lovely, but I too enjoy rum. :D

[@xiethor]

i have 4 separate gals going right now that have been in primary for over 3 months. guess its time to quit being a lazy bum and rack these bad boys. thanks for the great content. the quality gets better and better every video.

[@logangrafton4703]

So I decided to go into wine making say about two months ago, talked to grandma and she hit me up with some of her holy poison books, tea wine was in it and she said it's a great mixer so week four of this baby fermenting, I'm 90% sure it's close to tranquilizing a deer, but I think I'mma add more sugar till it can tranquilize a bear. you can taste the alcohol and if you don't really add additional sugar I found it to be a dry fruity taste, like a recreation of cider I guess, I'm quite sweet-toothed so I've added an additional 350g of sugar (turned into watery sugar syrup) and we'll see how we go from there

[@mickmakle5698]

I made a half gallon batch with tetlay brand while I watched ur tea wine videos

[@frankcourtney9227]

boss, you 2 do great job 2gather. love yalls KNOWLEDGE; brian, man u are very LUCKY MAN; your qween is a wonderful mate, treat her with care. I NO YOU DO. THANK YALL FOR YALLS TIME. IT REALY HELPS BEGINERS LIKE ME.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Thanks 👍

[@frankcourtney9227]

@@CitySteadingBrews boss me and my better half just racked up our 1st juice wine. if am reading this hydr, rite. im at 1.040 not very strong.14 days under DESK, i no 1st thing you gonna ask me, did i take a reading 1st. i got bit by that WINEBUG,got in 2big of hurry. i did not have hydr. but i got one now. thanks to yall guys. im learning. got some chemicals coming also.im from ga.just up from tallhassee bout 30 miles. got 60 muscadine vines 2yrs old under irragation. got a small crop this year. but next year ole boy.

[@josephwoodall832]

It looks nice

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Thanks. Derica likes it a bit more, okay, a lot more than I do.

[@griseobarba7989]

Would it be the inner bottom circumference of the bottle sir? Looks good.

[@GEInman]

Additional! The tea wine gives me a relatively neutral brew that I can make at home and avoid sulfites. i can tweak the sugar... Again, thanks!

[@kevinjsayers]

Have you tried backsweetening with mapel syrup or honey?

[@alexparrish662]

Hi guys! I am trying this with a couple of changes. I used Peach Tea instead of regular Black Tea. I was going to try Earl Grey (because of a comment you made, Brian) but changed my mind for the first try. And I used Lalvin K1-V1116 instead of Fleischmann's Active Dry Yeast (had both, but grabbed the Lalvin). I used the same 2-1/4 lbs of sugar and filled the 1 gallon jug up to just over the letters on the neck, which should be about a gallon total. I started on 4/27 with a SpGr of 1.104. Today, 5/21, I checked it and it is only down to 1.060. I have replaced the air lock, swirled it some, and placed it back on the floor of my pantry. My question is, does it seem to be taking a long time to ferment? It's been 3-1/2 weeks and I have only gone down 0.044. Yours went down almost twice that in about the same time. What do you think? Will the type of tea and yeast make that much difference in the speed of fermentation?

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Could be slow, could be stalled. Your environment is different than ours so that is a factor. Check it again in a couple weeks.

[@papamarksplace5196]

Try Taco Passion tea. Hibiscus, orange peels and rosehips. Very good!

[@teddybear5150]

I made some tea wine with black tea to share with some friends for last summer. Every one said it tastes like ice tea with a really smooth honey finish... but the alcohol will sneak up on you if you drink it on a empty belly. 😁

[@davidwelch1676]

Love your videos! I plan on making this recipe but I was wondering what your thoughts are on possibly adding hops to this to make more of a beer taste profile?

[@CitySteadingBrews]

You can totally hop any brew you wish!

[@unsane78]

I'd like to try this with a blueberry tea.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Sure, go for it :)

[@WHITExBOYx13]

Extra jazzy hands. Schweeeet

[@alexcan669]

Awesome! I want to do this with earl grey !

[@CitySteadingBrews]

I do too. I think it would be pretty awesome.

[@gloriayoung392]

I am going to make Oregano orange wine ...Thank you for Sharing 🙏👍

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Let me know how this comes out. I always want to use oregano in a wine or mead but wonder if it will be too much.

[@garysmith9818]

Instead of zest, would a few drops of orange extract work?

[@MrPowner]

Hey guys, i need a little advice. I'm making a melomel that stalled at 1.010, because i forgot to stir it before i racked it off of the fruit into 2 separate vessels. I then made a yeast starter, pitched it and waited a month. I thought it should be well beyond finished. Both were 1.000. I racked it, but now i'm having second thoughts about it being done fermenting. I was planning on bottling it a week later, but don't want bombs. I used 71b, og was 1.080 before adding the fruit (frozen berry mix) and a small scoop of extra honey (let's say a tbsp per 5 liters), so i don't think it hit the alcohol tolerance. Do you think that if the gravity doesn't change after a week i can safely say it's finished now that i racked it off and left the colony behind? I have a little more headspace than i'm comfortable with so i'd rather not let it sit too long. By the way it's crystal clear and tastes amazing (besides being green) Would be very happy with some advice

[@CitySteadingBrews]

1.010 is hardly stalled. I'd take a reading, wait a couple weeks, take another. If it hasn't changed, bottle it, but be sure not to add anything else or dilute it since that could change things.

[@ronyqiu9887]

Is there anything bad with having too much head-space in primary/secondary? Doesn't the CO2 from fermentation push the oxygen out of the container anyway?

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Primary is not a problem. In Secondary or conditioning, too much headspace can introduce oxygenation which is not so great. Yes, CO2 will push oxygen out, but in conditioning, it's no longer fermenting.

[@LaDonna-nl6dm]

Mines has been fizziing for 5 days now. You know how it does when the sugar and yeast first starts the fermentation process.

[@trevorlowran1473]

im about to make lemon wine im thinking of making this too and maybe blend them after words. does that sound like it would be a good idea

[@CitySteadingBrews]

I encourage experimenting, so yes.

[@kroniikx6279]

I'm new to wine making and I am currently making some black tea wine. I am curious when to rack it for the first time. From what I understand racking can be anywhere from one week up to 6 weeks? Can someone explain this to me, I thought racking needed to done quickly in order to prevent bad taste from the yeast? Or does it only apply to fruit wines and not so much a tea wine?

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Nope. Rack when fermentation is complete. Off flavors from yeast takes months to happen if at all and... removing yeast means the remaining yeast struggle creating off flavors.

[@emryspendragon2710]

Love this. Today's lesson is, when in doubt listen to the wife.

[@tivonoston3068]

Its a totally new colour ! 8:40

[@the_whiskeyshaman]

When I tasted my tea wine it was not as tannic as I would like. Do you think steeping a tea bag or 2 in secondary is wise even if just a bit. Love the videos.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

You can adjust this as you like.

[@urbanhomesteadingchannel1813]

I do have a question. If I'm using 1/2 gallon fermenter jars how much sugar should I use? Should I simply divide your recipe in half? 🤔

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Divide in half.

[@urbanhomesteadingchannel1813]

@@CitySteadingBrews thank you. I know you're busy but I appreciate everything you do for your subscribers ❤️

[@dianehanna5403]

I have brewed a few flavors of delicious teas into wines, one of which is in conditioning/secondary it is about to be bottled. It tasted delicious last time I tried it. I'm looking forward to trying again. I asked Derica if she has any recommendations for keeping hands soft with the corrosiveness of the sanitizer???? My hands are suffering and any help would be appreciated!

[@CitySteadingBrews]

She isn't sure if her dry hands are from the sanitizer (I'd have it too if that was the case). So... sorry, we aren't much help there.

[@JaxsonXV]

have you ever used the Blue Pea butterfly tea in any of your brew making?

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Nope, I'm waiting for the fad to end... then maybe I'll try something with it, lol.

[@randyandrews3743]

being from Georgia, do you think this would be good with peaches added in conditioning and how much would you add.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Never tried it that way... but, I would think maybe it might be nice. A pound or two of cut fresh peaches frozen then thawed should work nicely.

[@randyandrews3743]

@@CitySteadingBrews Thanks, I have 2 or 3 lbs in the freezer from when I made 8 gallons of peach wine.thinking about flavoring some of that with some other stuff also.

[@StickMechanics]

Hey Brian and Derica. I’ve really been enjoying your videos for a few weeks now. I appreciate the j sight as I have started venturing into brewing. I’m glad I stumbled upon this video because I’ve wondered have you ever had/made hop tea? And if so, have you ever tried using it as a medium for a mead or a tea wine? Brainstorming mead flavor ideas, it keeps coming to mind to use hop tea, but I don’t know if there’s any science that would make that a good/bad idea. Thanks ahead of time for any feedback!

[@CitySteadingBrews]

We aren’t huge hop fans, but… yes you can make a hops tea and use that as some of the water.

[@StickMechanics]

@@CitySteadingBrews thanks for the feedback!

[@Bigdigg9696]

Ok,that sound that came with the 11.3 % APV made me jump so hi when I had my headphones on at the laundromat!😂😂😅.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

whoops!

[@nickm2890]

"It has done fermented" - Clint Eastwood, probably

[@mykilpee]

Do a follow up!!! I'm curious.

[@VinceUK]

I'd like to be able to like it twice, one for the video and one for trbos :-) I hadn't watched the full video then, two trbos!

[@sneddenmanuel]

Trbos is funny😂😂

[@CitySteadingBrews]

lol

[@jaymason1963]

Question i normally watch on my roku and would like to know if this is the correct place to ask question about brewing or is there a different place to ask questions. Thank you

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Why wouldn't you ask questions here? We respond to questions as often as we can.

[@jaymason1963]

@@CitySteadingBrews thank you i was not sure if this was the correct place.

[@kanddfamilyfarm]

Damn, I am kicking myself for taking mine out of primary today, oh well, live and learn. 4.5 litres of tea, 1 kg of sugar some raw some white and just over a teaspoon of bread yeast. Started at 1.082 and two weeks later is 1.050. should've left it in primary, bugger. I've added citrus zest and we'll see how it goes in conditioning.

[@JakeCooperlife]

I have some wine that I started fermenting 3 months ago, It seemed to have stopped about a month ago. However, my airlock is still showing some positive pressure (not bubbling),.. should I trust bottling it?

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Did you take a hydrometer reading?

[@JakeCooperlife]

@@CitySteadingBrews I will,.. Just re-watched your hydrometer video. Thanks!

[@MiscToddley]

So, would you say it's more like a Long Island or a Ricola cough drop?

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Neither actually.

[@owenbooler3184]

Good stuff! How's the Kilju coming on?

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Still fermenting. We do 'second half' videos all in one video now, so you will see it when it's totally done.

[@owenbooler3184]

@@CitySteadingBrews looking forward to it! See how much flavour you can make with sugar!

[@ΜαρκοςΠροσκυνητοπουλος]

if u put the orange at start will have a problem?? and can i use a beer yeast that i have around or beer yeast is for low abv only?? and cant make wine?

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Ale yeast is lower abv usually but anything will ferment.

[@mike50911]

If someone doesn't like sweet tea should they let it go dry?

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Tea and wine are very different. Sweet tea also has a LOT more sugar and sweetness than any sweet wine would :)

[@mike50911]

@@CitySteadingBrews Alright thank you very much I appreciate the quick response. I love your videos they are very helpful and full of useful information.

[@m4a44]

Have you ever tried freezing a wine/mead to take out some of the water (and apparently some of the harsher notes)?

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Technically that is illegal according to the US government.

[@m4a44]

@@CitySteadingBrews New to the channel and actually saw your explanation later in another video. Unfortunate, as I would be interested in your take on using it.

[@karamilam]

Sir I like this kind of presentation few tasting of the same batch in one video. Since the last gravity only 1018 can we continue fermentation by adding some yeast (the same yeast or higher alcohol tolerance)

[@CitySteadingBrews]

RE: continuing fermentation... I don't think so. This was made with a yeast that probably hit it's tolerance. I mean, if you really want to add a higher tolerance yeast and have this go dry? Sure. To me, this needed sweetness.

[@karamilam]

@@CitySteadingBrews thanks you sir

[@oli7152]

how long would you say to ferment this? hows 10 days? is it best after 4 or so weeks?

[@CitySteadingBrews]

It ferments until it is done.

[@oli7152]

@@CitySteadingBrews when its done bubbling a lot a lot, as in when theres very small bubbles, does that mean its done?

[@CitySteadingBrews]

As in when a hydrometer reading says it's finished.

[@fabioconsonni3232]

7:47 Please, can you tell what you are adding in? I can't understand from the words you say, sorry.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Dried orange zest.

[@fabioconsonni3232]

@@CitySteadingBrews Thank you

[@generrosity]

Smack him! Smack him! We need a new sound effect of a whip, for when you need a teasingly putting-him-in-his-place - whooock-pa! 😆😁💚

[@phantomaquarist3417]

Would it be okay to throw a video request out there? No one has made a video on sarsaparilla mead. I found someone else wanting to make it online in a forum, but no video. It's a weird sounding one, but sounds fun at the same time.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Sarsparilla root is hard to find, probably why.