Hot Sauce It wasn’t a great year for peppers. But there’s enough to make some hot sauce soon. For variety I grew 4 types of peppers this year, which should get me enough sauce through until next year. Portuguese hot red peppers are just moderately hot, rated at 5,000 to 30,000 Scoville. They mature from[…]

Introducing LE17 Five Remarkable Wines From Five Remarkable Regions Winexpert LE17 collection is a welcome showcase of popular varietals and unique blends. This vintage collection offers something to appeal to every wine lover. Fruit driven, spicy, floral or herbaceous; whatever your preference, these wines will awaken your palate. Pre-order yours by December 4th, 2017! Scroll[…]

Like beer and wine, the origins of yogurt are unknown. But it is believed to have been invented in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC. Ogurt has been widely used throughout the world. The process was  industrialized in 1919 when a started a small yogurt business began in Barcelona, Spain, and named the business Danone , later known in the United States[…]

The unpacking of our New Toys Dom smacks open the plywood covering the crates. The shiny toys have been unwrapped and brought into the store. We’ve got 2 fermenters and a uni-tank and a bright tank. 4 faucet dispenser, 2 more are due.

Road Trip: Finger Lake Juice 2017: 850 miles in 2 ½ days. 3:30 PM October 5th. The view for the next 185 miles, driving to exit 42 on I90.  We found ourselves in Penn Yan just at sunset. Next morning it was too cold and rainy to walk along Keuka Lake for long, so we[…]

Delivery of our 100 gallon Psycho Brew system was on a beautiful morning. Jim and Russ set about unpacking and assembling it.     Oops, we got the wrong wheels. Oh well, a quick call and they sent the right ones. They are on now. The 40 plate chiller.   Russ is a happy, happy[…]

To all of our good friends, especially those in South Shore Homebrew Emporium, we have some important news. We have worked hard to be a great local homebrew store. Partly due to our efforts to teach people how to make beer and wine there are now more than 5,000 breweries in the US. We are[…]

FINGER LAKES WINE 2017 We will visit the Finger Lakes on October 5th this year. Place your order today for 6 gallons of juice in a new bucket. Bring a bucket in to the store and we will take $15 off the price. Orders must be received by October 4th. Call 518-283-7094. W is White[…]

Hop Project September 9, 2017. Albany Pump Station. We are making a smash beer. Using the same wort and yeast, Imperial A38 Juice, each of 16 participants are using a different hop. We will each exchange 2 beers with every other brewer on October 7.   8:30 AM.Chris Leo starts the brew, heating the water..[…]

  Road Trip: Russ and Roger visit Hudson Brewing Company  in Hudson, N.Y. https://www.hudsonbrew.com/ We filled the Transit, plugged in the GPS, and hit the road. It was a gorgeous day as we passed fields of veggies, apples, hay and all the bounty of upstate. I – 90, Rt. 9, 9H, 66 and then into the maze[…]