Prison Hooch

We went to the Bannerman Vineyard with some friends. Originally it was pretty much put together for the kids, but us dads got together the night before and hatched a plan to brew some muscadine wine!

It’s been 21 days since we pitched yeasts for the Great Yeast Experiment. The results are in and, honestly quite shocking! The spreadsheet of course was my own, made just for this occasion, but the screenshot

Today was my day. I loaded up the kids and went to the Aldi to get some things, and while I was there I picked up the juice for this long-awaited experiment. I picked up seven bottles; one for each type

Brew Recipes IMGLast UpdatedPost InventoryCommunityDescription of Contents 14 JAN 20224 Gal Turkey Hill LemonadePrison HoochCumulative table of all posts related to this recipe. 24 JAN 2022The Great Yeast

The yeasts are in!!! (Technically the ale yeast has been ordered but not yet received) This is a short post, just taking inventory of the yeasts we’ll be using. I debated saving the draft until I had the

14 days after bottling, I’m ready to test one out. I know I said I was going to let it go longer, but I can’t wait to see if I’ve got beer bottle bombs in my basement. Some of these yeasts can ferment

DateTitle/LinkCommunityDescription IntroductionPrison HoochOutlines the basic plan and looks at possible yeasts to be included. Part 001Prison HoochCovers the yeasts to be used in the upcoming experiment.

I’ve had this idea for a while, but to do it without recording it felt always like a lot of work that would end up with lost or forgotten outcomes. But HIVE has inspired me since I can put the results

At the time of recording, our 4 gallon batch has been fermenting for 18 days. In this video, watch as we dose the batch with priming sugar, and bottle. The full batch yield was: 1x 1 gallon growler 5x

Now that I’ve been active on HIVE for a couple months, I’ve noticed my stuff can feel a bit scattered. I really want these posts to be helpful for anyone trying to brew, as well as easy to navigate for

Checking the release rate of the air lock on our 4 gal batch of Turkey Hill lemonade, 8 days into fermentation. Since this only takes a second or two do, I also un-bottled one of the Aldi Lemonades. At

I spotted this window sticker on the way to work today - I love seeing fellow brewers out in the real world! Close up for clarity

Well friends, we’ve gone and done it - we’ve officially set out to make our first Hive-hooch together from start to finish, and what better way than to base it on cheap lemonade from the gas station, loaded

ever wondered how you too can make delicious adult beverages from cheap gas station lemonade? well wonder no longer! welcome to @PrisonHooch! join me today as i show you just how simple it is to stsrt

Well, it's finally here. Our Aldi Strawberry Lemonade hooch is ready for bottling! Thisnis my first time transferring a closed-bottle fermentation to smaller bottles. Actually, my first time tranferring

i apologize in advance, i "may" have had a few drinks before filming this. This is a good example of why you should be cautious when attempting to conduct a closed-bottle fermentation :) ▶️ 3Speak

in this update im checking the status of fermentation first by visually checking the opacity, and second by testing the flavor. this one was still semi-sweet and very opaque, so by all checks there is

Hopefully I'm not too far off the beaten path with my approach here, but I guess today will be a good learning opportunity if that ends up being the case :) Here is a video review of all the homebrews

This recipe came from a Kit, but I tend to only make Kit brews once…after which I’ve got a recorded recipe I can tweak and customize. Here is an example of exactly that, where I’ve taken a kit recipe and

This recipe came from a Kit, but I tend to only make Kit brews once…after which I’ve got a recorded recipe I can tweak and customize. Here is an example of exactly that, where I’ve taken a kit recipe and