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BlueStem Winery

http://www.bluestemwine.blogspot.com

BlueStem Winery is a licensed and bonded Iowa winery. BlueStem also operates a retail and internet business marketing winemaking and home brewing supplies, equipment and ingredients. We specialize in WinExpert and Cellar Craft wine kits.

Added on: Feb 9th, 2008
Country: United States
Language: English

Author: BlueStem Winery
Listed in: Wine Beers
Tags: winemaking beer brewing homebrewing winexpert cellar craft home wine making

Recent Posts

Just Waiting for Traffic

Posted on Saturday April 11th, 2009 at 11:38

Day prior to Easter Sunday and lots I would rather be doing than setting in our winemaking and beer brewing supplies store waiting for traffic. Last year the day prior to Easter Sunday was busy, busy, busy so hopefully we will see the same kind of t...
Laurens Wine Festival

Posted on Wednesday April 8th, 2009 at 19:45

BlueStem Winery will venture to Laurens, Iowa on Saturday, July 25, 2009 for the 3rd annual Wine Festival and Market.BlueStem will be offering tastes of all of their own label wines and also the opportunity to purchase these great wines. BlueStem wi...
Immersion Wort Chillers

Posted on Sunday April 5th, 2009 at 11:58

When home brewing the results are much more satisfactory if the beer wort is cooled down rapidly after the boil is completed. One of the options available for this cool down is a piece of homebrewing equipment called an immersion wort chiller.BlueSt...
Adjusting Acid Levels in Wine

Posted on Friday March 27th, 2009 at 09:54

Our recent winemaking blogs (the past 4) have dealt with various aspects of the acidity levels in wine. Now that we know the desired levels of acidity for various types of wine and the tools we need when making wine to determine the present level we...
Measuring Wine Acidity Using a pH Meter

Posted on Thursday March 26th, 2009 at 12:07

This is the fourth (in a series of 5) blog articles relating to wine acidity issues when making wine. After our next home wine making article on wine acidity we will turn our focus onto an issue of interest to our home brewing clientele.If you have ...
Using an Acid Test Kit to Measure Wine Acidity

Posted on Monday March 23rd, 2009 at 15:10

A simple and inexpensive way to measure the acidity level (TA) is to purchase a home wine making acid test kit from the BlueStem Winery web site. This acid testing kit uses a titration method to determine the acid level present. Without teaching a ...