Recent content by trip210

I haven’t brewed a batch in years, but find myself in a position to use some brewing byproducts. If anyone is throwing away spent grain from your mash I would love to have it. My chickens and pigs would appreciate it much more than a landfill. Reply here or send me a PM if you have some grain...

I'm in for a few sacks in the next order if it ever happens.

Thanks for the help, I'm looking forward to tasting this in a few weeks.

I'm ready to bottle the cider I started 3-4 months ago and have a couple of questions about bottle carbing. I was planning on using table sugar, but had another idea. I have two more gallons of juice in 1 gallon carboys that I am going to start right now and thought it might be possible to use...

What kind of effect do you think the watermelon juice had on your gravity?

Thanks all. I guess this will be moved to the back of the closet where I can try to forget about it for a few more months.

Thanks for the replies so far. Anyone go to secondary with this or just stick with primary?

I bought a gallon of this and pitched champagne yeast. It fermented for 7-10 days and has now been sitting for 3-4 weeks. It started very cloudy and doesn't seem to have cleared at all. This is my first attempt at cider and I'm assuming it needs to sit for a couple more months or so. Is this...

I haven't been brewing for over 6 years. What's a good sale price on hops right now?