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maybe tmi for some people but I have issues with a lot of commercial deodorant/anti-perperants, so I've been using Tom's of Maine natural deodorant lately. I was looking at the ingredients this morning for some unknown reason and I saw Humulus Lupulus Extract. That's right, hop extract :mug: I...

Stupid question I guess, but while I was tossing and turning, unable to sleep last night a question popped in my feeble brain. Why is it that we "brew" beer, but simply "make" wine or cider, etc. Is it the mashing step that turns it into brewing? :confused: I suppose that's probably the...

I while ago I started a blue moon clone, 1 gallon, and on a whim I added a split and scraped vanilla bean to the fermenter after two weeks, then let it go another week. When I bottled it the vanilla was very prominent, both smell and taste. To the point that I was thinking I would have to tone...

Please forgive my newbie questions on this, I'm trying my hand at hard cider for the first time (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=623160) and I have questions about reusing the yeast. I've been reading in the beer section about simply drawing off the beer from the yeast slurry...

I had posted this in the recipe section for the unicorn blood cider recipe, but it occurred to me there's probably not as much traffic in there, so it might be better to ask here. Does anybody have any comments or suggestions on my plan below? Thanks...

Hey all, I've been getting back into brewing after about a 20 year hiatus and it seems like the terminology has changed a lot. Especially with regards to hop additions. I've been searching but I feel a little like a dog chasing his tail. I'll look for one term, and find a thread and start...

Please forgive me if this is covered somewhere, I tried looking around and searching but I'm ending up even more confused. I'm pretty new at this all grain stuff so I have a question about efficiency and how it relates to recipes that you find on here (and other places). When the recipe lists...

Hi guys, I'm gearing up to do my first BIAB, and I'm also converting a 5.25 gallon recipe down to 1 gallon size, so I'm looking for a little reassurance that I'm doing everything right. I'm planning on using this recipe Cappuccino Stout and I've made a spreadsheet to convert it down to one...

Has anyone ever used agave nectar for priming with? Just wonder as I've never heard anyone mention it.

Last time I brewed anything (~15 years ago) cold crashing wasn't a thing. Now I've been doing some reading up on it and think it might be a good thing, but I'm not sure. I currently have 1 gallon of Summer Wheat that's up for bottling this weekend. I don't mind a little haze in a wheat beer...

Ok, I have my first homebrew in probably 15 years sitting in the fermenter and I'm curious about fermenting temp. If it matters its a BBS summer wheat kit with unlabelled yeast, so I can't really look up what the proper range is, however a couple days into fermentation I checked the temp and...

[I apologize in advance for the long post] First a little background: I'm not new to homebrewing, my brother and I used to do it 10 or 15 years ago frequently, though only extract and partial mash, nothing all grain. Never had a "bad" batch, though some that were flat, or a little off, etc...

Greetings one and all, name's Mike. I've been out of the home brewing scene for a while now, but it looks like it's about time to get back into it. I haven't done a batch in probably 15 years now, but my brother and I used to do them frequently. Mostly 5 gallon extract or partial-mash...