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About 8 weeks ago, I mixed up a batch of basic mead using 3# honey, bottled water, nutrient, and K1-V1116 yeast. After 4 1/2 weeks, I racked it into a secondary container. When I did that, it restarted the fermentation for a bit. Now, at 8 weeks, I went to sample it and saw a little stuff on top...

Good Morning Folks, I am wanting to brew up a batch of Jai Alai clone. I can get most hops in pellets locally, but the Simcoe hops are only available in whole leaf. They are for the dry hop. I could order them online and have them in time but I am curious now. Is there any issue with mixing...

Hello All, Three weeks ago, I bottled up a two gallon batch of a Deadringer IPA. I had run out of bottle caps from my Norther Brewer kit so I bought some BSG Oxygen Absorbing caps from my local store. These caps did not tighten the way the others did, and they almost looked like they weren't...

Good Evening Folks, The first batch of beer that I brewed got bottled a few weeks back (a Chinook IPA). After two weeks, we sampled it and it was really good. I put half in the fridge and left the other half to age longer at room temperature. I just tried one that had aged for three weeks and...

Hello Folks, I just put together a mead with the following recipe for a 1 gallon batch: -3lbs Clover Honey -Spring water as needed to get to 1 gallon -1 gallon carboy -1 airlock -1 bung -Yeast Nutrient -Yeast (Lavlin K1-V1116) Where I found this, the recipe said the OG should be around 1.095...

Hey Folks, Just bottled a small batch Citrus IPA. The last bottle only got 2/3rds full. Do I cap it or dump it? I'm thinking the extra head space in the bottle will be bad. Thanks.

I found a fairly straightforward recipe for a traditional mead calling for yeast nutrients and yeast energizer. I have Wyeast nutrients but no energizer. Is the energizer necessary? The recipe calls for 3# of honey, water, nutrients and energizer for a 1 gallon batch. Thanks.

Hey Folks, I made my first mead, a batch of JAOM, earlier this week, no problem. Nice activity but nothing crazy. Today I made a strawberry mead using old clover honey , K1-V1116 yeast rehydrated, 1 pound of strawberries that had been frozen, smashed, defrosted, and introduced, and 18 raisins...

One quick question before I bottle my first batch today. If I put one of those 5 gallon mesh bags (sterilized, of course) into the bottling bucket to remove more sediment before bottling, will pulling the bag out agitate it enough to aerate it and harm the wort? Thanks.

Good Afternoon Folks, I am going to be making a mead with fruit. Is it OK to make a 1 Gallon batch in a 2 gallon Fermentation bucket, or would that be too much headspace? I plan to rack it to glass after the fermentation slows down in a few weeks. Thanks.

Hey Folks, I dry hopped a Chinook IPA yesterday afternoon after two weeks in primary. There was zero airlock activity at 2 weeks, but now it is bubbling a little. Does dry hopping create more CO2 or is this activity just from disturbing the wort? Thanks.

Hey Folks, I am about to do a 1.5 Gallon brew with a recipe off of Brewer's Friend (link below). It calls for a Batch Size of 1.5 Gallons. I get that. It also calls for a Boil Size of 1.5 Gallons. If I start with 1.5 gallons, I obviously won't have that at the end. Do I start with more water...

Hey Folks, I am getting ready to brew a 1.5 gallon recipe I found on Brewer's Friend. When it gets to the yeast, it says the quantity is 1 (see below - copy and a link for the whole recipe). If I understand this correctly as 1 packet, everything I have seen seems to indicate that a full packet...

Hey Folks, I am a very new brewer (in the middle of my first batch). I was looking to make a small batch and found a recipe on Brewer's Friend. It calls for Caramel/Crystal 30L. I have a bag of 45L that I bought for a different recipe. What would the effect of using the Caramel/Crystal 45L in a...

Good Morning Folks, Learning lots in this forum....which makes me realize how much I don't know. I received a Northern Brewer Chinook IPA Starter Kit for Christmas last December. Work was crazy so I never got around to breaking it out until 2 weeks ago. The brew went fine, and I got bubbles in...