Be brewed some light beers with fruit extracts added into the bottling bucket and keg which came out good but I've never been able to extract the fruit flavor from adding natural fruit into the secondary. Any recommendations?
Ive been planning on using some of my second runnings to marinade chicken or something. Has anyone done this or know of any good recipes for wort or hops?...besides in beer
I've never had a problem with starsan ruining mg beer but 2 of my friends that I brew with think that the foam in the Carboy is going to ruin the beer when you rack it into the fermenter. Who's right?
I plan on adding the coffee to the secondary for my mocha stout but I've heard of cold brewing coffee, hot brewing, or just adding the beans. I'm trying keep the bitterness low. Any recommendations?
Ive brewed a couple kits from brewmasters select and I've been about a gallon low each time although I'm right at my OG. Do you think the recipe's are wrong or am I doing something wrong?
I think I'm going to add an ounce of niblets right around flame out and then try it after I add the coffee in the secondary. If it needs more, then I'll add another ounce for a week or so in the secondary. Plus I just started the boil so it too late to add in the mash
I'm brewing a mocha stout that calls for cocoa nibs. I think the coffee flavor will be pretty strong when I add it but I don't want the chocolate to be overly intense. Should the cocoa nibs go in the mash, boil, flameout, primary?
Have 1 white labs yeast vile which I plan on using for a 10 gal batch of cream ale. I have a stir plate and some DME. How much DME should I use and how long should I stir the yeast before I have enough yeast to pitch?