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So I'm loving apfelwein and I'm planning my 4th batch, my next plan is to add some fruit to the mix, my three I'm pondering are raspberry blueberry and strawberry I plan on adding a pound of fruit, probably boil first or just throw it in the carboy, along with the standard recipe. Does...

As I sit here enjoying some beer watching a quality flick, next to me is beer fermenting(perfect temp in this room) and I get to witness the airlock starting to dance. When I ferment in a carboy I get to see the first bubbles collecting on the sides. This must be what it's like seeing your...

Hey guys, I just bottled my first mead about a week ago, delicious by the way, but I didn't add any yeast or bottling sugars when I bottled it, so I assumed it wouldn't carbonate, but when I popped one open it was, I enjoy it but did I make bottle bombs? If so, how can I stop the fermentation?

Hey guys, I'm planning on pitching a 1080 beer on a 1040 yeast cake after racking the beer off it after a week of two. I have three options of doing if. 1 pitching directly onto the cake, 2 pouring the whole cake into a fresh fermenter onto the 1080 wort, 3 pitching maybe a cup or two with a...

Hey guys, this is my first post. Earlier today I got a call saying "your beer exploded." An awful thing to hear, especially since its the second time ive heard it, and this is is my third ever beer. I had to dump it the first time it happened, but I got home to find it wasn't horribly...