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So, after 3 weeks in primary I bottled my summer shandy. I racked it on to a solution of priming sugar using a siphon. Then I added 1 dram of lemon flavor. In a moment of forgetfulness, I then POURED the entire five gallons into the bottling bucket! After bottling, I thought about what I just...

So I took a couple years off from home brewing and just started up again. After I brewed an extract kit I put it in an ice bath to cool down to 100°. I then put it in my fermentation bucket and added about 3 gallons of water that I had in Individual gallons in the refrigerator. Unfortunately, I...

I am using a kit to brew a backyard Pilsner. It contains 2 oz of Perle hops and 1 oz of Saaz hops. I have made several other types of beer kits that have come out very good after adding some hops after fermentation. I have an ounce of centennial hops I was thinking of adding at the one week...

I bought a 6 gallon bucket of merlot juice from a refrigeratored truck. They said all I need to do is add yeast and wait. I did that and the OG was 1.032 prior to adding the yeast. I checked it 3 weeks ago and it was 1.022 and I racked it to a 6 gallon carboy from the original bucket. Today...

I have brewed two beers so far, an ipa and an Irish stout. One is fermenting and I'm drinking the IPA. Both were brewed from kits that included LME and DME. So I saw an ad for a light ale and ordered it. I didn't pay attention to the specs and when it arrived today I realized it was an all...

So, I recently started home brewing, graduating from mr. Beer. I would like to get a 6 gallon glass carboy. I live in the west suburbs of Chicago so if you have one your wanting to sell let me know. Maybe I should get 2 ? Thanks!