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    How can I make non-alcoholic malt star beer?

    How can I make a malt beer similar to this brand? Malt Star Non-Alcoholic Beer - Groceries By Israel Its a sweet drink which is non-alcohlic. The ingridients make it sound like its made like a beer minus the fermentation process. The ingredients are: Water, barley malt (contains gluten), sugar...
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    Whats your favorite 1 gallon recipe to brew?

    Share your favorite 1 gallon recipes that you like to brew
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    Is this mold in my carboy?

    I sanitized everything with boiling water and star san. Ita been 4 weeks in the carboy. Is this mold growing inside? I saw at as I came to prep my bottles and siphon.
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    How do I store my extra dry yeast?

    I have a 500-gram package of WB-06. When I open it to make a 1-gallon brew could I store the rest of it in a mason jar on a shelf? This is how I store my bread yeast. Sometimes I put the jar in the freezer but not sure if that's necessary. What's the best way to store the yeast for quick access...
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    How do i fix my apple cider and turn it to vinegar?

    I tried making hard cider with Red Delicious apples. I juiced them myself and bottled them. For this brew I wasn't so careful with sanitization as I should have been. My recipe: Juiced apples to fill 1 gallon carboy Filtered off some of the pulp with a nutbag. Squeezed out some juice from the...
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    Is temperature important while bottle conditioning?

    I made my second batch of beer. After the airlock stopped showing signs (2 weeks) I bottled the beer in flip top bottles. At this point, I didn't pay attention to temp and let the bottles sit out in my apartment. This week I started to ferment a cider and it was reading around 79 F. My question...
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    Should I filter my apple juice before fermenting for cider?

    I juiced several pounds of apples. There is a good amount of pulp left in the juice. Should I filter it out or just leave it alone and ferment it in my carboy? It looks like about 20% of my gallon carboy is pulp. I only juiced it and put in my carboy 30 minutes ago. I used red delicious apples
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    Can I use Braggs ACV as my yeast instead of commercial yeast to make hard cider?

    I watched some videos that showed you could make cider with a 100% apple juice you buy from a store. You add the commercial yeast, maybe some sugar, test with a hydrometer, put the air lock and wait for it to finish fermenting. My question is could Braggs ACV be used instead of commercial yeast...
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    What kind of brews could I make with White Labs Bavarian Weizen Yeast WLP351?

    Curious to know what kind of brews I could make with this yeast. What type of beers, cider, mead, or other things could it make?
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    How can I make a 5 gallon batch at home with no special equipment?

    I'm finishing up my first 1 gallon brew. My 7qt pot was just the right size to make it in. The stove I had struggled a bit to heat it up and to boil off the excess water during the hop step. I don't think it could handle anything much larger than the 7q pot. How could I still make a 5 gallon...
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    Has anyone brewed beer with wild yeast?

    Ive read some articles and threads here on how to brew with wild yeast. Its not something I would till I have years of experience with regular brewing. Curious to know if anyone has tried it and what the results were from your experiment.
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    Should I cold crash my first beer?

    I am making my first 1-gallon beer. Its been fermented for 2 weeks. (I didn't take any readings and relying on a video I watched that said 2 weeks is good enough to make this beer ready to bottle) I bought an auto-siphon and flip-top bottles to bottle them. Before I bottle them should I cold...
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    What else do I need to make my mead or melomel?

    What else do I need to do to help finish making my mead? I am thinking about adding fresh fruit juice to it like pomegranate or something else. Im not sure what to do next or how to do it. It has good bubble activity so im not worried about the yeast having been killed from the freezing and...
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    Whats a simple recipe to make using WLP351-HB yeast?

    I have the WLP351-HB yeast that I froze for a while. I thawed it out in the fridge hoping there is enough yeast alive to make even a 1 gallon batch of beer. When I put this yeast in the freezer I also put WLP720-HB in the freezer with it. The other day I pitched the WLP720-HB in some sugar water...
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    Question: Small batch mead with honey and raisin

    I asked on here how to make wine from raisins. I've made two batches and they were okay. Waiting for the summer to see the prices of wine grapes if I can find them easily. Now I am trying to make 32 ounces of mead. I have no commercial yeast for it. What I did was mix 16oz of honey and topped...
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    Where to buy wine grapes in NYC?

    Where could I but wine grapes in NYC? Are they expensive compared to table grapes from a supermarket? Looking to buy enough to make 2-4 gallons of wine.
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    Help making raisin wine for the first time

    Hi I have been reading up on the basics of making wine. Right now I only want to experiment before I go out and spend a bunch of money on equipment and ingredients. This is what I have done and I'm not sure what to do next. Jar 1: Thursday night I rinsed 1 lb of raisins. Put in a quart...
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