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Hello everyone, I'm going to be doing a plain batch of mead soon but I'm going to be doing one with fruit or spices after that, is there anything I need to do to treat the ingredients that I put into the primary fermenter?

Hello everyone, I'm getting everything together to do my first batch of mead but I was wondering what is the general rule of thumb for adding honey to get a certain abv? I am going to be doing 5 gallon batches and I will check the OG when I mix everything in.

Hello everyone, I've been busy but I'm getting back into brewing and getting closer to my first batch of mead. Which is better k-meta or k-sorbate and how much should I add to a 5 G batch? Thanks to everyone for all the help so far!

Hi everyone, It's been awhile since I've posted here but I'm looking into making a bulk 5 G batch of mead. When there is no more bubbling in the primary fermenter and I take a reading for gravity and it is around 1.000 is it safe to bottle my mead directly from my primary fermenter or will that...

I have not used my boil kettle yet but the IC's lines are touching the top but they are almost level with the top. Should I wrap cloth or something around the part of the lines that are touching?

I ordered an aquarium pump to dry my lines how did you all set yours up with your lines when you are drying them?

I have one final step to complete before I can do my first all grain batch and that is figuring out what I need to order to attach my line to my mash tun. My line is silicon and has an ID of 1/2". I already have a compatible clamp too. The mashtun in question is a mash king mashtun and it had a...

It looks like the final step for me to take before I do my first all grain batch is just getting and finding a way of easily attaching my lines to my mash tun and to my boil kettle. It would really help if you could show me some pictures of how you all do it. Thanks!

I thought that finding iodine on amazon would be simple but there seem to be a lot of different kinds. What is the right one for checking to see if I'm done mashing at an hour in? Thanks!

Hey everyone, I'm trying to make sure that all of my lines and everything that my beer will pass through is made from foodgrade plastic that is not vinyl or PET plastic. I already have a bottle filler but it's a cheap one so I'm pretty sure it is not food grade. If someone could point me in the...

Hey everyone, I just recently learned that lots of pots and pans that are not expensive and cast iron actually have lead in them. I recently got a mashking boil kettle, can anyone definitively tell me if there could be any lead in it?

Hey everyone, I know some of you are into organic brewing and I was wondering if anyone knows of a company that ships to Canada or is based in Canada. It's it's based in Canada I can probably cut down the shipping cost of a 55 lb bag ;). Thanks!

I've only made 3 batches so far and they have all been from kits but I have been doing so with the lid on the primary fermenter with a garbage bag over it. I have not had a problem with infections and I know a couple people who do it this way. Is there always a risk of the batch becoming...

Is there an easy way to figure out the ABV of a batch before you test the OG based on grain bill and batch size?

Just wondering how different things will be between a 60 minute boil and a 90 minute one? When making a recipe what makes you choose to boil the wort for 60 or 90 minutes?

I'm finally building a mash tun and switching to all grain but I only know of a couple places online where I can order tubing, none of which have the right size. For my mash tun build I need 7/16" foodsafe silicon tubing. If someone could point me in the right direction it would be awesome! Cheers!

So the video that I am basing my mash tun on says to use 7/16" tubing to go from inside the modified 16" Stainless steel supply line through the bung to the valve. The problem I have is all of the supply lines I can find on Amazon are also 7/16" thick, so is there a trick to getting the tube...

Hey everyone, I am about ready to order an IC but the only ones with hose attachments on both ends that I can find are steel and I want to get copper. How would you attach a 3/8" tube to a garden hose? I'm also curious as to why so many ICs only have a hose attachment on one end? This is the...

If my flameout is when there is only 15 minutes left should I add the IC at flameout or wait the whole 60 minutes before I start chilling?

Last night I tried this kind of beer for the first time and I am in love. I'm looking for a recipe that does not call for any spices or anything to be added and also calls for the brew to be poured over juniper branches as is tradition. Also the one I tried was made with juniper berries, when do...