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I just thought I would share... I have been brewing for 5 years and never had a batch NOT produce enough Co2 to make bubbles in the airlock...until my last batch. This was my second all grain BIAB using my newly made E-kettle set up. I brewed up a APA on Monday and didn't see any bubbles in...

So I brewed my first batch with my 2000W/120v set up. It's just a basic set up that I made to get the E-kettle process started. I drilled a one inch hole in the side of my 7.5 gallon aluminum brew pot. I had pretty good results. 95% mash efficiency. Time to boil wasn't too long. I did however...

What kind of experiences are out there with using oak and/or whisky in the secondary for a cider? I am thinking of going the Graham's English Cider, I feel that the acid and tannins would pare well with the whiskyoak flavors. Alternatively I was thinking of using Edwort's Apple Wine...

I have spent a few hours looking for a scientific reference on the minimum diastatic power needed for conversion of starches. There is a reference on Wikipedia that says 35 degrees lintner is needed for self conversion, but that article does not cite a source. I have read lots of brewers...

I am a fairly competent beer brewer and have been exploring cider made from store bought juice. I am looking to make a cider-like beverage (5-7% abv, sparkling and dry) using fruit juice. Are there any suggestions on what juice or juice combinations would be good for this? For...

I've been making dang good beer for around three years now. I have my system down and have pretty good basic recipe that I can tinker with to make different brews. Alas I am trying to keep free from the gluten grains. I've pretty much switched over to ciders since they are so much easer to...

After trying a few commercially made ciders this weekend I have decided I like my cider bone dry (thanks Ed Wort). I bought said ciders to try out some spice additions I have been thinking about doing. I did a thorough web search but couldn't find much direction, mainly I found people like...

Fermentables Amber Unhopped LME 4.5 lb Amber Unhopped LME 4.5 lb Late boil Brown Sugar, Light 0.88 lb Late boil Oats, Flaked 0.5 lb Briess Roasted Barley 0.5 lb Pale Malt, 6 Row, US 0.5 lb Black (Patent) Malt 0.5 lb Briess Chocolate Malt 0.5 lb...

I had been making ciders for a bit and wanted something dark and rich. This is what I came up with. Fermentables Sugars: Amber Unhopped LME 4.5 lb-Full boil Amber Unhopped LME 4.5 lb-Late boil Brown Sugar, Light 0.88 lb-Late boil Molasses 0.5 lb-Late boil...

I have a 5 gallon batch of cider that has been going for 3 weeks. Used 1 lb of sugar to boos the og to 1.060. Gravity is now down to 1.010. Will this ferment much more or am I good to cold crash it and bottle? FYI I want to bottle prime it so I will get some carbonation off it.

I have been making cider for the last few batches and that has me craving something a whee heavy. I have done stouts but no imperials before. So let me know what you think of my attempt. FYI- I am using cocoa powder and vanilla extract because that is what I have on hand. I am pretty confident...

I am fermenting 2 gallons of apple juice + sugar @ .058 gravity I will let this go until finish so, conservatively we can say it will go down to .005 Now if this was the finished product I could go us an ABV calc and be done but... I am going to back sweeten with more juice before I...

Here is what I was planing for 7 Gallon Batch: 7# Amber LME 1# Brown sugar 1# Oats 1# Rye Malt .5 # Victory Malt 1 oz Columbus for 60 min .5 Liberty for 20 min .25 liberty for 5 min .25 liberty dry hopped 4 oz salvaged yeast cake @ 60 min 1 tsp Irish moss @ 20 ferment @ 65-68...

I'm not sure if I pitched to much yeast or if I just didn't leave enough room. I gathered a quart of yeast cake into a mason jar. It was in my fridge for around two months. I used Mr. Malty to calculate the pitch rate. Since it was that old it suggested pitching 1300 ml which was more than I...

So hop utilization is increased when you keep half of the LME out until the last 15 min of the boil. Is there a good way to figure out how recipes using this method? None of the hop calculators I use have LME additions built in and to make it harder I'm only boiling 3.5 gallons out of a 7...

My winter warmer recipe idea. Not looking for spiced beer. But I want the spiciness from the hops and malt. Will also be re-pitching some Northwest Ale yeast. 7 Gallon Recipe 9 lbs LME 1.25 lbs 2 row 1 lb brown sugar .75 lb 60L .25 lb 20L .25 lb roasted barley .25 lb Munich .25 lb...

Dirty Hippy Black Saison/Belgian Stout Ale :fro: Looking for a change from your standard stout? Love saisons but want a break from a lighter beer? BREW THIS BEER! You will not regret it. This is a SEVEN Gallon Batch. This is a SEVEN Gallon batch Grains and fermentables 7 lbs Pilsner LME...

Making a black Saison with wyeast 3724 Belgian Saison. Used 7 lbs Pilsner LME, Mini mash with 5 lbs of malt and oats. Also one lb of inverted brown sugar. OG was .063 (adjusted) It's been at 90-95 for around 2 weeks. Current gravity is .016 (adjusted) That is 75% conversion...

On a whim, which is how I end up doing most things, lol. I decided to make a gallon batch of ginger ale. 1 lb sugar juice and zest from 1 orange splash of apple cider vinegar sea salt (I was thinking of margaritas at the time) Yeast is a washed blend of us-05 and t-58 ale yeast...

I'm brewing this today and I am not sure what I should tell people it is. I was going to do a standard non-spiced saison but then on a whim and realizing I need a dark brew for my stock I decided to make it a stout. Any thoughts? Here's what I got for a 7 gallon batch: 7 lbs Pilsner...