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I've never bottled a wine, but soon I'll be bottling my first and making it sparkling. I was considering going up to 3.5 volumes for some of them and I'll force carb so I might actually do some still and some with varied levels of carb but 3.5 world be the max. My question is if I'll need a...

The title says it all. Made a cyser last weekend and I'm thinking about making it sparkling once bottling time comes around. (Final product should be around 12%, and I'd force carbonate) My question being, is there something about the mead that land you towards still or sparkling? What decide...

With Rosh Hashanah fast approaching my wife and I are thinking about making a cyser that we can put down to drink at next year's Rosh Hashanah. I've been home brewing for a few years but I've never made a mead, cider or wine. I'm going for a base of about 4 gallons of cider from a local...

I was wondering about the best way to work with high carb beers in my kegerator. I have 4 beer lines and each has its own pressure setting using secondary regulators. Until now I have used about 10 feet of 3/8 ID line for each and that has worked for beers in the 2ish volumes range. Now I...

So im using 5.2 for the first time this weekend... I was wondering about the addition time. I wanted to make sure I understand correctly. I add 1 tablespoon to my strike water and then make no further additions regardless of the amount of strike or sparge water. This is for 5 gallons.

I'm brewing up my first Belgian triple and was wondering about the difference between aging in a carboy vs bottle aging I want to leave it for about a year. Would it be best in the carboy for 11 months (primary for 1 then secondary) and then bottle for 1 or 2... carboy for 2 months and bottle...

So odd~ usually I start checking on my ale gravity after three days and then check as I have to so I can raise the temp for a diacetyl rest at about 75% of the way through fermentation. The Irish red from northernbrewer I just made though, started at 1.045 and the kit estimated 2 weeks primary...

So I am upgrading to full boils soon and I am looking at kettles. I think I have narrowed it down to two: http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/brewing/beer-brewing-equipment/brew-kettles/boilermaker-brew-kettle.html Or...

So I finally got to set up my keg! I hooked everything up and the gauge was reading 12 psi so I put it in my fridge and left it. A few hours go by and I went to check it... The gauge now reads 25 psi and beer is dripping from the tap! When the co2 tank is not connected to the keg the pressure...

I am looking at temp control fermentation chambers and was hoping for some advice. My primary concern is really space. So I would like to find something that will hold 2-3 fermenters with out having too much wasted space. I think a chest freezer would be the most ideal? I have seen the build...

So over this presidents day weekend I managed to find a good deal on a refrigerator. It's a 16cf top freezer style and will be just for beer and beer accessories. I am looking for recommendations on where to order the kegging set up from and any details about what to look out for when shopping...

So I made a pumpkin spice beer (ale with about 3 lbs of pumpkin and about a tablespoon of mixed pumpkin spices). I let it primary for a week, secondary for 2 weeks. I bottled it and let it sit 2 weeks in bottles. I tried the first one this weekend. It was pretty bad. The beer itself was ok from...

So this weekend I'm planning to brew up the brown porter recipe from the "brewing classic styles" book. My intent is to keep to the recipe until the secondary. In the secondary I plan to add vanilla beens and some amount of scotch. The scotch will be a glenlivet; either an 18, 15 French oak or...

Hi, up to this point I have been making ale just leaving my carboy in the basement to ferment. The results have been mostly good. But now I am hoping to move into some lower temps for fermentation. (my basement goes between 65 and 75.) I was wondering what people used for controlling the wort...