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Electrolytes, its what plants crave!!! (Movie Idiocracy)

So this summer we went to a grower and bought 20lbs of organic blueberries. I got froggy today and decided to make something out of them. So here is what I did: 1. Thawed berries, and boiled them with 6 cups of water, blended it all in a blender. 2. Boiled 6 more cups of water and added...

Sweet, then what Ill do is open one up and pour it into a sanitized soda bottle to give me a rough gauge. I guess this is why I was told this first few batches would be a lot of learning. Thanks for all your help!

So since I put them in my beer bottles, and they are still fermenting that gallon of fresh juice I added, do you think Ill still be in danger of over pressuring my beer bottles? If so, how long should I wait to pasteurize them to stop the yeast?

Thanks a bunch Yooper, Theck and WVMJ. I really appreciate the input. I bottled it all up in my Grolsch beer bottles (left a gallon back to "test the taste").

Okay, Ive been reading threads all day. This will be my last questions for this batch. My reading today was 1.01, so I think Im ready to move to secondary. I added another gallon of apple cider to the 4 fermented gallons today. What I was planning on doing now is (supposing that one gallon...

"Y'all" sounds like a good ol' southern attitude ;) Here's to hoping ya'll have Happy New Year! Thanks again. Much appreciated. And yes, just north of Columbus, Ga.

I really appreciate all your input guys. It is great to find a forum where people are willing to help a little, rather than to just throw out an instant "go search it". (Which I did, there are just so many variants out there on opinions) 1. Just to be sure, I am sitting at 4 gallons in a 5...

Well, I found my original hydrometer, did another test, and it is 1.011 today. From 12 days in the fermenter, and a reading of 1.011, what am I looking at now? Another 2 weeks in the fermenter? Am I looking for a SG of 1.010ish? I have read enough on here to know I don't want to turn it to...

So on Christmas Eve, I put 4 gallons of pasteurized but no additive apple cider into my 5gal carboy, and added 1 package of Safeale US 05. It has bubbled away since then. I took a sample today, and tried to get a reading. I couldn't find my new hydrometer, and the older one I have measures...

Okay, update on this, it has now been a week, and my specific gravity has stopped at 1.019, the same as it was on my last reading 4 days ago. Since I need to get it down to around 1.012-1.013, should I put more yeast in it? Or should I just accept it with this 1.019 and bottle it? I would...

Thanks. The temperature of my wort stayed constant 74*. I thought I pitched it while it was still to hot, but after taking readings, the gravity is 1.019 ish. I guess its still doing its job!!! Thanks.

On Sunday night I made up a 5 gallon batch of Irish Stout from a kit. I pitched the yeast and by the next morning (12 hours or so) I had bubbling from the airlock every 3-5 seconds, and about 1 1/2 inches of foam up top. By afternoon today (Monday) the foam was gone, bubbling stopped, and I...

Thanks!!! I have been a connoisseur of fine beer for many years. Ive enjoyed the likes of Bud Light, Miller Light, and even the top shelf Guinness. Over my two tours to Germany in the Army, I learned that American's have no idea how to make a fine beer. So Ive devised a devious plan to hatch...

Hey ya'll, Im a new brewer in Georgia. Im getting into brewing because the highest quality beer in the world, Miller Lite, had raised their price on me for the last time. My first batch is on day 4 of fermenting. It is a Pilsner kit from Monster Brew. I have already begun purchasing...