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I know this is an old thread, but wondering how it turned out? I have about 12cups of Concord grapes juice/mash (I used a juicer to crush/juice about 30lbs of fresh grapes) Gonna brew up a Belgium strong ale (or something like it) and then add the concord grapes juice/mash to the secondary and...

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Nice! Been putting off becoming a member out of lazyness. But just did it :)

Started the brew tonight with the Safbrew T-58 and Brewferm farmboos. We will see how this works out :) Did 2.5cups of sugar and GV before pitch was showing 1.050. this is my first time using a plastic bucket for my primary. Going to be transferring it to a 5gallon carboy later on...

will give that a try, I just dont see any way that it was gonna work without breaking something based off the paper directions. Will check out the NB site also as I've not looked at it yet. Was going to send them a email to find out what they suggested. hope to maybe try the kettle out in the...

I got the 10 gal Megapot 1.2 for Xmas also and very excited to try it out! Need to go pickup some Yeast today so that I can brew tomorrow. Hope my BBQ grill burner will work to do the 5 gallon boil. Only problem right now Im trying to figure out the correct way to install the Ball Valve /...

Safbrew actually looks pretty good after reading and doing some searches. Now wish the LHB was open today.. I got a 10gallon Megapot for Xmas and a 7gallon Stainless Steel Conical Fermenter!

google search is how I found the site. I think I was looking for Mr Beer fixes :) 6 months later, I think I have $1500 in homebrew hardware..

Hi all, I picked up a can of Brewferm Framboos, but its missing the yeast? Anyone have any good suggestions on a Yeast I can pickup to try with this kit? I'm thinking Wyeast Lab American Ale II (1272) or White Labs Belgian Wit Ale Yeast WL400 and some sugar or DME should help bring out the...

I am about to make this, Any suggestions on what light malt extract to use? Also what type of Clove Honey would someone suggest? My local store has a store brand for $3.99 a pound..

I'm new to wine making and have been playing around with beer for about 2 years. I have 4 concord vines in my yard and it gave me around 80lbs of grapes this year. I have 57lbs still left in the freezer. I picked them a week ago and planning on doing another batch or two to mess around with...