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All, Having reached the point where it was necessary for me to give up alcohol entirely, I am selling my home brewing equipment. None of it is professional grade, but it has served me well. Here's a link to the Craigslist advert. Let me know if you have questions...

All, I started this cider - https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?p=7271214 - a few weeks back. I just moved this to secondary - went from 1.060 to 1.000 - 8% ABV or thereabouts. It has a slightly bitter flavor. Would y'all recommend leaving it in secondary, adding stevia and bottling...

All, I stared this cider - https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?p=7271214 - a few weeks back. I just moved this to secondary - went from 1.060 to 1.000 - 8% ABV or thereabouts. It has a slightly bitter flavor. Would y'all recommend leaving it in secondary, adding stevia and bottling...

All, I recently started a cider with 4.5 gallons apple cider (from Costco - no preservatives, seasonal...good stuff) and .5 gallon grape juice by Paul Newman (also de Costco). I sprinkled a packet of Cider House Select Cider yeast. OG - 1.060 I suspect the grape won't leave enough of a...

All, Made a hard cider using 5 gallons of apple cider, plus 2 cans of concentrate. Started with regular yeast, which didn't really go for long, then added champagne yeast as a secondary yeast, which I then let ferment for over three months, one month in primary, 2+ in secondary. I went to...

All, I added 7 oz. of molasses to my cider about a week after moving it to secondary. A week later, I've noticed little activity (no bubbling). Does molasses take awhile, or could this be stalled and need a re-pitch? Thanks! --Jonathan

All, I just placed a cider in the fermenter, consisting of: 4 gallons of blended cider from a local supplier in Michigan, Shelton's Farms. 1/2 gallon of the same cider used as a yeast starter White Laps WLP775 2 containers of frozen apple juice from Wal-Mart I made a starter from the...

Fellow ciderers: I am going to make my first batch since an attempt at Ed Wort's apfelvine a few years back. My plan is to use 4 gallons of apple cider, along with two containers of frozen apple juice, and 1 additional gallon of water. I want to go gluten-free, so my plan is to go with a...

BrewBros and Sis, A few months back, I made the following Tripel recipe, which turned out fantastically: Pilsen DME 8.5 lbs 1 lb table sugar 1 lb corn sugar Hops 1.5 oz - Styrian Goldings (substitute: Fuggle, Willamette) (60 m.) 1 oz - Saaz (substitute: Sladek, Lublin, Sterling...

Breiss Pilsen Light (Liquid)10 lbs Breiss Golden (Dry) 2 lbs Dingemans Aromatic Malt 2 lbs Light Belgian Candi Sugar 2 lbs Hops 1.5 oz - Styrian Goldings (substitute: Fuggle, Willamette) (60 m.) 1 oz - Saaz (substitute: Sladek, Lublin, Sterling, Ultra, Vangaurd) (15 m.) 1/2 oz - Saaz...

All: I just made this mead - https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f80/blueberry-mead-34038/ - and it has been in open fermentation for about a week. Smells heavily of alcoholic blueberry honey bread at this point, and I am preparing to move it to airlocked fermenter in the next day or two. As this...

All, Just a general recommendation. If your children are considering law school, do whatever it takes to keep them out of it for now. My reasoning: it's overpriced, the market is glutted (therefore, salaries are very low and hiring is way down), and law schools are playing games with their...

All, Given that it is summer (and HOT), I was considering making a "small beer" using molasses, honey, ginger, and lemon. For five gallons, 60 minute boil, I was thinking: 40 oz ginger juice 80 oz fresh lemon juice 4 lbs honey 2 lbs light molasses 2 lb dark molasses (for...

Okay - my wife and I love Yuengling. Not the world's best beer, by most standards, but tasty, especially on hot days. Regardless of our current snowed-in condition, I am going to attempt a Yuengling clone. I have scoured the web via Google, and located more than a few attempts. Below, I have...

I posted a similar recipe before, which was delicious, but I just brewed this last night: 3 gal water. .3 lbs American Chocolate .3 lbs American Black Patent .6 lbs Black Roasted Barley Steeped for 30 mins. at 155. 3 3.3 lb cans of Breiss malt (2 Dark, 1 Porter) Boiled for 60...

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All, I am giving up alcohol (!) for Lent, but am looking to make an ale over that time to celebrate the end of Lent. I was thinking about something like: 6.5 lbs American 6 Row 2.0 lbs Honey Malt 1.0 lbs American Crystal 60L .25 oz. Willamette (60m) .25 oz. Willamette (45m) .25 oz...

I am brewing this imperial stout: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f37/imperial-stout-127313/ After a rather explosive process (which involved halving the fermenting wort into two fermenters), the fermenting appears to have slowed. I had planned on keeping the beer on for 30 days in the two...

I am taking the "wait and see" rec, but has this happened to anyone (I am sure it has) and how did it come out? I made this recipe: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f37/imperial-stout-127313/ I went downstairs this morning, and it was bubbling away. I went down this evening, and it had blown the...