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I just picked up some raw unfiltered honey. I was planning on adding about 15 lbs to water to make a mead. I'm under the impression that honey contains naturally occurring yeasts, and my plan was to just combine, aerate, and let the natural yeasts take over? Will this yield a successful...

I'm looking to make a small batch of about 3 gallons. I have a few 1 gallon jugs and standard 6.5 gallon buckets. I'd rather not split the batch into the 1 gallon jugs to just recombine them in the bottling bucket. Would it be a bad idea to ferment the batch in the standard bucket? The...

I got some home grown hops from a friend of a friend before moving. I just got the chance to use some last night and boy did they smell great. There were these hops labeled simply "GN" that smelled citrus-ey and a bit like tangerines. Any guess as to what these might have been? They came from...

I was looking for a reading list of books to take my brewing and knowledge to the next level. I'm an engineer, but not a chemist/biologist, so technical works are appreciated, but I might lack some background for very advanced papers. Thoughts on a reading list/books to add to my library...

Northern brewer is running a sale on their pin lock kegs if you buy a system. I've always heard of ball lock kegs and I was wondering if there is a functional difference, or any reason I would want one over another. Thanks

I love Belgian beers having been to Belgium, brewing a green tea Belgian witbier, and a grand cru as a holiday beer. I was thinking of brewing a Belgian double this weekend and was wondering which recipe to start from. I was wondering what your favorite Belgian recipes, commercial...

So I love walking through the beer isle and looking at all the variety (my supermarket has good craft selection). I normally just use Google Goggles and beer advocate to decide. I was wondering how you guys decide? Word of mouth? Darts, dice, or other games of chance? Brand loyalty? Love BMC so...

I'm looking to pick up something like 15 (maybe more if I get friends to join in) gallons of cider to ferment into hard cider. I'm in the Rochester, NY area. Anyone know of a good place to get cider or have tips regarding the procurement of such a purchase. Thanks

First off, sorry for the terrible alliteration in the title :mug:. I was hoping to get some input on a Red recipe I want to make. So the plan is to make 3 gallons, and split it up into 4 1-gallon fermenters. In each fermenter, I will do a different yest/something slightly different. In...

So I was thinking of doing a batch of red ale using a yeast I used for my IPA. I'm at capacity when it comes to fermenters (3), but I'm bottling one, so I'll have a free fermenter. I was hoping to bottle one batch, clean the bucket, move the IPA into the cleaned bucket for aging, and possibly...

So I brewed an IPA yesterday and my OG seemed a bit low. I had an OG of about 1.052 after an adjustment for temp (the original was 1.050 @74.9° F). My grain bill is as follows: 6 lbs amber dme 1 lb crystal 60L 0.5 lb biscuit malt 0.5 lb toasted malt What I think it's the most likely culprit...

So I won a prize of $300. Turns out if they give me cash, they're going to take taxes out before giving me the money. They have offered to buy me something worth $300 instead. So I'll put it to you guys. What would you get with $300?

So first off, I have a 6 gallon bucket and 2 1-gallon jugs. I'm thinking of brewing a 5 gallon batch of a red ale in a common batch wert and splitting it amoungst the 3. My plan is to do one with a Belgian yeast (3 gallons), an English yeast (1 gallon), and I have one other experimental...

I have some Crafa III Special lying around. First question is it's about 6 months or so old (uncrushed), has this passed it's prime? Second question: If i were to use carafa instead of roasted barley in a stout, what kind of difference would I see in the flavor? Thanks

Sorry if this has been brought up before, but I'm not really sure what to search for. I have this old cider that I made about a year ago. It now has this smell that reminds me of the dentist. It's not a rotten egg smell but more of the dental cement smell Knowing that it probably wouldn't kill...

I'm looking for a new brew to start sometime around January 13th or so. I'm thinking something wintery, though I'm up for anything. It's a bit early to brew a St. Pattrick's Day beer, but my birthday is in February, so I wouldn't mind brewing something special to treat myself for that. So...

So as an income constrained brewer, I find it nice to brew up a cheap light pils/ale to drink if i want to have a bunch of beers. Usually I can get away with a $20-30 for 5 gallon batch. One thing I like to do to make this beer slightly special is to add a little bit of darker malt extract to...

So I've been in the experimental mood and I've been harvesting my own yeast so I made a nut brown ale (recipe below) and today I added 1 lb of brown sugar to the secondary, racked, and inoculated it with lager yeast. I'm wondering what to call my beer/what style (if any) it would fit into. I'm...

So I'm going to harvest my own yeast for the first time today. I'm up on the general how to, but any useful advice from people who've done this a bunch of times?

So I love me some nut brown ales. I enjoy them on the malty side and on the nutty side (often go hand in hand, but not always). I was wondering: since I have a fridge that I've modified so that I can lager in it (well tore the door up really :ban: ) perhaps a nut brown lager might be nice...