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I see many recipes that call for either DME or LME or sometimes both. My question is: why use one over the other? I understand that You use more LME for the same DME, etc. That's not my question. What is it about each of these that prompt brewers to choose one over the other? Is it just price...

I like the idea of just letting wines age out to degas. 6 months or so is about right? If I'm not stirring it to degas, how can you tell if it is sufficiently degassed? Do you add the stabilizers and then age out, or do you add the stabilizers after it has aged, but before bottling? How long...

Followed this recipe to the letter. It fermented about 3 months, then I bottled. It had a sulfury smell at bottling, but I'm hoping that will fade. About two weeks post-bottling, and it has not faded at all. I realize two weeks is nothing, and I'm willing to ride it out. I read this post today...

So, my computer had to be reformatted (long story, not relevant here). I had to reistall everything including Beersmith 2. I had the Beersmith file in Documents backed up, but I can't figure out how to import it or even if my recipes are there. The program says it needs recipe.bsm, but can't...

Just brewed this as a one-gallon test batch, whatcha guys think? 1 gal batch. If it is decent, I might do a 5 gal. I love these two flavors! I think you call this a partial mash. But I'm not sure the difference between partial mash and steeping grains. Anyways, here's what I did: Recipe...

Thinking ahead to St. Patrick's Day, I'm wondering if I can premix, bottle, ferment ginger beer and Jameson or another whisky & let it bottle condition. I've been doing some reading on aged cocktails from Jeffrey Morgenthaler & others, and this seems to be along the same lines. If I just add...

I haven't seen this anywhere else online, but I tried this today since it is snowing outside. I have been making Kombucha for a while now, and I wanted to make it into a hard tea. Here's what I did for a 1 gal batch: 1 gal for my homemade Kombucha (aged about 7-10 days)- I think, can't...

I haven't seen this anywhere else online, but I tried this today since it is snowing outside. I have been making Kombucha for a while now, and I wanted to make it into a hard tea. Here's what I did for a 1 gal batch: 1 gal for my homemade Kombucha (aged about 7-10 days)- I think, can't...