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Thinking of making the spruce ale from the complete joy of homebrewing. In the book the directions are to add at beginning and boil for the full hr. Most spruce beer recipes I find online suggest a 10-15min boil. Anyone know how boil time would effect flavor? Will something negative happen...

I originally posted this in the cider forum, didn't generate much interest there which makes since cider is pretty specific and results in a product very different from what this technique yields. For the uninitiated fractional freezing or jacking in brewing terms is freezing your product to...

So this winter I decided to try my hand at applejack. I had some success, and learned a few things in the process so knowledge being power and all I though I would share my experience. A few things first. First its legal and allowed for discussion that question seems to always come up in the...

This is a very strange question I know. I am comtemplating making a high abv ice beer. I do not have a keg or any type of forced carbonation system. This being my first attempt at the style I really don't want to spend the money to buy one when I am not even sure how good the end product will...

This weekend I decided to go to the LHBS and get components for a dragon stout clone. This beer is actually a lager, but since Wyeast 2112 California Lager was one of the recommended yeast for this beer I thought I might be able to maintain the temperature required in my basement this winter...

So I went to my local homebrew supply store today to put together my Dragon Stout clone. I was intending to use wyeast 2112 California Lager. I ferment in my basement and it is generally mid to high 60s this time of year. I was also going to use a glass carboy and submerge it in a tub of...

A bit of background I bought out another homebrew completely. This included 2 "True Brew" brand bottling buckets. Both are leaking around the spigots. One is fairly slow and I would be ok living with the loss that would occur in a 1hr bottling session, though I'd like to have the option to...

Kind of looks like an airlock but im not sure

I have been brewing kit extract beer for years, but never really have had the will to experiment before now. Recently I responded to an add by someone selling all their home brew equip at a very cheap price and I have gone from 2 carboys to 8 so I have a little more freedom to experiment...

I attempted my 1st mead last night, I used 12lbs of honey and 3 gallons of water and ended with an OG of 1.102. I was hoping for sweet final product with a bit of a bite. I am thinking of adding another 3-6lbs to the fermentor. Will this mess anything up? If not what is the minimum amount of...

So in what I am hoping turns into a bit of serendipity someone mistakenly gifted me an all grain kit(milled), when I have always been an extract brewer. I figure why not try BIAB, from reading up on it really doesn't seem like the technique is all that different from the flavoring grain step in...

So I have batch of beer that has been stuck at a FG above 1.020 a little googling seems to suggest a possible solution is adding beano. There seems to be a lot of people who have had bad experiences with this, and a few that have been able to save their batches. Sampling the warm flat product...

2nd time in a row this has happened. My final gravity for two non-high gravity beers is about 1.024. The last batch I racked in hopes that getting rid of the inactive yeast at the bottom as well as agitating the what was still suspended would restart things. It didn't so I gave up and...