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I have 3.5 gallon of cider I am letting sit in hopes the sulfur smells goes away. What can I top off with? I know I with wine and beer I just used commercial like style. Same for cider?

My local brew store has been doing an apple cider buy ever couple months. I got 5 gallons of NY cider in December. Added 5 Camden tabs let it sit over noght Added nutrient (according to directions ) Added pectin (according to directions) Once ferment I noticed the strong sulfur smell. I racked...

A friend has to move these hood off his property. He is not a beer person so They were for decoration. Can anyone give me advise for when he digs them up and how I can best plant at end of the season. Also any idea what variety they are?

Making a summer pale ale (recipe below) I don’t like to waste what I spent money on, so only using some of the hops irks me. I bumped up the nugget to 1/2 Oz, but was considering using the other half to dry hop. Having little to know knowledge of nugget, not sure if this will work given the...

Making a cream ale using Williamette (60 min) and Saab (20 min). Going to add 2 Oz of Citra Cryohops for some aroma. whirlpool at 170? Dry hop 5-7 days? I halve read that whirlpool inparts a little flavor, while dry hoponly provides aroma. thoughts? Preferences?

Wife bought me an extract beer kit for the holiday. Pretty sure this was to go with the kegerator which hasn’t shown up yet. I haven’t used extract since my 2nd brew many moons ago. I figure if I brew as is, it will be a little too close to BCM The kit is a American Cream ale. I have my own...

Going to be soaking 5 Oz of oak chips in bourbon/whiskey. Will be adding to an old ale. I like good bourbon, but also don’t want to use my $50 bottle to put in beer. does a good bottle make that much of a difference? if not I was going to use something like black velvet or some simple whiskey...

Sorry for the noob question. Making a old ale, based on Founders old curmudgeon recipe. the recipe is for 5.5 gallon and calls for 2.5 Oz of oak in secondary. Using American Light Toast, which will soaked in bourbon. I have always been confused Using oak, do you use volume or weight? As you can...

Making SNPA clone (with few tweaks) 5 gall 10# two row .75 # Carmel 60 Brewers friend has the SG at 1.060 with 75% efficiency. I use BIAB and usually hit this target. Using WLP001 yeast Never used this yeast before. LHBS said I shouldn’t need a starter, however with my lack of ability to go...

Making my house ale which is considered to be either a late hopped cream ale or a cream ipa. 7 # 2 Row 3 # Flaked Corn 1 # Flaked Barley 1oz Cascade pellets 20min 1oz Centennial pellets 5 min I have 2 oz of mosaic or citra pellets For 170f whirl pool (steep for 30 minutes) that means 2...

The following recipe is my house ale. 7# 2 row 3# flaked corn 1# flaked Barley 1 oz cascade (or Columbus)20 min 1 oz centennial 5 mins 3 oz combo of galaxy/mosaic/citra flameout 3 oz combo of galaxy/mosaic/citra dry hop S-05 But was looking at using WLP080 cream ale yeast The idea of the...

Made a scotch ale: 10# Golden promise 1/2 # Munich 1/2 # honey malt 1 # crystal 40 1/4 # crystal 120 1/4 # pale chocolate 1.5 oz Kent golding 60 min .5 oz Kent Golding 20 min WLP 028 Scottish ale yeast Took 1 gallon and decided to add some whiskey soaked oak chips. Used about 1 oz of medium...

Bought a pack of WLP028 Scottish ale yeast. I intended to brew tonight. Just looked at the yeast- it indicated “best by July 19 2018” Had a brain fart at LHBS did not pick up DME for a starter. So used to using dry yeast or imperial, with out starters. Can I still brew today & just pitch the...

I made Yoopers oatmeal stout with a few tweaks. I added 4 oz of cocoa nibs (sterilized in whiskey) to 4 gallons. Getting ready to bottle and there is a dry chocolate flavor. It is not bad, but the back end has a very bitter chocolate flavors. Is there anything I can do with a week from...

Bought a nylon hop bag at the LHBS. Never used one before. After 30 minutes in bag in the boil, I noted I was not getting the thick froth of hops I am used to and not getting that hop smell. I lifted the bag to find it was retaining liquid (looked like a water balloon). When lifted the mist...

Going to add 4 oz of coco nibs to a oatmeal stout. Do you soak in whiskey to sanitize? I am trying not to impart too much of a whiskey flavor as I will adding oak and whiskey to a separate gallon. How can I sanitize ? Do I add to primary Or add to secondary? Which will result in best flavor...

Looking to add some homemade maple syrup to a home made breakfast stout (following the founders breakfast stout receipt). The question becomes when to add: Flame out? Primary ? Secondary ? At Bottling? I have read that adding at flameout will burn off the flavor. Adding at bottling may add too...

Heading to Virginia Beach for a week of lazy vacationing, beach going and beer drinking. Going to need beer. Looking for local brands to grab for condo fridge. Also any brew pubs-brewery along Atlantic ave worth visiting? (Preferably kid friendly) Looking for places I can grab some bottles to...

Made my first batch of skeeter pee in many, many years. I am making 5.5 gallon. Bought a food grade safe bucket to be able to give to a friend with celiacs (hence no equipment will have touched grain) The issue I had was I have run out of room with 30 oz of lemon left to add, along with the 2nd...

For my birthday swmbo bought me a nostalgia cbd5ss homecraft on tap beer growler cooler thing. Without opening, it appears to be a 1 gallon growler that uses co2 cartridges to carb the beer. I was hoping for a real kegerator, however life doesn’t always work out the way we want. Does anyone...