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I brewed a four way split batch SMasSH with maris otter and a different hop planned for each fermenter: cascade, citra, EKG, and Hallertau. I did a single mash and collected about 9 gallons to do four 2.25 gallon boils and end up with 1.75 gallon batches in four white plastic 2 gallon icing...

Turns out that's a bad idea. Seemed like a good idea to pre-sanitize a bunch of water, so I could do a 2.5 gal boil and top off with three gallons plus have a couple extra clean gallons in need case I needed it. Boiled the water. Cleaned and sanitized my bottling bucket. Poured the boiling...

I recently bottled my first cider and figured I'd share the results. I brewed a brown ale and bottled it last Saturday. After I finished bottling, I dumped 5.5 gallons of Walmart apple juice on the yeast (no washing), 2 cups of sugar and 5 tsp of yeast nutrient. I shook it for maybe 5 minutes...

Probably 50% of the time, when I start to clamp down with my wing capper, the bottle twists to the side. It's like the the clamps on the capper slip off the shoulder on one side. If I were t keep going, it would break the bottle. I can get around it by rotating the bottle 1/4 turns and...

Is there a proper procedure from making cider from beer trub? I'm going to bottle a brown ale in about 2 weeks and I'll have the yeast cake and a little bit of hops in the bottom of the carboy. I want to pour cider on it to make hard cider. I'm going to bottle before it's totally dried out...

I've been struggling to find an answer using the search. Is it better to make hard cider from apple cider or apple juice?

My glass floating thermometer exploded on its second use! I used it the first time, no problem. I pulled the rubber cap off, washed everything, let it dry, and slipped the cap back on. This time, my water was at about 145 and I needed to get it up to 150. I let it it sit in there, not...

I made my second batch ever, and it went much more smoothly than my first. I used the nut brown ale extract kit from Apex Brew Wares in Independence MO (http://www.apexbrewwares.com/Beer-Making/Beer-Recipe-Kits/nut-brown-ale.html). I also went with the Clarity Ferm for gluten reduction. They...

For my first brew, I made a Gluten Free Ale kit from Brewer's Best which uses liquid sorghum extract. The box says: IBUs: 16 - 18 OG: 1.049 to 1.053 ABV: 5.25% to 5.75% GEARING UP: I'm using a brew kit that my wife got me for Christmas (thanks!) and supplemented it with a homemade...

Moments ago, I finished cleaning up from my first-ever home brew day! I've been perusing this forum for the last few weeks and just want to say thanks to all of you folks. I had no idea what I was doing when I got my kit, but I picked up enough knowledge on here to feel confident getting...