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All, I'm getting ready to make a 2.5 Gallon Blond and will be adding 1 Can of 49 Oz Blueberry Puree. My plan is to add in secondary. My question is do I need to adjust the water in recipe since I'm adding in Puree. For Example, after I put the Wort into Fermenter, the recipe states to add 1...

Was this a 5 Gallon batch? If so, I think 1 Oz. might be better even though recipe say 2 oz. (since my kit is 2.5 gallons)

o.k., so, maybe I will will try Vanilla Extract and see how it goes. I could add 1 oz to Secondary and see how it tastes and then add another 1 oz if necessary. I have a bottle of just Store brand pure vanilla extract. Ingredients say Vanilla bean Extractives in Water and Alcohol. O.k. to...

All, I'm making a 2.5 Gallon kit of Vanilla Cream Ale. The recipe says to add 2 oz. pure vanilla extract to Secondary. My concern is that this might give the beer a chemical or artificial taste. I'm curious if anyone can recommend something else. I see Brewers Best makes a whole bunch of...

I chill by putting the kettle in a sink with ice and stir. Usually I can get it cooled pretty quickly. So, it sounds like you are in favor of this method: After the 45 min Boil, move off burner as instructions state. Add hops to hop bag and add to Beer for 5 min. Remove bag entirely and...

Honey Porter. (I'm combining two 1 Gallon kits - doubling everything) German Hallertau Hops 3.5 Grams (Qty 2) which it says to add at end of boil.

I'm getting ready to brew a small batch (2 Gallons) of beer. This kit came with bittering hops and Aroma Hops. Now, I always have used muslin bags even for pellets as I prefer that, but, most kits I've done were Bittering/Flavor hop that went into the boil. This recipe says to add the pellets...

I used 1 fizzdrop per 12 oz bottle. So, I decided to just make some priming sugar. Added about 10ml per bottle and I'll test again in 2 weeks. No bottle bombs after a few days, so, hopefully o.k.

Yes, capped tightly and stored at 68 - 70 degrees.

I brewed a brown ale and put some in a small keg, but, had extra, so, I bottled the rest. It made about 10 bottles and I used Fizz drops. I checked after 2 weeks and it was flat. It has now been 5 weeks and still flat. Can I do something to try and carbonate these?? I was thinking of either...

All, I bought a Cannonball keg and changed out the corny lid with one that has a carbstone. Last night was first time I used it. I set the pressure to 12 psi (Using 74G cartridge) and put in Fridge. Checked on it an hour later and it was at 25 psi!. I did purge it a few times and again set...

Should I do one of the following: --Just bottle from here? I have Fizzdrops. --Siphon to another jug trying not to get the Trub/Yeast in there? Then, Bottle with Fizzdrops. --Siphon to another just that has priming sugar (Came with kit). Bottle from there. Or, by having the extra yeast in...

NO way...I didn't know that. O.k., so, now that I have added more yeast, what should I do?

I am using a refractometer. The kind you put a few drops on and look at in light. It shows 1.03 and has been there for a few weeks. Yeast both times was the same. Safale S-04. 1 Teaspoon. I just moved Fermemter to a warmer location to see if that helps. I had it in a room that was 67...

So, I stirred it and waited 24 hrs. Same. I decided to just add more Dry Yeast to it. So far, I see nothing in Airlock. Will give it more time. I"m hoping more yeast will get things going.

All, New to homebrewing and ran into a problem. I bought a 1 gallon small batch of Chocolate stout. I followed the directions and my OG was 1.058 which was at high end but, in range for OG. I used the 3 gallon BrewDemon fermenter (Maybe that was a mistake since most space in there isn't...

All, I'm thinking about purchasing the Cannonball keg. My buddy swears by using a carbstone for his large keg, and, I wanted to apply the same principal here. I was told the lid that comes with it doesn't include the tube with carbstone. My question...can I get a Corny style keg lid with...

I just found a 4 Gallon bucket with Spigot online. Maybe that will work best. There will be some room at the top, but, not as much as a 5 gallon. My goal is to not use 2 buckets or siphon if possible. Just brew the beer in 1 fermenter and bottle from there. I also just read a brew demon...

All, My first 2 batches were 1 gallon. I found the bottling portion to be a PITA. I have magic siphon, but, it was tough to get started and to keep it going. Needed a 2nd person too. Also, almost impossible to not get Trub in the bottles. What I would like to do is get the 5 gallon plastic...

Caffeinated coffee. Yeah, I don't drink them before bed or I'd be up. LOL As an example of what I like, Sam Adams makes a Coffee Nitro Stout.