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For chirstmas my brother got me a 3 gal oak barrel that was precharred. I dont know what to do with it. Iv done 10 batches of beers, wines and mead so im not experianced. I dont know what this could be used for wxcept whisy and buorbon but thats illegal here

I have a 6 gal carboy that has a hole near the bottom on the side about half an inch big. It was caused by a defect in the glass and was paper thin in that spot. Northernbrewer.com was nice and replaced it for free a couple months after purchase. Just wondering if there a possibility of repair...

I bought a deluxe kit from northern brewer early in January. I was cleaning it and on the side near the bottom broke. Not like shattered but about a half inch hole in the glass. The thickness on where the hole is is about as thin as paper almost. I'm just wondering if this is normal or a...

I have a 5 gal batch of cider that's been cold crashing a couple day now. I have been using an ice bath and it seems that I'm not getting clear cider. After work today it cleared about 2 inches down but when I added a bag of ice to the bath the cloudy stuff covered the whole amount? ( this was...

So I have some cider fermenting at yhe moment. when calculating my sugar I forgot to consider the amount of liquid in the frozen juice concentrate and ended up with 1.110 sg. Would it be possible to stop the fermentation early like around 1.03 or 1.040 so that I get some sweetness. I would be...

I'm trying to make a hard seltzer. I'm using ec1118. I used the correct amount of yeast nutrient and kept it at 68 degrees. I checked it at the 2 week mark and only have a 1.020 sg. The og eas 1.032? Any ideas?? Was expecting .997 or 1.0

I just want to hear some stories where something went completely wrong or you forgot to do something or messed up

A friend of mine has a ton of 40 oz king cobra bottles. Can I use these for home brew??? They have the plastic soda bottle type caps that are made of metal.

I have a cider the I believe has finished fermenting. The og was 1.06 and the current gravity is 1.000. I am going to check the gravity again in 3 days to make sure it is done. I used 5 gal of apple juice, yeast nutrients and a little honey to bump the gravity and used s04 yeast. I started it...

My brother doesnt believe that homebrew can taste as good as store bought beer. He tends to drink king cobra malt liquor the most and I want to show him that it can be better. I want a recipe that can match or be better than king cobra in smooth and taste. Idc about cost this is a competiti0n...

So I just finished brewing a 3 gallon batch and I put the stopper in just enough and went to bathroom. My brother wanted to help and thought it wasn't in far enough. Now it's at the bottom of the wort. Is the beer ruined? It sat in no rinse washer for over an hour and was still soaked in it as...

So I added the hops into my carboy after a week of fermentation. I realized that I was supposed to add them a week prior to bottling now. Will this cause a huge issue for me:confused:?

I have a 5 gallon batch of cider fermenting. 5 gallons of apple juice. S04 yeast. And yeast nutrients used. Temp of 67 for fermenting. I started it a little over a week ago and the air lock activity has slowed down significantly. My question is I only have the one 5 gal carboy atm and wonder...

My cider has been fermenting for 2 days now. The foam formed on day one but went away after a day 2 when I got yelled at to move it out of an unused room. Currently the cider is bubbling pretty fast and there are bubbles around the side but I'm pretty sure that's the co2. The temp of the...

I was wondering if this would be a good idea or not for a project. I want to build an insulated box that has 4 different spaces to hold up to a 6 gal carboy. I will use a Peltier module and temp sensor for the exact heat or coolness I want with a brushless fan to circulate the air in the...

Hi im new to brewing. I got the northern brewer deluxe kit for Christmas and have the ipa squished fermenting in the closet at the moment. My other brother gave me a 3 gallon carboy that he had and never used. What is a great carbonated hard cider recipe? I would prefer to use store bought apple...

Hi im new to brewing. I got the northern brewer deluxe kit for Christmas and have the ipa squished fermenting in the closet at the moment. My other brother gave me a 3 gallon carboy that he had and never used. What is a great carbonated hard cider recipe? I would prefer to use store bought apple...