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open ferrmentation. i dumped 2 liters of cherry and 1.5 gallons AJ onto the cake of my cider that i just kegged. it went 87 percent in just 48 hours. i dont know if good or bad but definately my fastest ever.

i am very particular with my bagels. bagels must be soft and airy on the inside with the right amount of crisp on the shell. IF a bagel place knows how to make good bagels, then they will come out of the oven steaming hot with a hard crisp shell no doughiness AT ALL. crisp to the point of...

not sure if this poll has been done before. i gave up siphoning beer a while ago in favor of spigots . one downside to spigots is that water baths can be an issue bathing the spigot in swamp water during fermentation. i got around this using fermentation chambers instead of water baths i am...

few months ago i got a sodastream canister that had narrow threads that wouldnt fit into my adaptor. i exchnaged it no prob and the clerk said it happens once in a while but it still a pain and means to be safe i should prolly have another in the cabinet for emergencies . well today it...

when i ferment motts apple juice it usually gives sulfur about day ten for 1-2 weeks. however after the sulfur burns off it off-gasses the most delicious apple aroma for several days at least. my ferm chamber smells like an apple orchard on a crisp fall day. i would love to retain more of...

hi all, i used llalemand kolsch yeast for the first time last month and was really surpirsed at the result. i have never had a ale yeast taste so clean . notty is close but not the same. i repitched it and its now going in another kolsch but i am afraid i wont get more than another few...

didnt want to start a new thread but all the ones related i found were 10 plus years old, so didnt want to resurrect an old one. i brewed outside for the first time yesterday. it was really great. the kids didnt complain about the smell. and the wife didnt complain i was in the way. it...

a collector friend of mine found out i brew beer so he gave me this really cool 4 pack signed by kelsey grammar. only problem is its 3 years old and prolly tastes stale. i dont know if i would have opened it anyway even if it was fresh . i prolly would have kept the signed can and drank...

My inventory: yeasts 1 llalemand kolsch slurry 2 weeks old in fridge. 2 wyest2565 smack pack 3 34/70 (2 packs) 4 cellarscience german slurry 4 weeks old in fridge hops 1 oz tettananger 1 oz perle 1 oz hallertaua mittelfru 1 oz magnum 2 oz pacifica hallertau huell melon mandarina mosaic...

ritebrew beat out my lhbs today and that was with pick up and 20 percent off lager kits. they were better than morebeer and the other big name online stores also. i got 20 lbs of grain 2 packs of 34/70 1 pack of live 2565 with ice pack and bubble wrap, and 4 oz of hops for 62 dollars with...

i have had various results searching for this answer with most agreeing that lowering my mash temps will lead to a drier beer. i like adding a pound of corn to my lagers to dry them out. when i leave out the corn i get a more german/ european heavier beer. the additional corn can be...

2 gallons motts apple juice 1/3 liter sour cherry juice 2/3 liter dark cherry juice 3 cherry/hibiscus/rosehip tea bags in 1 cup of hot water juice of one lime yeast nutrient pectinase s05 ferment all the way dry about 3 weeks add gelatin and 1 liter of motts to keg. rack into keg. carb and...

10.25lbs of grain hoping for 5.5 gallons of wort in fermenter deadspace is big 7 liters boil off 1 gallon leave behind .5 in the kettle with the drek so i was thinking a thin mash at 1.7 qts per pound is 17.4 qts. about 4.5 gallons. can i just sparge (about 2.5 gal) til i get to 7 gallons...

this happened after storm ophelia. better get the press out.

my brother sent me this text 2 weeks ago , i brewed this in november of 2019. and it was a lowly coopers stout kit. he reported no off flavors. 4 years in a PET bottle. im sure the 36 degree fridge kept it viable but still . kit beer 4 years in a pet bottle.

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growing up in the late 70's we had three types of apples. red delicious cortland and macs there were yellow apples which looked more like yellow macs then the "yellow delicious" availabel today, bu they tasted like yuck and were called baking apples and were used in pies. then in 1980 or so...

i brewed a lager last weds and my efficiency wasnt great . the munich light i added was crushed way to fine like flour and it clumped in the mash. i think thats why my efficiency was low. i also had a ton of trub left in the kettle. all went well except it got stuck at 1.015. i warmed it up...

i have a session mead that still tasted sweet at 1.004. its now very dry at .9950 and will need backsweetening a little . thats ok because i plan to darken the color anyway with sweet cherry juice or perhaps a mix. do you usually bottle a mead when its done or leave it on the lees an extra...

the lack of hbs in the nyc 5 boroughs is appaling. one in brooklyn thank god. ZERO in manhattan???. one in long island (so far out on the island it might as well be in another state). and a few in NJ. im taking the trip to new jersey. 25$ gas and tolls still cheaper than shipping. and...