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been in the secondary for 4 months when disturbed it looks similar to yeast moving with that stringy pattern that yeast likes to move in. I'd like to think that's what it is but after sitting for 4 months it should have dropped by now.

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Just sending out a feeler to see if anyone here has tried it. A basic search doesn't pull up much in the way cinnamon as it relates to beer. I'm thinking dubbel with corriander + cinnamon in the 9%abv range. Thoughts?

I've got 4 pounds of extract leftover and a couple ounces of hops. I'm gonna make some invert sugar and make a 4%ish brew. My problem however is I don't have any yeast laying around and the beer store is closed. I do however have an English Ale using WPL002, another using Nottingham (both...

I've got 1/2 pound of Steel Cut Oats steeping with 1/2 teaspoon of powdered amylase from the brew store. I'm curious to see if this alone will convert the oats to sugar, however I'm a little concerned about the "keep out of reach of children" warning on the package. Will this be safe to eat?

Basically I'd like to brew a nightcap beer, something that will work as a sleeping aid. I'd like to be able to extract the maximum amount of this substance into my brew without making it "suck your lips down your stomach bitter." Has anyone seen a study of varying amounts of this substance...

9oz of this extract comes out to 12 bux or $1.33 an oz McCormmick is about 5bux for 2 oz? Not a bad price and a nice bottle to boot! Note* I have no idea if these will hold pressure.

Sunday will be my batches 3rd week in the primary and it's still got a couple of points till F.G. If I wanted to age it properly will my time be somewhat shorter or does true aging not begin until after fermentation ends? 6#sorghum 1#honey 1/2#steeping oats 1/2oz galena 1ozoz cascade...

I've had my batch in the primary for 2 1/2 weeks now. I kept my first sample in a flip-top (lid on with no clamp) just so I could hydro it now and again. I did the same with my second sample at 1 1/2 weeks in. That second sample is sticking at .020 and there is no airlock activity in the...

I have a few glass milk bottles I'd like to use for bottling my apfelwein. I don't trust the plastic snap on lids very much and want to seal them with ordinary-run-of-the-mill candle wax. If the liquid comes in contact with the wax could this cause problems?

I'm currently de-gassing my Apfelwein with my bottle brush hooked up to a drill over the course of the next couple of days. I'd like to have just one sparkling bottle, and I just want to double check the amount of priming sugar I'd need to go from flat to carbed. I'm using Bottle & Bulk...

I'm on my 3rd batch using Briess 45D Sorghum Extract and I think I finally hit my stride. It's got a healthy fermenting going and my sample tastes great, kind of like a mild chocolate. My first batch was decent but with some aftertaste problems and my second batch was less than good due to the...

I left a pack of hops out for a couple of weeks, it's in a vacuum sealed bag, will these be worth using or should I just toss them?

Jebus this stuff won't quit! I've been looking forward to bottling all week but it just won't quit! I want to add a second infusion of gelatin to clear it up but I'm reluctant after what happened last time I added gelatin while fermentation was still going on. According to they hydro it's...

Or is this a big no no?

Guess that funk!

...and it's not bad at all! It's really early in the carbonation, 7 days and some of the bitterness has mellowed out a bit. I'm gonna open my next one at 14 and note the differences and so on till it's completely ready. I heard tell that this is a good way to get a sense of what's going on...

I've got my first very first batch in the primary and I've got not much else to do but wait and look at these forums. One thing I haven't seen any information on is canning home brews. I don't plan on doing this myself, but I'm wondering if anyone has looked into this. Seems like it'd take a...

I've been trying to figure out as much as I gain before my first set of ingredients comes in the mail. I think I've got everything covered but the one thing that bothers me is the thought of all the hard work exploding all over my basement floor. From what I've read I *should* be checking...