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I am going to give root beer brewing a shot. I just ordered a pound each of sarsaparilla, birch bark, cinnamon sticks, spearmint, star anise, and orange peel. I also have vanilla extract, sucrose, local honey, and brown sugar and I'm trying to source some wintergreen leaves. I came up with a...

Hey guys, I have never brewed with Mosaic before, but I would really like to give it a shot. I can trade Chinook, Citra, Amarillo, Sorachi Ace, Magnum, Northern Brewer, Cascade, EKG, or Simcoe for some Mosaic. If anyone is interested, please send me a PM.

I just added Red Star Champagne yeast to 5 gallons of apple juice. I am expecting this to end up around 6% ABV. I am sure others of you have done this before. How did it turn out?

I have made up my mind that I want to brew a fruit beer when I get home. After doing some more reading, I think I am close to making up my mind. I want a lot of fruit flavor and I am not sure I have ever had a beer like what I am imaginig. Here is what I am thinking though... Fruit will be...

I am thinking of ordering Sprecher Root Beer Syrup. My plan is to mix the syrup in a bucket and fill two liter bottles, cool them down, and use a carbonater cap to apply 35-40 PSI while shaking the bottle until It looks carbonated. Could I then just let the bottles sit for a few hours to settle...

I thought I would share with you guys the apfelwein that I just made that didn't come out all the great so that others can avoid doing what I did... I used a Great Value brand apple juice cocktail that tasted really good and I thought would make good apfelwein. It was mostly apple juice, but it...

I just posted this on the beeradvocate forum, but I was curious to see if there are going to be different schools of thoughts between the two forums. There is no right answer to this question, I just want to see what you guys would do, before I decide how I am going to do my experiment... I...

After seeing the skeeter pee thread and realizing how inexpensive it is to make, I figured I should give it a shot. I have read some discussion on which yeast to use. I already have an apfelwein (made with Great Value apple juice cocktail) fermenting and I was considering using that yeast slurry...

Why do all the instructions that I have read say to transfer to secondary before fermentation has completed? With beer (assuming I secondary at all) I always wait until fermentation has completely finished before racking to secondary. I also see that after you degas it says to bottle, why can't...

Thank you to the guys that responded in my other thread. Now I have a different question that is more about the quality of wine. How do the kits stack up against commercial wine? Someone on BA suggested that you won't be making high quality wine with kits because they are not fresh enough. What...

I home brew beer. I just started looking into making wine for my mom and fiancee. I have 2- 6.5 gallon buckets and a better bottle. Is a larger bucket actually necessary? My mom likes red wine and I think she also likes German eiswein. This might sound selfish, but I do not want to buy one of...

If I build two 1500w heatsticks, will that be sufficient to boil 7 gallons for 5 gallon batches? What is the maximum amount that could boil with two 1500w heatsticks? I use a 10 gallon thick aluminum kettle.