Recent content by carolinaeasy

Awesome! I am in the process of making this!

My homebrewery is called "Frog Hollow Brewing". I live in a small area known locally as Frog Hollow. So hence the name.

I have growlers that I sterilize and use that can hold a much larger starter. I usually just make a starter in there. I will most likely do that again here. Stinks, I get a free flask and it is basically of no use. I also plan on making a stir plate from the diy section and ordering a 2000ml...

I brewed a cider using the Wyeast Cider Yeast (never again!). The fg ended up at 1.000 which means I took it too dry for my tastes. I had a busy weekend and didn't check it for a few days and missed my target gravity of 1.005 but none the less, here I am with a cider in a corny keg underpressure...

okay, so basically the 500ml is too small for most of my needs.

And a friend of mine gave me a 500ml Pyrex beaker. Is this big enough to make a starter for an PA extract kit? I usually just make starters in other glass containers, but wanted to know if I can use this properly.

I opened up a bottle of my largely forgotten 9 month old blue berry dunkleweisen. I made this by adding blue berry extract to a NB dunkleweisen kit. When I first made this I only bottled a 6 pack of the stuff, just in case I didn't like the blueberry flavor. Which I actually did not like at the...

any updates to this recipe? Or anyone else have a recipe? I love this brew, but hate the high price.

I currently brew nothing but NB kits. I have always had a great time with their service, and the shipping. The kits have all turned out except for one 10 gallon batch of honey wheat that I added 6 pounds of cherries to in an effort to make some cherry wheat. I should have just added extract...

God you sound like me 3 years ago....I was in love with Malt...now I have gone the other way and love Hops...some day I will find my sweet balance.

Stay with me now...I am going to the race and plan on drinking, I don't want to drink to get smashed (so i am not looking for bud) but I want a solid beer from a can...Any suggestions out there. My favorite styles are flavorful ales, and of that group IPA, PA, and Browns....Please help, I...

I am not going to sorbate it. I will cold crash. I do this all the time for my beers, and I really enjoy the effects on them. I am not overly concerned with the possibility of the yeast continuing to metabolize since I am using a keg for storage. I can easily monitor the situation and release...

I am fermenting at a cool 66-69 it can fluctuate over the day, depending on the weather. I have used the thief many times before, and never had an infection using the same method you prescribe, I just like to minimize contact as much as possible. So two weeks to three weeks would be a good time...

Ok Well how long would you recommend letting this batch ferment then Cville? I don't want to be constantly opening up the carboy to thief some cider and risking infection. (i get paranoid about infections). So when would you recommend that I start checking on the gravity?

So when I stop the fermentation and put it into the keg, the cold should slow down the fermentation? Should I put any apple concentrate into the mix?