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Any one have a recipe to clone Buffalo Bill's Orange Blossom Cream Ale? I have been making beer since Christmas last year.. but I don't drink it. I had a taste of this last week and think I finally found a beer I like.

Got back from vacation on 1/22 - racked cider to secondary.. it smelled AWFUL!!.. but I got brave held my nose and tasted.. It taste wasn't too bad... Rereacked today and the smell is MUCH BETTER.. The pumpkin smell is coming through more.. I'm not sure if I should have added more spices or...

Started my Drunken Punkin Cider last night.. Recipe as follows... approx 1 gallon water 1 lb dark brown sugar 3 cinnamon sticks (4-5 inches) 8 cloves 1Tbsp ground ginger 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1 29 oz can Libby's all natural pumpkin boiled all this for 10 minutes, added 15...

instead of storing the leftover extract.. why not make a couple of half batches at the same time? Then you could make the variations and be able to compare side-by-side.

I thought it was a beer law that you HAD to taste with every racking??

I've seen recipes for pumpkin ales.. anyone have one for a pumpkin cider?? I was thinking making a basic apple cider.. adding a can of pumpkin and some spices??? I have a large can of pumpkin (29 oz).. just pumpkin.. no added anything.. If this is too much for a 3-5 gallon batch of cider.. I...

I started a batch of IPA Dec 31... OG 1.060, had major foam blow out for 2 days.. then after 4 days it stopped completely.. Racked to secondary 1/4/2006.. 1.016 had a little airlock activity for a day or so.. and absolutely NO activity for 2-3 days.. current SG 1.015.. is it possible that the...

I heard that you can use knox gelatin to clear beer/cider in the secondary.. Any instructions? Deb

Ok.. we scrub out everything.. sanitize it.. then.. suck on the end of the siphon tube and dump tons of bacteria in the secondary fermenter?? Seems like it defeats the purpose of all that cleaning?? I believe my next purchase is going to be an auto siphon.. Is this a valid concern?? Deb

first a correction.. my OG was 1.082 ... ok.. so for a 3 gallon batch.. the cherries would add about .37% to my ABV? and assuming it goes back to the 1.010 SG.. then I'm looking at just a bit under 10%

Thanks for the link I will definitely give them a try!! Deb

Ok.. the bubbles seemed to stopped... so we racked to secondary to clear.. A few minutes after racking it bubbled for a little while.. then seemed to stop.. right now I guess we are mainly waiting for it to clear up for bottling.. Of course hubby had to taste the testing tube full.. he...

How do you figure the ABV when you add further fermentables when starting the secondary fermentation. MY OG was 1. 80 and the SG at racking was 1.010.. but I added 1 14.5 oz can of tart cherries at secondary.. I Probably should have taken a SG of it after the cherry addition.. but since I...

I'm adding the cherries in the secondary as recommended by the guy at the brewstore. One disadvantage I can see to that.. is they are tempting me to eat them before it's time to throw them in.. Hopefully I'll endup with cherry cider without another trip to the store for cherries. Deb

I started a batch of cider today - in 3 gallons _ put.. 10 containers frozen concentrate - (preservative free) 1 packet (11.5 g) Safale US-56 - and water to make 3 gallons.. I plan to ferment for 7-10 days.. rack to secondary - then add 1-14 1/2 oz can tart cherries in water(pureed)...