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Every year in Sept. here in Ohio we get tons of apples and have local festivals. I've got this idea to make some cider. My idea is to simply get the unpasturized freshly pressed cider, toss some yeast and put an air lock on it and let it do it's thing. I'm not looking for anything...

Just wanted to update. I got my order in about 3 days to Ohio, might have been two. Shipping was very well done. Everything was there and very well packed. Thanks you guys!

I just brewed this over the weekend. I did an extract conversion set up through Beersmith and I used the following: Mini mashed 2 lbs of 2 row, 8oz of honey malt and 8oz of Crystal 40L I mashed at 150-155 degrees for one hour then sparged with about 1.5 quarts of 170 degree water. I mashed...

WoooHoooo! Alright fella's, all is right with the world! I have sourced the problem! After all of your help here I decided to do a very close sniff test. While there is no strong hop smell in the 5x8 (Alcatraz?haha) size room my fermentor is in, upon leaning down and putting my nose...

Okay guys, thanks for alleviating my fears thus far. I did double and triple checked the lid, its good, but perhaps there is a very small leak.... I knew I should have stuck to glass carboys! :) I did AG back in the 90's and back then all we had were carboys. You could actually see what was...

I pitched my yeast at 5:30pm on Saturday. It's now been over 48 hours and not a single bubble from my airlock....... I'm getting worried..... It was Safel US-05, two packets and well within the expiration date. I rehydrated with boiled water cooled to 80 degrees and it foamed up well after...

Well I did my brew Saturday. Mini mashed or whatever it's called. 3 lbs of grain in a muslin bag held at 150-155 for an hour. Then sparged with about a quart or two of 170 degree water. Did my boil, roughly 3.5 gallons. Checked everything in Beersmith and it all checked out. Pitched yeast at...

Okay, so I used Beersmith 2 and converted this Flower Power IPA clone over to extract. It's very interesting that if I add the LME at the beginning of the boil I need MORE hops than the all grain recipe. If I add it at the end of the boil I need way way less about half...... So what this...

Hello all. So I'm going to do an IPA. It's an all grain recipe and I've converted it over to an extract with a partial mash type idea. What I plan to do is put 2 lbs of 2 row, and about 1 more pound of some other grains (1/2 lb each of Crystal 40L and Honey malt) into a grain bag. I'm...

Thumbs up for Love2Brew a forum sponsor/vendor. They had everything I needed in stock including amarillo hops! Prices were very good as well. Free shipping over $75 too. Anyone know anything about them? How's the crush on the grains?

Okay guys, I will defer to your superior experience and do a 3 week primary. :) Sounds good to me. I'm lazy anyway. haha Then a month in the bottles. So I pitched my yeast at about 70 degrees. It was the yeast included in the kit. Dry Ale yeast in a very tightly vacuumed packet. I rehydrated...

Well things went pretty well. OG of 1.048 Clean up was a breeze. The only thing I had trouble with was the damn airlock believe it or not...... I was always a glass carboy user....these pails are flimsy and some of the vodka got sucked down into the pail when I pressed the airlock into the...

My basement is about 68 so I think that will be just right. I plan on leaving it in the primary for about a week, then transferring over to a glass carboy secondary for another week, then bottle. I'll wait at least a month to try it. So I'm looking at mid June on the stout. :) Dumb idea...

Well, today I am doing my first homebrew since about 94' Back then I did a couple of all grain batches (an Imperial Stout and an IPA) and I honestly got roped into it by a friend. Lots has changed in the past two decades. Back then there was no real internet to speak of unless you counted...