Recent content by jordnthoms

I feel the water will reduce potential alcohol from about 10% to 6% and if I add more brown sugar that will be around 7%. Then by adding this oat, molasses, and oak "water" I can increase body and reduce ABV. Anyway, central point, I feel I must add the water, or the alcohol will be monstrously...

just started my cider by mashing 40lb apples adding KS2O5 and pectic enzyme. it was about 4 gallons and IMPOSSIBLE to get a gravity on. I left behind about 1 gallon of applesauce when I moved from bucket to carboy (wanted to change yeast) and now i have 3 gallons in a 6 gallon carboy. The SG...

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if you consider 58°F warm... but seriously, it's cold outside.

i missed something else too. i've only heard of green beer around saint patrick's day, and most people seem excited to drink it.

But Yuri, Budweiser is not a tasty beer.

Why do I see so many people mentioning refrigerating beer in between bottle conditioning and drinking? Does it have some effect of which I am not aware?

Hello Everyone, I bottled my Boulder Street Wheat 9 days ago. It spent 9 days in the primary and 14 days in the secondary. I added quite a bit of honey at bottling and when I opened one, it blew the cap like a champagne cork. I haven't lost any bottles, but I was wondering if carbonation might...

wooooow, just kicked a 5 gallon primary with 40lbs milled apples (20 honey crisp, 20 granny smith). apparently granny smith was not a good choice as the sour flavors will be really prevalent. i cooked 14 cinnamon sticks and 30 cloves in a gallon of water for an hour or so and put it in after the...

yessir the front of the package says 32 oz. the back of the package says 4 2/3 cups "firmly packed sugar" according to something that Revvy posted at some point, 5 oz of corn sugar begets the same amount of carbonation as 4.75 oz of cane sugar. by my math... that is between 2/3 and 3/4 of a...

stupid question: (we are Americans, pity us.) when you buy 5 ounces of priming sugar is that weight or volume?

Just moved to secondary. The hydrometer reads below 1. That's about 8%. The beer still tastes watery somehow. It spent about 11 days in the primary around 69° and when I moved it to secondary it began to bubble within one minute. I admit, I used a small amount more grain than recommended and...

Is there something wrong with being a snob if most people deem you right? I happen to think AG is cheaper, but I have never brewed AG. When I buy for a brew, the pricing order tends to go AG<LME<DME. I suppose the price is dependent on the grain also. DME is easier for me, as long as I...

Newbie brewer, what can I say? I was thinking 158°F, so right after I added the saaz, I was like "Skit! I am supposed to be boiling!" Is this going to affect the brew noticeably? Also, as I cleaned my malt sack, I noticed some of the malt was slightly darker than the rest. How will this affect...

I have just pitched the yeast for my second brew ever. I followed, roughly, this recipe: http://www.beersmith.com/Recipes2/recipe_21.htm My OG was 1.064 Problems... as always. Something to do with the hops I believe. -I used pellet hops. -I threw the first two sets of hops in at 160°F...