Recent content by michgan241

Long story short i put a caramel simple syrup in my secondary, I realize the yeast will eat the sugar but will the burnt sugar flavor/aroma stick around after the yeast have done their thing? I was hoping to get more caramel from my grain but came up short so i wanted to give it a boost.

wheres it at? I'll be near chicago/the burbs that weekend. wonder if its worth dropping by

So in a panic i made a little starter and thought i'd try that rather than a yeast cake, 1000ml i let eat some AJ for a few days, then i split it between the two buckets, one took off the other didnt, so I'm less paranoid about losing the batch altogether. Will just have to wait for a clean...

k, would there be any benefit to putting 1/2 gal of juice on the cake, stir it up and let the yeast start to ferment for a day? kind or re-wakening them? i bought some yeast energizer too..

So im going to pitch it with a nottingham yeast cake, should i rack on the compacted cake or make a slurry to pitch into cider?

So the other day i was at wally world checking out and i noticed they had some dork corn syrup on clearance for 1$ for 32 oz, and i think wow that seems like it would go great for my caramel apple cider, i google is corn syrup fermentable all that good stuff but neglected to check the...

Just pitched my first batch, cascade hops and 2 oz of torrified wheat. took my OG reading and drank the sample and it already tasted amazing, I cant wait to drink this! I should start making the next batch in about two weeks.

ok so i think i did everything right but i cant seem to get my stirbar to spin... it kind of nervously hops around the bottom of my flask..

I was thinking of aging it in a better bottle covered with a box for light, will it age alright in that? Also my first batch was your Caramel apple cider was trying to decide between KISS or a second caramel apple for the second as long as its not funky.

I knew a buddy had an additive that helped with boilovers pretty well with that I wouldnt be able to go with a 7.5 gal kettle for a 5g boil? He was going to give me an old turkey fryer to use so burner wise i should be good. I'm so far just an extract brewer but i'm really enjoying the...

I know theres a general recycling center dont know how separated it is. I'll call on monday to see.

I had my 2nd cider in fermentation for about two weeks before i racked it off to secondary yesterday and i sampled it and was shocked at the bitter aftertaste It had. My first batch tasted just fine out of the primary bucket but was a slightly higher 1.030 compared to 1.015 am i tasting...

So I am a new brewer and i have pretty limited equiptment. I've got the NB 89$ kit with an extra ferm bucket and a better bottle 6.5. I'm really enjoying the brewing so far but I dont have nearly enough bottles stocked up and I'm already wanting to plan out more brews. I've decided to allot...

I have a batch of still hard cider in my primary right now and im about to add super kleer to it so there should be very little sediment after i rack to my bucket. More or less I'd like to be able to fill a 6 pack at a time and not have to bottle all at once. Would there be any problems with...

ok, hmm and its a laptop hard drive not sure if that makes any difference?