Recent content by NicholasH

I was thinking about trying out malolactic cultures in my cider. I was planning to rack out of primary into my bottling bucket, over the malolactic culture, then bottling and allowing the malolactic fermentation to occur in the bottle. I've only seen instructions to do malolactic fermentation...

Got it, bucket it is. Thanks. Gonna start a batch of dark wheat ale tomorrow afternoon methinks.

Bingo, 5 gal batch in a 5 gal carboy. Not a good idea? I'm thinking about a switch to one of the bigger plastic buckets for the primary fermentation.

I'm just starting to get into homebrewing, and in my previous batch, which was also my first except for a Mr. Beer, the amount of wort that got pushed out of the blow off tube seemed pretty large. Around 20% of liquid got pushed out. I've read that the blow off carries some of the less...

Thanks for the input. I'm thinking I may try an amber ale next, before apples really come into season. I expect to have some amber malt extract leftover from that, so that should work out nicely.

Just joined the board (new to home brewing) specifically for this thread. I want to try this with cider as soon as it shows up in my farmers' market. Has anyone tasted a batch of graff made with dark malt extract? I have some leftover and was thinking of using it, but obviously wouldn't be...