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I tried to search the forums but came up empty handed. I searched for adding fruit adding spices I looked under both fermentation and ingredients but did not see or find anything. Any help on where to start the search for when and what fruits/spices to add to wort I'd appreciate any help!

Thank you again for all the great information. My brewing buddy wants to start doing infused brews with orange zest and spices. I was wondering if someone knew of a thread on here that I could reference. Thanks again.

I would love one of those! Maybe then I wouldn't have to use my bathtub to clean out my equipment :(

I like the spring loaded one listed on the website, too many problems listed with the other one.

Promise you won't judge me too badly, I used bleach heavily diluted and rinsed very well. I now use the actual sanitizer for beer. I have yet to test various sanitizers but I will try the one you described.

Ok, I'll order that bottle filler. When filling bottles I avoid splashing as much as possible, however when filtering into the secondary I do splash it around. So I'll try to prevent that from now on. Thanks for the advice!

Yes it is sanitized. What do you mean by oxidation? And no I don't use a wand, I fill the bottles from the spigot on the 2nd fermenter.

I take a fine painters filter and strain the beer.

Thank you for the quick replies. After boil I transfer to primary fermenter for 3-4 weeks depending on my beer style, then I transfer to a secondary for a week. Then I filter into the bottles. I leave the bottles in the closet for 3 weeks at room temp, then I put into fridge. I sample the beer...

Good afternoon fellow brewer's. I am a new brewer working on my 3rd batch. They taste fantastic when they are done carbonating in the bottles, however a week or two later the taste bitters and gets skunky. Talking to a fellow brewer, he said that my fermentation temperature is too high. I...

Single infusion mash at 158° F for 45-60 mins Mash out at 168°F Sparge with 178°F water to collect 17.5g of wort Boil 60 mins When you say mash out what exactly do you mean? Is this for a all grain set up with three containers for boiling the wort? I guess I should ask what sparge means as...