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I have a pale ale with papaya in secondary right now. The OG was 0.045 and the gravity when I racked was 0.01. There's about 8 lbs. of papaya in the carboy with it. Should I just wait till it clears a little, or should I wait extra time for the fruit flavours?

Oh, that makes sense. I was listening to simon and garfunkel while I bottled these :p

I had bottled two beers, a Coffee Porter and Elbro Nerkte Brown on the same night. I made a huge mistake by not sanitizing the priming sugar beforehand, and while the first few bottles were great, they started to become incredibly sour and, quite frankly, undrinkable. I decided that they were...

Wow, I might actually need to add another whole papaya, considering that it's definitely light in taste. I was actually thinking about adding a whole coconut (milk and shavings) to make a sort of tropical effect, but that should probably be saved for a later beer :mug:

So I've made my own recipe (with some help from my LHBS) for a Papaya Pale Ale. The recipe is: 7lbs Pale Malt Extract 1/2lb Crystal Malt 1/4lb Wheat 3/4oz Centennial Hops Danstar Nottingham Yeast Papayas I'm planning on using the hops only for boil and racking onto the papaya in...

Welcome to HBT! I'm a philosophy student at the University of British Columbia. Hope all goes well, and remember: RELAX, DON'T WORRY, HAVE A HOME BREW!

Wow, thanks a lot. I'll drink a glass you you once it's done :mug:

Whew, that's a relief. Can I just screw the cap on after fermentation subsides?

I tried my hand at making some hard cider tonight in a one gallon jug. I used apple juice, 1 lb corn sugar, and various spices and pasteruized it at 180 for about 20 minutes. When I went to put my airlock on, I found out that the bung I had been told to buy at my LHBS was too big. I just put...

Bud released an American Ale last year. It's not bad, but not great. Drinkable.

Actually, I'm a college student and don't own a car (any more). :mug:

It's actually not that hard in Vancouver, because we're in the pacific northwest. Although the Molson plant is here (and Coors has bought out several of the mid-size breweries) we have a number of great craft breweries and plenty of bars that serve their beer. I personally like Phillips and...

What should I do to pasteurize the fruit? Should crush it, steep it in hot water, then add it to secondary?

I had a friend who was homebrewing and put up links to this site. Very glad that he did, because I would have ruined my first batch had I not taken the advice from this site. . . hooray HBT!

Hey everybody. . . I want to brew a beer with papaya added during the last few minutes of the boil. Can anyone tell me a good recipe to add this to? I was thinking about a pale ale, but anything that would taste better is welcomed. My LHBS has a great grain selection, and i'm going to do an...