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Thought I'd share some pictures of the Fig Wine I just bottled. I followed this recipe for the most part http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/reques6.asp 2 Gallons 8 lbs Fresh Common Green Figs (I have a lot of trees) 3.5 lbs Sugar 2 tsp Acid Blend 2 tsp Yeast Nutrient 2 tsp Pectic...

Hey everyone. I just brewed an Oktoberfest style ale a few weeks ago. Incredibly vigorous fermentation that lasted a week. And the taste post ferm, delicious. Anyways, I opened it up after letting it sit a week, and lo and behold, I had an infection...lactobacillius by the look and smell...

Hey everyone, So I'm new to wine making, (Have a few Beers under my belt tho) and I decided to try my hand at a Fig Wine since I have so many on hand this time of year. I currently have the ingredients sitting in a brew bucket and have recently added the campden tablets. Ingredients are...

Hey everyone, So I need some help with a recipe, and I'd greatly appreciate some input. I have several fig tree at my house which usually yield a bumper crop late summer and I wanted to use some in a brew this year. From what I've read everyone seems to think they'd go well in a Dubbel but...

Hey everyone, I'm in the middle of brewing a Ginger/Apricot Blonde Ale And I think I'm having some trouble getting that apricot taste. I'm a fan of using fresh ingredients but couldn't get my hands on some good (sweet) fresh apricots. Instead I used canned apricots. After Primary...

Hello fellow homebrewers, I would greatly appreciate some help and input on this. So, I've found that peoples opinion on New Belgiums Somersault seem to be split with people either liking it or not. Personally, I thought it was interesting and (since New Belgium is kind enough to post their...

Hey everyone, I was just wondering if anyone has noticed or knows of a difference between using citrus zest and the actual fruit/pulp? In the boil vs in secondary? I mean they should impart different flavors and aromas right? In my experience when I added lemon fruit chunks to primary I...

Hey everyone, So I was hell bent on brewing something with Cardamom...and I did it. But I just tasted a sample from the primary 5 days after brewing and well...something seems to be missing. The beer just seems to be too...Mild. Recipe as follows: Grains etc. 6 oz Carapils 4 oz Honey...

Hey everyone. Just a quick question, If you where planning on dry hopping, would a late hop addition (5-0 min) of the same hop make any difference, or would it be more advisable to just not do the late addition and dry hop? Thanks.

So, the weather's warming up, I've had a few, and I had some time to kill, so I decided to try to come up with a good summer wheat using Beersmith. What do you guys think of this? Any help or input is highly appreciated. 3.3 lb Wheat LME 3.3 lb Pale/light LME 6 oz Carapils Est...

Hey everyone, so I just brewed a citrus wheat last night nd when I took the original gravity after diluting to 5 gallons it was about 1.027. Fermentables are: 6 lb Wheat LME 1 lb Wheat DME is it possible the low OG might be due to not mixing well and could this affect my...

Hey everyone, this is my first attempt at a recipe and would greatly appreciate some Help and feedback. Orange blossoms have been in bloom lately near where I got to school and the scent has intoxicated me, and I decided I had to put that in a beer. Grains/Extract: 3.3 lbs Wheat Liquid...

Hey everyone, So I'm pretty new at this (my second brew) and I decided to try out a Belgian Wit recipe at my local brew shop with some slight modifications. Recipe I used as follows: 6 lbs Wheat Malt extract 0.5 lbs adjuct sugar Grain: 7 oz. CaraPils 1 oz. Belgian Aromatic...