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Hello all. I've a cab in a secondary for around 5 or 6 weeks now. Kit said to keep in there for 2 weeks. Unfortunately, there was too much going on with home and life, and it has now sat for around 6 weeks in there. I was planning on bottling this weekend, but want to make sure its still worth...

Any advice here on the best Amarone kits out there? It's my favorite wine, but at $50 plus per bottle, I'm looking for a great kit to make it more affordably. Thank you.

Hello all, In the midst of my first attempt at wine. Doing a Cab kit. Moved wine to secondary on 11/27/16. My kit instructions said to let it sit in secondary for only 5 to 7 days, then move to bucket and degas. As today is 12/8/16 and 11 days in the secondary, and I probably cant move to...

I have two one gallons jugs finishing up fermenting. Can I simply add the appropriate amount of priming sugar and a bit of cinnamon extract to two empty one gallon jugs, transfer contents of primary jugs, seal up and let condition for a few weeks, then drink?

Ok, been brewing only beers, but have now attempted my hand at a hard cider. I currently have two one gallon jugs fermenting. One was made with adding brown sugar, the other I added frozen apple juice concentrate. Pectic enzyme added to both for clarification. It's been 2 weeks and it appears...

Getting another pumpkin ale going this weekend. Instructions say that if adding real pumpkin, I need to also add 2 lbs rahr 6 row. My LHBS does not have rahr 6 row. Is there something I can use instead in the event I can't locate it? Thank you.

I've had a pumpkin ale sugar conditioning in a keg for 4 weeks now. Tomorrow it will get hooked up to gas for serving. Question......do I relieve pressure from keg before putting it on gas, or just leave as is?

I currently have a pumpkin ale carbonating in a keg. I had added sugar to the keg for sugar carbonation. Once ready to go on tap (about another 2 weeks), do I leave my serving PSI at 10, or do I lower it in fear of over carbonation being the beer is already carbonated?

When looking at the grain ingrediants on a bottle of beer, do brewers list the grains in order of % of the grain bill or is it just any random order? I ask, as I'm attempting a Schlafly pumpkin clone and the grains listed are Pale, crystal, munich, wheat and chocolate. Final ABV should be...

Whenever I pull the gas off my keg, I notice that if I put some soapy water on the gas in, I can see some bubble coming from the popet. If I press it with my fingernail, it seems to reset itself and all is good. My fear is if this happen when I've kegged and have the gas on. That would mean...

OK, so I have pumpkin beer sitting in my primary right now. Next Sunday (7/26), it will get racked the the secondary for 2 weeks. That will take me to 8/9. I would prefer to start drinking this one mid to late September. So, my question is, do I let it sit in the secondary for 5 weeks taking me...

Brewing up a pumpkin ale this weekend. This is an extract recipe with 1lb of specialty grains. Now the receipe says to steep the grains in 2.5 gallons of water until the teperature reaches 170 degrees. First question, are they asking me to put the grains in the cold water and let them sit...

Brewing a cream ale this weekend. I will be adding around 1.5 lbs of honey at flameout, but was also going to add around 1 OZ of sweet orange zest with 2 minutes left in the boil. However, my son suggested lemon zest instead of orange, and now it has me considering the switch. Any suggestions???

Strange thing. On Monday I kegged my beer and forced carbed at 30 psi for 48 hours, then down to 10psi until today. This morning I purged the keg a bit and tried it. nice flavor and carb bubbles ever present. Well, This afternoon, I noticed i was getting nearly all foam, so I burped the keg...

Just a thought here. I have several great local breweries in my area that come out with great seasonal brews. Can i bring an empty korny keg to them and have them fill it? Would it stay good for a while? Anyone else ever done this?

OK, I've got a 5 gallon keg thats been carbonating/conditioning for around 5 weeks now (sugar carbed). My question now is pretty simple. Before I put it fridge to chill it, do I "burp" it first? OR do I simply chill it, hook up gas at serving pressure and start drinking with no "burping" (the...

This never happened before. Went to pour my pumpkin ale from keg today. First pour was all gooey, gunk stuff! Next couple cleared up but looked to have alot of floating material. beer tastes great, but is this normal? What happened here?

I have another pumpkin ale that will be getting kegged this coming weekend. For me, pumpkin beers are all about the spice. I like to really taste those spices. Not a hint....I mean I like to know it's got spices in there. My question is, when taste it before kegging/bottling, is it OK to add...

I have a spiced Winter Ale that's been in the secondary for 5 weeks. I picked up a second keg last week and want to move the ale into the keg for conditioning. Do I simply add the sugar to the keg, then rack the beer in and close the keg? Any need to "seal" the lid at this point with co2? I'm...

Is there any problem putting 5/16" line on 1/4" barbed splitters? I'm think that as long as it tightened enough I should be fine, but wanted your thoughts.