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Hey All - I have some questions about my first cider. 4 weeks ago I made my first cider - simple recipe of 5 gallons of store bought apple juice and some Belle saison yeast. It's ready to keg, but i want to back sweeten half of it to see what I like better . Kegging the current dry cider is...

Hello all, Just made the jump to kegging and kegged a pumpkin brown ale 5 days ago. Force carbed it by putting the psi to 14 and rolling the keg back and forth for 10 minutes. I left the psi after the first two days at about 8-10, degassed 5-6 times. The beer has been tasting great, but just...

Hey all, Gathering everything to build a keezer. Im looking to have a 3 line manifold to have 3 taps. I see homebrewing.org has 3/8'' manifolds, and kegconnection.com has 3/16 and 5/16. I figure I should pick a size and stick with it (getting disconnects, extra lines, etc). Just...

I use a IC to chill my wort w an ice bath. It's great for getting the wort down to 100 degrees F very quick, but it takes forever to get it down to pitching temps. I've read that DMS is greatly reduced if you can just get it below 140 quickly. So to save time and water, couldn't I just get it...

Hey all, Making an IPA this weekend and want to make a hop schedule with the hops i have available. Here is the recipe: Batch: 5.5 g SG: 1.063 12# US 2-row 1# crystal 20L 12oz Vienna WLP001 I have 4 oz cascade pellets, 2 oz centennial and 1 oz Northern brewer. Not looking...

i have been looking to make a starter for the first time, relatively new brewer here. all the info i have seen is regarding using a stir plate and i have some questions regarding not using one. i will be using a 1 g glass carboy. So basically i understand ill be making 1.5-2 l starter...

Hey all, I just did my first grain batch using Beersmith, everything turned out pretty good just got a couple questions I couldn't find the answer to by using the search function. Now, I don't have the recipe right now, it is on my other comp, but basically I used all the default settings...

Hey all, looking to brew my first AG this weekend and wanted to start simple. Loving IPA's and Citra, decided to go with a SMaSH recipe: Messing around with Beersmith came up with this guy: Batch Size: 5.5 g Single infusion, light body, no mash out Boil time: 60 min Grain: 13.2 lbs...

Hey all, Looking to get into all grain. Figured I was going to go to home depot and buy the parts for a 10g round cooler MLT. Also will be needing a boil kettle, i have been using a 22q aluminum kettle for my extract/partial mashes. was looking to get a burner and large boil kettle. I don't...

I did some searching and couldn't find a definitive answer. I brewed up a pumpkin ale this week, and the recipe said to add some vanilla extract to the secondary fermenter. I do not have a secondary as this was my third batch. The recipe which i loosely followed stated to let it sit in...

Hey all, I got almost everything ready to brew my first partial mash recipe for tomorrow. However, my local brew store does not have any large mesh bags. i was wondering if anyone knows any generic stores (walmart, grocery store, etc) which carries large bags (im thinking 24 x 24 or something...

I just recently picked up brewing and I have a quick question. I have. 6.5 g carboy which runs about 65 bucks at my local store. I found a really good deal on some 5 g carboys for around 15-18 bucks. I was wondering if I could pick some up and use them as secondaries so I can clear up room in...

Hey all. Brewed my first batch last night. Used a basic pale ale recipe: 3 lbs coops light dme 3 lbs muntons amber dme 1.5 oz cascade boiling .5 oz cascade finishing Safale us-05 dried ale yeast Everything went well, however og was 1.032. Pitched yeast and checked it this morning...