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So ive been interested in making some vinegar from some of my brew. Does anyone have any experience doing this? I know about the technique from reading about mothers and all. My questions is if i make the vingar, ie let it sit in my basement or other room containing my brew equpoment, will it...

So ive looked at several pumpkin ale recipes and made one last year. But it didnt have the flavor i wanted. I have the idea of adding a whole cooked pumpkin pie rather than adding the spices and pumpkin only. The flavor of a real pie is what i want. I dont think adding the pumpkin and spices...

I'm thinking of branching out into kegging. I have not done any yet. So after primary you can put it in the keg to either secondary or condition. I';m looking to keg a Saison brewed in Summer, for winter drinking. What is the difference in secondary and conditioning or cellaring? Also when...

So, I made a 1.090 russian stout. I pitched my yeast starter, which was reclaimed (washed) yeast. Pitching the yeast, I forgot to take my OG, so I did and then per usual I tasted the beer used to test the reading. For the next week+ I was ill with gastric things. I blamed it on something...

Ok, so, My first brew ever which was Caribou Slobber, 2 weeks in the bottle. I tasted the first one Yesterday. More to know what 2 weeks in the bottle tasted like rather than expectations that it was done and ready to drink. It had been carbing at 62 to 64 degrees, since I can't find a...

I just bottled my first brew, but I only got a little over 4 gal into the bottling bucket. It was CS extract. I know I lost some to the trub in the boil kettle and again some from the primary. Once I got close to the yeast cake the auto siphon started to become light tan and the bottom of the...

My brew club does a bulk buy and I'm new to brewing, but I'd like to get in on it, as its once a year. I'm looking to buy a bunch of base grains, likely to use for BIAB method for now. Beers I'm interested in brewing are ales, porters, stouts, lagers, Ipa. I typically don't care for lighter...