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Hi everyone, I was lazy and didn't check the specific gravity of my wort before fermentation. The fermentation started after a couple days and seemed to be a constant "bubble" for a couple days. I racked it off into a secondary after 10 days and checked the gravity. If was at about...

Hey everyone, I'm making my first batch of hard cider. Nothing to exciting, just 4 gallons of "Old Orchard" 100% apple juice from Walmart. (I think it was $3.34 / gallon) I'm going to use a Wyeast Cider yeast. The specific gravity of the juice is about 1.045 which, according to the...

Hey everyone, Just wondering if any of you have brewed a 5 gallon batch in a 5 gallon bucket? I know you can order the proper 6.5 gallon buckets easily but I was just curious if any of you have done it and if you've just made it a 4.75 gallon batch or if the 1" of head space wasn't any...

Hi everyone, I brewed a batch of wine in my coopers primary bucket and I now have a "wine" smell in it. Do you guys have any suggestions for cleaning this out? Bleach and water maybe? Or should this smell not concern me? :rockin: Thanks gang, JB

Hey guys and gals, I was planning on doing one last extract kit, I've had just fair results in the past with these. My plan was to not use dextrose but another can of extract and to buy some quality yeast (instead of the yeast included) and see if this improves my results. or...

Hey everyone, Just wondering what everyone uses for beer bottles? I mainly use my PET bottles that came with my Coopers kit. I have been trying to buy Grolsch 4 packs (not a big fan of the beer though) and build up an inventory of these, I like this style of bottle, seems simple and I don't...

Hi all, I've done 3 batches of extract kits all Coopers brand. I brewed a Lager, Wheat, and a IPA. To be honest with you they all tasted very simliar? Wondering what your guys input might be. They sat in the primary for about 7 days, I conditioned in the bottle. I know I could let the...

Hello all. My name is Jason and I haven't actually finish my first brew yet. I finally started my first 6 pack batch from a "Brew Your Own Beer" kit. I'm excited but even before tasting I want to increase my scale. I'd like to do (at least) case at a time. There is lots of good info here, I...