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Three weeks ago (4/4/08) I made some cider (or is it apfelwein?) and either didn't take or didn't record an OG reading for some reason. It was a three gallon batch: 2 gal. of Mott's and 1 gal store brand juice, 1.5 pounds of table sugar (had no dextrose), and red star Montrachet. Today I...

I did a search for this, but didn't come up with a whole lot. I am bottling a dark/red/some-kind-of ale(?) today [7 lbs extract, crystal 60 & roasted barley steeped, Millenium & EKG hops] and just realized I don't have any priming sugar! :mad: Has anybody primed with brown sugar before...

So I've been poking around the mead forum for a week or so and I figured I'd give it a try. I just finished making my first ever batch of mead, and I kept it simple: I added 3 pounds of BJ's brand clover honey to about 1/3 gallon water and shook the hell out of it, then added more water to...

3 weeks ago I made this 5 gallon batch: steeped: 8oz Crystal 60l 4oz Roasted Barley Extract*: 4 lbs Light DME 3 lbs Amber DME (*Added w/ 20 min left to 3 gallon boil) Hops: 1 oz millenium, 15%aa (60 min) 1/2 oz East Kent Goldings, 5%aa (20 min) 1/2 oz East Kent Goldings, 5%aa (3 min)...

My latest batch has been fermenting actively for ten days now. I assume this is a good sign, but my previous batches (although there have only been four) all finished up within 3-4 days, and were ready to be racked into a secondary or bottled within a week. I am just a little curious as to...