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I added some chocolate nibs to a Chocolate Milk Stout from Northern Brewer. Per instructions I soaked the nibs in vodka before adding (2 week soak actually.) Within an hour or two this foam/yeast material appeared on the surface. There was a bit more today and it seems to be staying about the...

I have a cider I'd like to backsweeten as it is too tart/dry for my liking. If I cold crash and rack to a keg in the kegerator (and keep the cider cold for it's remaining life on earth) would it be acceptable to sweeten it without using potassium sorbate and campden? I know if I did this I could...

Making Ken Schramm’s Hefty Braggot using D47. Had a massive fermentation for the first 5 days and then it slowed pretty quickly. Checked specific gravity at day 7 and day 16 and both are showing about 1.040. OG should have been 1.120 based on the recipe but I forgot to check the actual after I...

I see Stout sells them as does BeverageFactory. Any other sources out there you would recommend?

Just had a Boss Tweed this past weekend. Love the flavor, low bitterness and juicy qualities. Any New England Style IPA extract recipes out there that would be similar somebody could recommend? Brewers best has a “HopNog 2017,” would this be in the right ballpark? (I’m still pretty new to beer...

Going to start a 5 gallon blueberry melomel today using D47. Planning on adding 10 pounds of blueberries in secondary with just the honey during primary. I typically primary in the 6.5 and then rack to the 5 for secondary but I'm wondering if I'll need the extra space the 6.5 provides when...

I'd like to make Ken's Dry Nutmeg Metheglin but I see in the instructions he says to mix everything together into 1 gallon of boiling water. Does this mean the spices stay in only during the heating process or do you put all the spices in the primary and leave them?

I've read on a few sites that some people carmelize their honey in a pressure cooker rather than cooking and stirring it in a pot. I've seen a wide variety if time frames from 30 minutes at 10psi to 90 minutes at 15psi (an old post from 2012 on here) Has anyone on here done this recently and...

I'd like to make the Dragonmead clone https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=137219 but the extract version seems to be all extract and no aromatics or specialty grains. Without any grains, do I just bring the water to the boil, dissolve the extracts and boil according to the hop...

Buying my first kegs with the intention of building a kegerator or keezer in the future. Since I'm not already committed to a particular size yet, which would you recommend I get?

I've only made wine/mead so far but my first batch of beer is ready to rack this afternoon (making a kit that wants cacao nibs added in a secondary.) I use an All-in-one vacuum pump to rack my mead and use a short racking cane to help with degassing during transfers...why not use it for my beer...

I've been looking pretty hard at the SS Brewtech Chronical Brewmaster for my first conical because I like the idea of the more sanitary nature of the butterfly valves. I can't figure out why they still used a ball valve for the sampling port. Isn't this just asking for a problem/infection...

I just finished preparing 20 pounds of strawberries for some strawberry wine. In my recipe searching I've found some people advise mixing all ingredients (except yeast) for 24 hours to allow the pectic enzymes to do their work but others such as this one...

I'm making my first mead and its been fermenting since the beginning of January. I racked to secondary after 3 weeks per recipe instructions (and the fact the fermentation seemed to have slowed dramatically) but after deciding to move the secondary carboy to a taller stand in a warmer room...

My bottle of IO-Star Iodophor shows to use 25ppm concentration and to simply air dry without rinsing. However, I see lots of references on here regarding a 12.5 ppm concentration is recommended but there is no instruction for that dilution on the bottle The only place I can find reference to...

Just starting to brew and my IO-Star says to mix to 25ppm according to the bottle for beverage containers (1 oz to 5 gallons.) I see people on this forum referencing mixing to "12.5ppm as directed on the bottle" or list the ppm as a range from 12.5 to 25ppm. Did they used to recommend a lower...