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Due to the nature of my job my brews end up staying in the carboy for about a month. My normal procedure is to brew up a batch and after about a week I rack to secondary and bottle when I return home in 28 days. This time around though I had to pull a double :( and I have two batches (a blonde...

I have read on HBT that the Late Extract method is fine when DMS is concerned as the process of boiling off the volatiles are already taken care of during the extract process. However, after listening to the Brewstong- DMS episode they clearly state that a 60 minute boil is still needed when...

I would really like to make a mead. Never tried it but it sounds wonderful. A guy I work with owns an apiary and sold me 2 gallons of honey (he calls it goldenrod and it's from South Louisiana) for $40. This seems like a decent price however during my research I have not found any recipes for...

I just finished an AHS Texas Blonde (extract) kit and all went well except for the gravity reading. Target Gravity was stated as 1.042 and my reading was about 1.034. I can understand being off a little but this seems a bit much. I did all as the recipe called for. Boil at 2 1/2 gallons...

Considering this has been in the fermentor for almost 5 months do I need to consider the possibility of the yeast being dormant now? I am not in a hurry so would priming normally and waiting be fine or should I consider adding yeast? I seem to remember reading a thread where they discussed...

I understand the combination (MLT) but I have read about mashing in one tun and lautering in another. So, in my minds eye, you would mash your grains and then remove them (with water) to another vessel to separate the wort. Seems overly complicated and therefore I think I'm visualizing this...

I work offshore and due to my schedule (28 days away and 14 days at home) I am not able to stick to the directions provided with the kits that I bought. After reading through these forums I believe that I should come out of this with something approaching decent however I just wondered if...

Glad I found this forum. I'm getting back into brewing after about a 4-5 hiatus. I have some of my equipment left after Katrina but also purchased a wine equipment kit, 2 wine kits, several extra carboys and misc. small stuff. I have the two wines going now as well as 5 gallons of Ed Wort's...