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Ok haven't done it yet but am thinking about stopping the yeast when its ready to bottle and add concentrated frozen apple juice, thawed of course and then bottle still apple wine. I can always just add some sprite serra mist or 7up to the glass to make it fizz at the time were drinking it. What...

This weekend will be right over 5weeks for this stuff. I took a sample looked at the reading 0.010 i think high on the scale so what ever that means. the color was a light Liebfermulch (sp) golden yellow. The flavor was barely apple and a little bit sweet and a little bit dry/sour. I think it...

yes I used that to ferment my first batch ever of Ed worts Apfelwein. I am also an airlock sniffer and the 5 gal batch i am nursing along is now @ 3 weeks 1 day. i have never had the stinky smells you guys have written about thank Gaaaawwwdddd. Any way It is pretty and really slowing down...

Ok I usualluy keg beer but i want to bottle my first batch of Ed Worts Apple stuff. Ha anyway can anyone give me the amounts of I assume sugar for bottling the five gallons of goodness. Alittle how to would be much appreciated. Thanks Oscar,

find the heading that would direct me to a recipe for an ALT I know it's an Ale but a German ale. I know how to all grain but I'm being lazy and just want to do an extract brew for this one first to see what I can do. Then I'll search out a simple all grain. i have one that has rests in it...

Just plant seeds and start your plants from that instead of rysomes?? I don't have a clue. Is this difficult. I also realize it would be at least one season before you can harvent the hops??? Is that true??? Oscar,

I want to brew an ALT But I don't know what catagory it would be in and are there any easy ways or all difficult. i want to buy a refridgerator temp control so I can lager. Is an Alt a Lager??? I have only brewed for 2 years goiung all grain so I am green pretty green. Oscar,

I have a keg that is right down to almost empty, it has an extract brew octoberfest. Can I just empty the keg (drink or give away the beer) and then just fill the same keg with an all grain pale ale. I assume just rinse and go would be ok. let me know, I have never had a brew ready to go right...

I have been brewing for over two years now and like the all grain result better than the extract. I have a great LHBS, a great mentor with 30 years exp. and you guys/gals. Thank you for all your help. Yesterday I had a big ol glass of Kolsch clone I built and was just so amazed at how great it...

I just racked my first Kolsch to secondary. The alcohol % is 8% amazing. The stuff is clear gold with a great taste right out of the primary. I can't wait, the golden soup will truly be golden for Christmas time. My mentor came over to the man cave ten days ago and he watched me brew up this...

I bought a used fridge. Was of course working perfectly when bought. Had it moved professionall and waited over 24 hours until plugged back in. I had an october fest in secondary at the time and was going to rack to my keg and begin CO2 and cold storage. I check the firdge and all I have is...

I have been trying different beers and this past week I had a micro brewery built AltBier. I liked it alot. It was sweet, I would like to brew a sweet version. I hear there are bitter styles. The sample I had in no way was bitter. It was smooth sweet almost buttery. very nice stuff. I...

I brewed an Octoberfest kit, first kit I ever used. have completed over 12 whole sessions in a 1.5 year period. Have friend who has shown me how to extract without a kit and All grain. So. My starting gravity was1.090 I had a slow mstart to m european ale yeast and so I added dry yeast to the...

Why do you need to have a lauter tun? Why not go from the mash tun directly to brew pot? I am missing something here??/ I heat water for my mash in the same pot I heat wort in. I place grain in the pot and maintain the 153. I then place the mash grain into mash tun and pour the 170 water...

Now that I have enough knowlege and experience to be dangerous I can see why I am laughing at myself and understanding why the other fine folks here were throwing up on their keyboards when I told my first few brew session mistakes. They really weren't mistakes just modifications to a...

I had my buddy come over who is an advanced all grain brewer. 30 years. He demo'ed a session of all grain at my home. We were able to covert the grain in a 5 gallon plastic bucket holding the temp for 45 mins plus at 153-4 degrees. We didn't have a cooler to insulate. We did the iodine test...

when you want an aluminum 30 gal keg we are all aware of. Do you just buy some beer and then drink it and keep the keg and the liquor store just keeps your deposit? Do you ask if you can buy used ones? how do you guys get your hands on these?

Ok I had a session last Sat. i have to be out of town for a few days starting Wednesday. I will not be back in town till late Saturday night. This coming tuesday night, when I can rack to secondary the primary will be at only 10 days fermenting. The fermenting is going well at 65 66 degrees...

Is this temp too high to brew a lager? I have read some other posts and are there better yeasts to use for this kind of environment temps. I live in eastern Nebraska and it does get cold here too. I could monitor my garage and see what I have for temps their also. I have an electric heater there...

I took some yeast from the bottom of my secondary. i have given it to a co-worker who has added sugar, flour and water to make a sponge. it has doubled in size in 24. has anyone ever made bread with this yeast from beer.Is it awesome or gross. I think it will be amazing but hey what do I know...