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i recently went to the lhbs and had the employee fill a recipie for me. i got this tub that said 8# pale. it was syrupy extract. when i weighed it i found the tub of stuff weighed only 6 lbs. does dme and lme measure out differently because the recipie calls for 7lbs light dme.

i was wondering what the highest og reading was before it would suffocate the yeast. i have heard the reading can be quite high but if it's to high the yeast will die. for all my searching i cannot get an actual number for argument sake lets say we are using plain cane sugar, water and a red...

how long can the beer sit in the secondary and still be primable for bottling?

well its time to rack the cider and i was wondering how long i can let my cider sit and clarify/age and still be able to get it to carbonate with a prime, and would the answer apply to beer/graff as well.

hey all i moved to a hobby farm and started to ferment as many things as it seemed the old timers did. as time goes on i will get up to speed here (i hope) with the advice of the experts. i can make basic wine, cider and my first extract beer turned out great! im hoping to get ideas from the...

ok took 5 gallons of pasturized cider from local store, unfiltered local. added 2 pounds of dark brown sugar and english cider yeast, waited 5 days nothing. hydrated a packet of trusty ol 1118 and nothing. the only new thing here is the dark brown sugar and the brix reading showed a final...