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Greetings, This evening, I'll be embarking on a new journey to create the first Cider of my homebrewing career, based loosely on Edwort's Apfelwein recipe. 1 gallon store-bought, pasteurized pink lady apple juice, no preservatives listed. 1 packet red star montrachet wine yeast 6.4...

I was shopping at my LHBS this week and paid $5.00 for 2 Oz. of whole leaf hops. For most brews I'll buy about 4 Oz. of hops. I pay about $20/Lb. of the same. What about everyone else? I'd love to get a feel about how much others usually pay. Do you try to get the best stuff or buy whatever...

My first all-grain brew has been conditioning in the keg for 2 weeks and we just tapped it last night. The orange and coriander are great, were it not for the beer. The taste is like drinking a big mouthful of liquid wheat and the brew doesn't taste at all like widmer hef. It really doesn't...

My first all-grain brew has been conditioning in the keg for 2 weeks and we just tapped it last night. The orange and coriander are great, were it not for the beer. The taste is like drinking a big mouthful of liquid wheat and the brew doesn't taste at all like widmer hef. It really doesn't...

Here is my first attempt at a clone recipe for my second beer This beer is slightly hoppier than the original with 25IBU instead of 20, the alcohol is 6% instead of 5% It looks like I will have a 13 SRM color instead of the 14 SRM original. I had to substitute special roast malt for extra...

I just took my first gravity reading at 1.5 weeks and the beer tastes watered down and a little bitter with no sweetness at all. The OG was 1.060 and FG 1.012 I think. I used the Wine Thief as a container to spin my hydrometer in and it didn't work very well. I Fermented at 62 degrees with1...

12 hours post-brew and my primary temp is 71 deg...with Pacman But the ambient temp in the closet is 59 deg....the fermentation is going like crazy. Great yeast! I know Rogue ferments at 60 deg. So, do I need to move the fermentor to the garage (53 deg.) until fermentation slows down...

Here is the recipe I am dealing with, it is derived from LHBS's recipe. And this is my 1st brew...I am trying to get your opinions on the recipe in general, the use of pacman yeast and if the hops will be good... and Here goes: 5GAL Batch 7 Lbs light liquid malt extract .5 lbs crystal...

I am brewing my first batch this weekend, an ipa kit from morebeer and I ordered the white labs california ale yeast from to hopefully "improve" my first beer. My 1st question is: My fermentation room "read:laundry room" is around 63-64 degrees during the day. What can I do cheaply to raise my...