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I recently brewed a beer from a kit that I ordered from a company who I won't mention the name of, but I wasn't that impressed and left a mediocre rating..which they removed. There was no foul language or anything of that nature. They did contact me by email AFTER the review was pulled and...

Did an experimant this weekend while brewing my all gain stout. I did an iodine test every 10 while mashing to see when conversion took place....30 min is what I got with the maris otter that I used. I use the BIAB method. Just wondered if anybody else has timed their conversion time, and if...

I'm playing around with some 1 gallon kits, and was wondering if rather than boiling, I could do a first wort hop when I add my specialty grains, heat to 170 for 15 min to pasteurize. Put the flavor/aroma hops in with 5 min left and just leave the hop bag in while it chills? sort of like a no...

just placed an order with NB and the shipping came to 11 and some change, so I checked their catalog and the 7.99 shipping seems to be gone. :( that was one of the main reasons I ordered from NB and from Austin...

could a person kill off the yeast before backsweetening by heating the ( in my case twisted tea) before adding the sugar? Would the high temps kill the yeast? Not planning on carbing it, so having any beasties left is a non issue. just thinking, why couldn't you heat it to a temp to kill the...

for the Edworts Apfelwein, after of course you've killed off the yeast? I would like it a bit sweeter and have the wine conditioner...just wonder if anyone has done this? :confused:

I just tried my elderberry wine that I made this fall. I was expecting tannins out the wazoo, but couldn't believe how mild it actually was. I have it on oak now, ( racked to the secondary on February 9th ) and could probably bottle it as it is, but I'm trying to get a bit more oak character...

I have some corney's that I had planned on using for beer, but never got a CO2 tank. Since I hate to have brewing equipment around that isn't being used, could I put them into service as fermenters/aging/oaking vessels for my wine? :confused:

wonder how that would taste as a wine? The local store has the Ocean Spray on sale...I bought one bottle to just drink, but after I brought it home I started thinking about making a wine from it.....I think I need to stop thinking!! LOL :D

has anyone ever made this? Here in the spring in MO we have tons of these around and I'd like to try making some wine and was wondering if anyone had made some? Jack Keller has a recipe and I've eaten them battered and fried ( mmmm tastes like mushrooms) so I know their not poisonous. :)...

I'm trying to figure my brewing efficiency... I did two 2 1/2 gallon batches. One was a dry Irish stout and the other a chocolate stout. the Irish stout was a BIAB 90 min mash mash out temp to 170. Here is the grain bill 3 lbs maris otter 1/2 lb flaked barley 1/2 lb chocolate malt...

and it worked? well...this is my story. On 10/02/11 I brewed a Rauch ale.... smaller 2.5 gallon batch, BIAB. just a little over 7 pounds of grain. Well, I mashed at around 150 give or take a few degrees for an hour. The neighbor came over to visit...I was in the process of raising the temp...

Does anybody brew a special beer for the superbowl?

Ok, I understand that a lot of people frown on pitching right onto a yeast cake left from a previously fermented beer...not a problem, I can wash it. now is where my question comes in. sooooo....if a left over yeast cakes is too much, but I've now washed my yeast and have it separated into, oh...

I've posted for a while but never introduced myself. brewing good beer in the ShoMe State!