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OK so I have been keeping reef tanks for quite a while now. Brewing was a natural complement. I am figuring out that some of my equipment is dual purpose. E.g. had a refractometer for like six years and just realized on my last batch that I can use it for my beer! Lol. Anyway the salt that I...

So I've got a batch of nb sweet stout going. About four days ago. Good boil. Og = 1.054. The thing is that there seems to be no bubbling at airlock. You can see that the is pressure in the fermenter as the airlock levels are uneven. I broke rules to check gravity and there was THICK Krausen...

So I put a into of fermentables into a couple of carboys to bring abc to about 14% or so.. to one of those I added some celestial seasonings gingerbread tea. Ingredients are cinnamon, ginger, roasted barley. That's it in that order. Seeing how the apple flavor fades and any fruit flavors fade by...

So my two mead/cider (can't remember the correct name for this) meider? hahah are in secondary and they were both quick to establish a nice honey colored but perfectly clear layer about 1" thick at the very top. I am in like 3rd week secondary but this layer is NOT getting any bigger and...

Ok so Ive got a couple carboys started and they are progressing nicely. Dec 11 th. They've got a lot of fermentables around 15% abv. Then around hristmas I filled a brew bucket up with cider added nottingham and nothing else as I wanted to try something that's a lil more easy on the liver...

ll So wanting to add some different flavors intoi my cider. I've been very confused and hesitant over how to go about doing this. While heating up a glass of tea this morning a light bulb went off. http://www.celestialseasonings.com/products/category.html/herbal-teas sees like the perfect thing...

So wanting to add some different flavors intoi my cider. I've been very confused and hesitant over how to go about doing this. While heating up a glass of tea this morning a light bulb went off. http://www.celestialseasonings.com/products/category.html/herbal-teas sees like the perfect thing...

So just sitting around and talking to my carboys today... one of whom has terrible farts which is only remedied by frequent and copious addition of yeast nutrient. And being a resouceful guy who would NEVER waste cider I thought... hmmm... if this cider doesn't come out (still ;-) haven't given...

o.k. so I brewed 10 gallons of cider, no hydrometer at the time in plastic water carboys that I stole (borrowed ;)from work. fresh pressed pasteurized cider from a local mill, 2 lbs white sugar and one pound light brown split between them. Red star pasteur yeast. Ferment aromas were nice...

Does the cider stay completely homogeneous? Or will alcohol separate resulting in stronger cider at the top of the carboy and weaker at the bottom.

so at a recent trip to beers of the world... I happened upon this and I immediately thought omg i want to reuse this. after doing some searching i found that it's possible and i bought it. Now you have to choke thru 1.5 gallons of coors... ugh.... the owmbo was wanting to know why I am...

hello to all!, well it seems that i have succesfully added another addiction to put alongside boating and reef tanks... brewing. My old roomate brewed and I had some minimal involvement.. but when the final cider was up and I was feeling way to happy after only a second pint I made the...