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Hello All- I have 4 questions if anyone could answer please: 1.) I have a Cherry Wheat that I just transfered to the secondary after 10 days. How long should I keep it in there? Also, do you think it will clear up any....it is very very cloudy. 2.) I put 3 lbs. of cherries in the primary...

Hello All- I just got done with (2) batches. The first batch was a Chocolate Milk Stout, and the other was a cherry wheat. Below are the ingredience for both. My main question is with the 2nd batch of cherry wheat. This is the first time Im using real cherries. Batch #1: Chocolate Milk...

Hello all- Just bottled the last batch and am on to the next.....but need a little help. Here is what Im trying to do: Sweet Chocolate Milk Stout. Here is what I have: (1) Can Mountmellick Famous Irish Stout extract 4lbs. 1 lb Lactose 3 lbs Mutons spraymalt extract - Plain Dark 1 Can...

Hello All- I have a question in regards to bottle carbonating. My first batch - I used Coopers drops so there wasnot to much guess work 3 per 1 L. bottle. The issue is that they are way too much $$$$$. I have the corn sugar....but how much do I use??? It is a wheat beer. 1 L bottles. I dont...

Yep.....the sky has fallen. I didnt take the brew store's advice and buy a 5g carboy. I decided to get the 2.5 because I thought thats all I would need. Well.....after my wife and I hit the homebrew.....only 2 bottles left. That means I waited over 2 weeks to only have 2 good nights with my...

I couldnt help myself. I have a raspberry wheat beer thats been in the bottles 13 days to carb. I cracked one open today to take a test taste. Not too bad...better than expected. Tasted a little watery and not that great of carbonation but it was ok. I figure another few weeks and it should be...

Hello All- Thank you at everyone who answered my dumb questions with this first brew. I bottled this morning and all went well except the siphone into the bottles. What a pain in the @#*. I bought a hydromter and the final reading when bottling was 1.008 - 1.010 - in that range. I didnt take...

Hello All- Looks like the batch is ready to bottle. It has been a total of 6 days....no bubbles/ferm for 2 days. Beer is really clear and looks very good. My question: I didnt have the cash to set up a corney keg/co2/etc. and I didnt want to mess around with mixing the sugar then...

Hello all...I am very glad to have found this forum. I was wondering if anyone might shed some light on my first brew. I will give all the details I can and please forgive me for my mistakes. OK - Here is the setup: 3gal. glass carboy. Wanted to start small and didnt have room/bottles for 5...