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PS - I dosed it with a smashed up campden tablet, then went with Safale S-04 and because the press broke during initial use, we ended up just using our awesome juicer to get the juice outta the apples before they got too brown. A large amount of pulp ended up in the fermenter (which we are fine...

Understood that the apples need to be in a smaller/weaker form. I do not know what you mean by 'cheeses', but the apples were in a nylon mesh bag (meant for fruit pressing) and there was not a very large quantity in there (at least large in my mind). I understood that I probably did something...

So I made cider this past weekend and it was a miserable failure, the press was at least. I'd like some input on my presssing process as I may have just done it wrong or something. Not sure what to say... I have two 2x6s as a bottom brace that hold the apple basket and tray, and two 2x6s as a...

Is there a need to filter the juice before it goes into the fermenter, or does the cheesecloth handle that for you? Also ideas on the type of store to get a piece of cheesecloth large enough, or can I use a paint strainer bag or something similar?

This came out good. I ended up making a vanilla extract with about 8 oz of vodka and 6 vanilla beans cut into pieces. I added about 3 tablespoons of this extract to the batch after I kegged it, and may consider adding a little bit more. There is a hint of pumpkin flavor and it's bready too...

Hey everyone! I've been making mead for several years, beer for about a year, and have a pretty strong understanding of fermentation in general. I recently acquired a press that was mostly rotted out on the bottom and have started repairing it - it's freestanding again and just needs a couple...

Hmm, yeah, good point, I suppose in commercial setups they don't have to worry about yeast at all. Personally I wouldn't worry about actually eliminating headspace, as the beer would be falling into a pure c02 environment so you don't have to worry about oxidation, and if you ever needed to...

Here is what you need to do: This will greatly simplify things for you... Make up a short line with the same diameter tubing as the rest of your system. Put a gas QD on one end, and a liquid QD on the other end. Connect the kegs in series. So CO2-> gas in on first keg -> (beer) -> liquid...

OK, well I ended up brewing this weekend, here's the recipe I came up with: 8.0 lbs 2-row 1.5 lbs Victory 1.5 lbs Flaked Oats 1.0 lbs Malted Oats 1.0 lbs Biscuit 1.0 lbs Rice Hulls 3.5 lbs roasted pumpkin (small pie pumpkin, originally about 5 lbs, gutted and quartered, toasted in the...

I would like to make a pumpkin ale but am not trying for the traditional "Pumpkin Pie" ale - I want to taste a bit more of the pumpkin than the cloves, nutmeg, allspice, etc. cover up a bit. I was thinking along the lines of a somewhat nutty, pumpkin ale with a bit of fresh ginger spice. I...

I think he is wrong. There is nothing wrong with keg carbing. The only downside is you end up with yeast sediment from the fermentation in your keg (although pretty minimal compared to the yeast in your fermenter!). Personally I like the cleanliness of force carbing, in that only the yeast...

So, thanks for the replies. I guess I assumed that if it was overcarb'd it would be foaming as it came out of the faucet, not as it left the keg. Seeing foam in the beer line is a little weird to me.

Hey there, So a friend of mine brewed a golden ale with oats recently. He put it in the keg without taking any gravity readings, and I personally think he kegged it too early (this may or may not matter, I'll get to that in a second...) as it had a pretty heavy mouthfeel initially. After...

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I'd be happy to drink while lifting, but it's the cardio that worries me. Nothing like running three miles with homebrew sloshing around in your stomach, getting a sideache, then puking up that Imperial IPA you just kegged. I guarantee if that happens I'll be giving away the rest of that keg. :(

I have had chronic back pain for the last two years with nothing helping the pain long-term (nerve ablations, physical therapy, acupuncture, chiro, etc.) and started brewing in January of this year. Since then, I've find that drinking a few beers a night really helps to dampen the pain. Also, I...

Yeah I don't like too much roast flavor in there, but that is just my preference. FWIW I added 1/8 lb of black patent malt to the above recipe and I don't believe that impacted the flavor at all, but did add some color. I'd go with a bit more and/or combining it with the roasted barley if you...

My first brew was a SN Porter clone, extract w/ specialty grains. We taste-tested alongside the real thing and it was close, only BETTER. I had several friends over to try it and they all agreed the homebrew was better. Unfortunately we didn't do a double-blind test or anything. The homebrew...

Also, this finished out at 1.012. Since this is an extract recipe and I can't mash higher to give me a higher FG, what could I do if I wanted it to end up a couple of points higher? Use a slightly less attenuative yeast, right? Something like an English Ale yeast? What would give a nice...

So I brewed this and it's done fermenting, I kegged it last night and tasted today. It's good but I think not quite malty enough to balance the hops and smoke. I like the amount of smoke a lot, I won't change that, but it needs a but more complexity and a stronger malt profile to balance the...