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So, I brew a Brown ale... a Newcastle Clone. I do everything like usual... alll is going well. I pitch the yeast, and put one of my corks on the primary so I can shake the hell out of it... So far... so good. I go to put the airlock in (you know where this is going) I think eh, why not...

Ok, I moved my first Cider from primary to secondary last night.. (had to test/taste some) IT IS SO DAMN EASY!!!! Ok, I was going for a "Sweater" Cider so I went with an Ale Yeast (Coopers, dry) I bought 5 gallons of pasteurized apple cider/Juice (sorry purists...if I had fresh stuff I...

Planning on starting a "Cider" this week.. Kinda going along the same lines as the "cheatin Cider" thread... I want this to almost turn out like alcoholic apple juice. My understanding for that is as follows... Use an Ale Yeast for a slightly lower ABV, and sweeter taste... Use a...

I have "the Complete Joy of Homebrewing" -papazian, I read it, I loved it, I felt like it "explained" brewing to me in a way that was very easy to understand. I am trying to tell my buddy about brewing, and he asked about books. I told him about the one I read, but, seeing that I have only...

Ok, a newbie I am... :) I have now started my second batch,, the first was an "oktoberfest ale" it was a Brewers Best kit... the OG was supposed to be 1.050 or something, and my measurement came out to be only 1.034.. ???? But regardless, the fermentation went well, and the FG was 1.010...