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Hi all, I don't have much experience in winemaking, but I recently found a patch of elderberries and wanted to give it a go but I have a concern in regard to making wine with these. I was wondering how the wine process deals with the cyanide-inducing glycosides found in the berries. Heating is...

So i recently fell in love with a SMaSH beer, specifically the Southern Tier 2X SMaSH. i decided to try to make my own and in the process of looking up the recipe (which should only contain Mosaic hops and Special pale malt) i saw nothing but recipes that contained multiple hip and multiple...

Alright fellas, I got the bug pretty bad and decided to start putting together an electric HERMS system of my own. I have gone so far as to buy some second hand kegs (two, but working on a third) for a decent price and want to start piecemealing the rest together over the next year or...

So a few days ago i went to my LHBS and got a smack pack of the Wyeast 1214 Belgian Abby with the intent to make a starter for a slightly higher than recommended SG ale as recommended by the pack. i smacked it properly to let the nutrient out, and nothing happened after 10hrs or so. I read...

So my university was tossing this so I snagged it out of the dumpster. I'm not sure what it WAS used for, but I know what it WILL be used for....BREWING! My problem is I don't know the best way to utilize this thing. Looking at it I'm sure I could use it for everything right up to...

So i recently pitched some Nottingham into a bucket of cider (OG 1.070), and i was a little concerned when the next day i didn't see any activity in the air lock, and again the next, and the next. it became apparent that i had a sealing issue with my bucket and when i opened the top i did indeed...

So im in the process of making an apple cider and im looking to keg it to get a sweet sparkly kind of goodness. I will sweeten it with juice concentrate when its kegged but since im new to the keg game, i dont know how to go about it properly. do i need to pasteurize it or add anything to it to...

so its about that time of year again, and for the first time since my first adventure in home-brewing i decided to do a pumpkin ale. it smells great and looks (a bit darker than expected) awesome. My main worry though is settlement. i remember my first pumpkin ale was heavy on settlement and im...

Hey guys. I have gotten to a point where im looking to get my first keg and i was wondering if you have any good resources on the process i can check out. I am also wondering if i should get a co2 or nitro set up. I usually do stouts and darker ales and i hear there decent on nitro. Anything i...

OK so I have been brewing beer for a few years now and recently I decided to give my hand a try at cider making. I realized I had extra yeast I could use so why not right? Recipe is as follows. (I dont know the difference between a cider or an apple wine so bear with me) Cider. Three...

I'm thinking about brewing a couple batches in the next few weeks and i cant make up my mind on what i want to do. although i like the occasional hop crazy brew, im usually a fan of the more malty drinks and they tend to be the ones i buy. that being said, nearly every new beer i decide to try...

ok, so i got a recipe kit at a LHBS and set out to make an imperial stout. there were lots of hops(recipe and instructions below) in it and they came in multiple poorly marked bags. ok so im a noob, and in my head i thought that i wanted a more malty less hoppy beer. so i only added the first...

so i was in a local NON home brew shop when i ran across 12oz bags of Black Barley on sale for $.75. i was pretty sure i could make beer with it, and if not, id have lots of soup lol. ok, so. anyone have a good simple recipe i could use this in? :mug::mug::mug::mug:

ok so i started brewing my first big beer on Sept 21st. Recipe as follows... Imperial stout 9.9 lbs Gold Malt Extract 1/2 lb. Choclolate Malt 1 lb. British Crystal Malt 3/4 lb. Black Patent Grain 1 lb. Roasted Grain 1.5oz mystery hops for bittering 1oz mystery hope for aroma 3.5oz 84%...

6.6 lbs Dark Malt Extract 3.3 lbs Dark Malt Extract 1/2 lb. Choclolate Malt 1 lb. British Crystal Malt 3/4 lb. Black Patent Grain 1 lb. Roasted Grain 2 oz. Northern Brewer Hops 1 1/2 oz. Kent Goldings Hops 1 oz. Hallertauer Hersbrucker Hops 1/2 oz. Hallertauer Hersbrucker Hops 1 oz...

Hey guys, im thinking about making a Imperial chocolate oatmeal stout for my second batch. i read that to make a Guinness recipe you can add soured beer to your batch to get close to the real deal. i want to know if anyone has tried this with a big chocolate oatmeal stout(or similar) and...

hey guys. i was wondering if anyone could suggest a good yeast that wont put out off flavors when fermenting at higher temps, say around high 70's to mid 80's? i hear some are better then others. the reason i ask is im a Florida boy and my home rarely gets cooler then 75 and the average temp...

alright so, im brewing my first real beer, and im super excited. its a pumpkin ale and it calls for a secondary due to excessive trub. assuming the hydrometer levels off, should i rack at the one week mark like most people do? or could i leave it in the primary for longer if i chose to? i ask...

hey guys, i started my very first one gallon batch of mead last night along with a one gallon batch of apfelwein. the meads ingredients are as follows. 3lbs.......... holly honey 2 sticks.... cinnamon 1tsp........ vanilla extract(didnt realize it was imitation at the time) 1 pack..... safale...

:mug:hey guys, first time brewer here. i have had encounters with people in the brewing world periodically in my life and it has always interested me. so i started my first batch of mead and apfelwein last night. hope it turns out well.