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A thought occurred to me recently so I thought I would voice it for discussion. I have been using mostly my refractometer for all my readings and when double checked with a hydrometer I have found the readings to be very accurate, UNTIL I start reading real dry, near and below 1.000, I find the...

Filtered some small 1 gallon batches this morning, ran out of time for bottling, will do that after work Figured I would share some pictures. First picture is my Vinbrite filter setup second is the 4 gallons, left to rigtht, WE California cabernet sauvignon, WE Australian Chardonnay, R.W...

Hi all, Was working on my WE Chocolate raspberry desert wine today and things got touchy. The wine started 6 days ago at 1.128 SG the instructions say to chapitalize the wine with the supplied 350 gram dextrose package included when the wine gets below 1.020 , it was at 1.015 this morning...

Left to right, Welches 100% concord grape, R.W. Knudsen simply concord grape, The rest are Skeeter Pee (lemon wine) first is the original recipe which will taste like really good lemonaide, then we have Strawberry Daiquiri, Pina Colada, Passion Fruit and last is Apple Raspberry.(last 4 with...

I started a batch of Wine Experts chocolate raspberry desert wine today. Fingers crossed all goes well. I have heard some great reviews on this kit, can't wait to taste it. My SG was 1.128 just a hair above the recommended level of 1.119 to 1.124 My temp was right at 71 deg. the...

apparently I can't follow directions. I have made 10 wine kits so far but this is the first with added oak. it is a wine expert Argetine malbec, I was suppose to add the supplied oak cubes (30 grams french, unknown toast) "After" I degassed and stabilized. I added them when I first racked to...

I am getting ready to brew a Guiness clone next weekend, The recipe call for nottingham dry yeast. I have white labs on hand. wlp002 English ale yeast and WLP022 Burton ale yeast. I do have a packet of nottinghams but I really want to use up one of the liquid yeast strains. What would you use?

Yes I ran out of gas just shortly after adding my 5 minute hops addition, about 4 minutes left to boil. I put the lid on and left the pot on the burner. Shouldn't make a huge difference. Just the way the day went. That is what I get for brewing without planning ahead. I woke up this morning and...

Brain fart, I needed just under a gallon of 167 deg water for my mash. I used my 2 cup measuring measuring cup but for some reason I used just under 8 cups instead of 16. MATH !!!! uh. Didn't realize it until I added my grain, pretty darn thick. I have an additional 8 cups heating now. Hope I...

Hello fellow home brewers. I entered my first ever home brew competition, the 6th annual Virgina beer blitz. The competition was on December 1st and i got the results today. I entered a Robust Porter (12-B) my 4 judges scores were 29/29/32/32. The last score was by a master judge...

Yep, I bought one as my Christmas present. After reading many reviews on multiple websites and finding the vast majority to be very positive I felt I couldn't go wrong with it. The crush I have been getting from my LHBS has not been all that great and the idea of freshly crushed grains just...

I am planning to bottle a 5 gallon batch of Blue Moon clone (Belgian Wit) But I am out of Dextros. Funny thing is I just got back from my LHBS, I should have checked that but didn't and its too late now. My options on hand are light corn syrup w/vanilla or light DME. I am shooting for about...

I looked at a bunch of recipes for a cream ale in my first attempts at a 1 gallon batch here is the 5 gallon recipe I cobbled together 8 lbs 2 row pale malt .5 lbs biscuit malt .75 lbs honey malt 1lb flaked corn 1 oz cluster @ 60 .5 oz cluster @ 10 Safale US-05 mash at 152 deg 60...

Recipe: 9 lbs domestic 2 row 14 ozs black malt 8 ozs caramel 80L 6 ozs caramel 120L 1 lb lactose (added at 5 minutes) 1 oz Northern brewer at 60 minutes. WL -023 Burton ale (made a 600 ml starter) I ended up with an O.G. of 1.053 About where I should be but I can't for the life of me...

I am brewing an AG cream stout from a Midwest kit, it included 8 oz. of lactose. I want a sweet stout, how much would you add for a 5 gallon batch? I have searched a lot of forums, most go with 1 lb.

I have heard that you can condition a new aluminum pot in the oven. Save me on propane and since it wont fit on top of the stove I shoved it in the oven. Now I can't get it out :) it must have expanded, it should come out once it cools, I hope. I baked it at 350 for 1 hour, will that do it or...

50 quart porcelain coated steel pot http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000A3ZZXO/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 Or 40 quart aluminum http://www.webstaurantstore.com/40-qt-standard-weight-aluminum-stockpot/40760378.html I can get free shipping on the 50 quart total cost $59.99 with lid and shipping...

I wanted to make a cranberry wheat but I made a huge mistake and used Safbrew WB-06 which gave it a distinct clove taste. Right now I have the tartness from the cranberry on top of clove. Not a good mix at all. I will be adding some cranberry extract when bottling and hopefully get boost...

I know it takes away from the simplicity of standard BIAB with one pot but my choices are limited. My problem? don't have a large enough pot to do the traditional BIAB method. My thoughts/options 1.Split my grains in half and mash in two separate pots then combine the wort in my 7-1/2 gallon...

I made up a recipe for a cranberry wheat beer. all extract. 3 lbs plain wheat DME (45 % wheat 55% barley ) at boil 2lbs Belgian wheat DME (55% wheat 45% barley ) at 40 minutes 1 oz Mt Hood at boil 6.1 AA 1/2 oz. Mt Hood at 5 min. 6.1 AA Yeast= Safbrew WB-06 pitched at 70 deg. fermented at...