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I was wondering how do you normally decide how much water to add to the blueberries to give you an exact amount of liquid. Example, if I plan on 4 gals of blueberry wine, 3 gal for carboy with an extra gal to use for top ups. I wanted to use 7lbs per gal of blueberries. If I crush 28 lbs of...

I just squeezed out 3 gal of seckel pear juice. It is really thick like apple sauce. So thick my hydrometer will not sink and take a reading. What should I do? Thanks

I am starting a blackberry wine. Making a 3 gal batch. I have 16 gal frozen blackberries, I heated 1.5 gal of water and 4 lbs of sugar and poured over the blackberries. let sit for about 5 hours to thaw. then added the berries to a mesh bag inside primary and mashed and juiced them up good...

I am going to attempt to make my first batch of wine and it will be a fruit wine. I have a seckel pear tree that I did my first picking last night. I have 30lbs so far, with probable 20 lbs or so more on the tree. seckel pears are super sweet and juicy. Would anyone mind giving me some...

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I was wondering if I order LME and crushed grains, will it be alright to hold it for a month before brewing with it. I'm not ready to brew a new batch yet and the store is having a 10% off sale.

My Pumpkin Ale had been in Primary for 7 days so I wanted to move it to secondary to get it off the thick trub and add my spices. I took a gravity reading after moving it to the secondary and it is 1.022. My OG was 1.057 and I am expecting a FG around 1.017. Will my gravity continue to drop...

I am fermenting a Dunkelweizen and took my first reading tonight. My OG 1.044 and my first reading after 9 days is 1.017. There were some tiny bubbles floating on top after opening the lid. I sanitized my wine thief and stole a sample and closed up the bucket again. I am new to tasting new or...

My Dunkelweizen has been in primary for 9 days. It started at OG 1.044. Airlock activity may have stopped around day 5 or 6. I used Wyeast 3068 with a starter and fermentation seemed to start within 12 hours. I kept temps around 64-66F and two days ago took it out of my cool brew. Temps are...

I made a 2.5 l starter friday night and it has now been 40 hours. How do I know it is ready to use? I had planned to use it this evening. It looks more cloudy then my last starter. This time I used whitelabs wlp002 where my last starter was Wyeast 3068. I would like to stick it in the fridge...

I need to make a starter for my Thunderstruck Pumpkin Ale. OG 1.053 6GAL Batch. Mr Malty says I need 2.52 L of starter needed which is bigger then a container I have. I will round down to: 250 g DME to 250 L water 1 English Ale (White Labs #WLP002) I only have a 2L flask and a 1L...

I am brewing a Dunkelweizen with the Wyeast 3068 with a Temperature Range: 64-75° F I pitched the yeast Sunday after chilling down to 66F. It started activity within 12 hours and has been doing well. I've been keeping in my fermenting cool brew chamber @ 64F and was wondering after the...

Everyone seems to go with 1oz corn suger per gallon and when I look up the sugar rate on a priming calculator, it shows different co2 for different style beers. I want to prime a German dunkelweizen and according to the chart I want between 3.3 – 4.5 volumes of co2. Is the temperture at...

I just put the first batch in the fermentation bucket. It is a dunkelweizen. I hit the OG based upon the style of the beer but not what I planned. I had hoped for a OG 1.055 but I got 1.044 I had planned for a 6.5 boil with at least a 1.5 gal lost to boil but it did not turn out that...

I measure my grains and put in Muslim bag. Some powder grain came out, should I just leave out or throw in tun. My thoughts is that it don't matter but thought I would ask.

I need to start my yeast starter tonight and the only cleaner tonight I have is b bright. I am cleaning and soaking my flask with it now. I will need to sanitize my smack pack with it or something else. Is there any thing else I can do to sanitize my equipment tonight or you think that is...

The wyeast website states that the " The Wyeast Activator (125 ml) smack-pack is designed to directly inoculate 5 gallons of standard ale wort (O.G. < 1.060, 65-72°F). When brewing high gravity beer (O.G. >1.060) or cold fermented lagers or ales (<65°F)) additional yeast will be required...

I am brewing 5 gal batch of Dunkelweizen OG 1.055 and using Wyeast - Weihenstephan Weizen 3068 From the pitching rate calc, I should have 2 yeast packs or create a 1.79L of starter. for the starter I should have 8.5 c water and 1.5 c of DME and 1 Wyeast - Weihenstephan Weizen 3068...

I have a few questions as I prepare for my first brew session. I am going to do a partial mash using a 2 gal coleman jug. I have been reading about the process and have a question after you remove the 1st wort and before your next sparge step. I have read some sources that you should put...

Can I heat my mash and sparge water with a aluminum pot? I found I had a nice 24 qt aluminum pressure cooker that I may get some use out of if it is OK to use it.:ban: