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I used apple cider with preservatives, 4 gallons of it. then mixed a pound of brown sugar and nottingham ale yeast. in another thread I just found out that preservatives are bad, and won't allow fermentation. So, how do i get this to ferment? make a one gallon batch and blend it? I need...

I read alot of you stating to use an ale yeast in cider to keep it from being too dry, which makes sense. But noone says which yeast adds what different flavor profiles. I am going to the lhbs in the afternoon tomorrow and want to know which yeasts are what I want to be looking for? my...

I have 2lbs. of cracked munich malt 10L and 1lb of cracked crystal 10L. 6 lbs of dried briess malt sparkling amber. 2oz. spalt 2% alpha acid, 2oz. hallertau 1.5% alpha acid, and 1 oz. willamette 4.6% alpha acid. and 2 viles of whitelabs liquid german lager yeast wlp830 (both expired, one...

what is the best sugar to use? Is table sugar OK? will i affect the taste?

I have an unfinished basement to set up anyway I want (thank you dear), I am putting in a full kitchen and want to do my brewery as part of it. Any ideas to make it look pro. done not like i drug it out of the garage adn put it all on the counter?

I am working on a recipe, and don't know what style of beer it will be. How can I tell? I am new to brewing, 3 batches and counting, but know what flavor profiles i am after. But how do you know if it is going to be a porter, blonde, etc. It is going to have a lot of caramel based grains I...

I want to brew a nice dark porter with a lot of caramel flavor, I like the body and most of the flavors just not the coffee hints similar to a dry stout. anyone have some ideas, i just got into brewing and need a knockout recipe. I am thinking of steeping some 120 L caramel grain? and some...

I hear you can use different sugar to carbunate? I need to bottle and don't have any measurements on what i need. for a 5 gallon batch how much do i need? I have regular table sugar and brown sugar? Do I need something else? I am bottling a pale ale.

I am looking to clone guiness, the way it is in Ireland not at the irish joint in town. This will be my first stout, and my third batch, so as much info and help as possible, please. there is never too much info.

I bottled my first batch yesturday, a hefeweisen, and got 40 twelve oz. bottles. Everything I read says it should have been 48-56 bottles. I did 2 partial boils. I brought 2 g, to a rolling boil and removed to cool. Then did a 3 g, wort boil. Would I have really lost all that in the boil or...

My first brew ever is a classic english pale ale I started on thanksgiving. I started with an OG of 42, and it sat in my primary for 6 days. took a reading and got a gravity of 20. waited another 4 and got another 20. transfered to my secondary. Now I am having second thoughts of doing the...

I bought a brew kit and a classic english ale kits from best brewers. What if anything should i replace, add, change, etc... to make my first batch a+++? It came with a 6oz packet of monton yeast if that helps

Besides a deluxe starter kit, boil pot, and the ingredents, what else do I need on day one? I know I will need bottles in a few weeks. The only LHBS does starter kits and ingredient kits only, and they don't know what they are doing, so I am here to get in the know. Do I need a wort chiller...