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Long story short i put a caramel simple syrup in my secondary, I realize the yeast will eat the sugar but will the burnt sugar flavor/aroma stick around after the yeast have done their thing? I was hoping to get more caramel from my grain but came up short so i wanted to give it a boost.

So the other day i was at wally world checking out and i noticed they had some dork corn syrup on clearance for 1$ for 32 oz, and i think wow that seems like it would go great for my caramel apple cider, i google is corn syrup fermentable all that good stuff but neglected to check the...

I had my 2nd cider in fermentation for about two weeks before i racked it off to secondary yesterday and i sampled it and was shocked at the bitter aftertaste It had. My first batch tasted just fine out of the primary bucket but was a slightly higher 1.030 compared to 1.015 am i tasting...

So I am a new brewer and i have pretty limited equiptment. I've got the NB 89$ kit with an extra ferm bucket and a better bottle 6.5. I'm really enjoying the brewing so far but I dont have nearly enough bottles stocked up and I'm already wanting to plan out more brews. I've decided to allot...

I have a batch of still hard cider in my primary right now and im about to add super kleer to it so there should be very little sediment after i rack to my bucket. More or less I'd like to be able to fill a 6 pack at a time and not have to bottle all at once. Would there be any problems with...

I'll be using a 80mm fan, and i've heard of some peoples magnets being too strong and preventing the dc motor from spinning. They then put it on a washer or something like that. But as it is there is what looks to be an aluminum arm its attatched to already should i try to remove the magnet...

BOP is probably my hands down favorite juice, do you think that it could convert well to a mead? I'd have to check and see if the store brands have perservatives or if they are pasteurized... but i would really like to do this in a 1 gallon test. any yeast suggestions?

Im wondering if its possible to make say 4 starters from 1 packet of notty's. so more or less what im wanting to do is take a little LME/water in a flask pitch the yeast let it kick off, then mix/shake the flask to suspend the yeast, then separate into 4 different bottles for future brews...

I've heard that you can use pepsi bottles, but i happen to have a TON of these guys laying around. They seem to have a good tight seal on them and thicker plastic. They are the apple pear flavor and i'd be putting a cider in them so im not too afraid of off flavors. And i doubt it.. but...

http://www.perpetualkid.com/beer-o-matic-retro-vending-machine-with-chrome.aspx I'm fairly new to home brew stuff but i would like a fermentation chamber. Would i be able to use this with a temp controller to rig up a fermentation chamber? I realize I'd have to build the chamber and...

I'm a new brewer, making a hard cider and i just bought a better bottle to transfer into a secondary. When i transferred i was paranoid about getting an infection so i threw 1/3 a cup of brown sugar in in there and took a reading of 1.020 SG, with racking will there be enough yeast/sugar to...

So i am a first time brewer and i was planning on following the caramel apple cider recipe of upstate mikes, but i've been struck with the sudden urge to play around with a drink ive loved since i was a kid. Taking about one half spiced/mulled apple cider and mixing it with black tea. They...

So i am looking for a way to stop yeast production i am using the https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f32/caramel-apple-hard-cider-292770/ recipe and will be racking around 1.010 FG and then adding the caramel syrup. for more sugar and 2 cans of applejuice concentrate. It seems to carb up...

long story short i have access to a lot of growlers for a low price. I was wondering are there any large containers i can carb up in then transfer to the growlers? (other than a keg) From what ive read the growler bottles just cant take the pressure from carbing up and turn into bottle...

My first brew of any sort, I read up quite a bit and figured a cider would be easiest prep work wise. after sanitation I got 5 gal of pasturized apple juice and added 2 lbs dextrose pitched nottinghams. didnt seem like anythign went wrong but 30 hours later still nothing in the airlock. at...