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Hello all, My father and I are making our very first batch of wine. It is a winexpert kit of Sangiovese. I’m a long time beer brewer and have the basics down. The kit has been sitting in the fermentation chamber at 73 degrees for 16 days. Tomorrow we will be transferring and degassing and...

Hey Morrey, I am in the process of making a couple of ciders. I just stumbled on this post searching the web to get authentic fruit flavoring into the brew. Would you recommend adding this to a cider? It wouldn’t be pump by pump and I would add to a full 5 gallon batch. I saw the chocolate...

Feel like this would be even better. Heard that glass tops or ok for the flask.

Hello all, I want to start making my yeast starters in the flask itself. I heard coils aren’t good to use but would something like this work? If this would work would it be ok to go directly from the heat into an ice bath? Thanks!

Has anyone ever brewed something along the lines of this beer? I’m looking to brew a sweet milk chocolate porter and this is the best example I can think of what I want. My porter recipe is great but I’m having a hard time finding something to add to secondary other than nibs to give it the...

Thanks! It will be staying cold in a keg from now until wedding day. Would that still be an issue?

Hello everyone, Long time Brewer here but never had great success with fruit. I'm brewing all the beer for my brothers wedding and his wife to be requested a strawberry ale. I went with a basic strawberry wheat beer. Just to be safe I tried to pasteurized the 10 pounds frozen strawberrys...

Thanks all. If I add the concentrate to taste in the keg or secondary would I need to add anything after so another fermentation doesn't start?

Hello all, I am brewing a whole bunch of beer for my brother in-laws wedding. A strawberry ale was requested. I've never really had great success with fruit but I'm determined to get this one right. Here's what I was thinking. Please criticize as you see fit :) 6# 2row 4# wheat Some...

Hello homebrewers, I'm looking to purchase a whole house water filter. http://www.aquasana.com/whole-house-water-filters/1000k-gallon-rhino/no-install I know RO is the way to go but would it be totally necessary if I just got this for the house? Thanks for any help in advance.

Hello all, I made a 1.5l yeast starter from a 200b pack of gigayeast Vermont ale starter on feb 8th. Life got in the way and I won't be brewing until Sunday the 26th. It was on a stir plate for 2 days then directly into the fridge to cold crash. I'd like to get away with not having to make...

Has anyone tried this recipe with some strawberrys thrown in post fermentation? Also had a question about the wheat. I can only get Great Western white wheat or Briess red wheat. Would either work well for this? Thanks for any help in advance.

Hello all! Hope everyone had a happy holiday. I have a DIPA in my brewbucket right now. It's my first time using it. I used about 7 ounces of hops (all late addition and whirlpool) They were all in a hop bag and a tried to filter out as much of the trub I could but a decent amount got in...

Hello all, I brewed this a little over two weeks ago with an og of 1.070. I know there are a lot of unfermentables in there but my gravity now is super high at 1.032. My mash temps were 153 and my water profile was based off a London porter from target water profiles. It's been sitting at...

Hello all. Have this recipe going at one week in and everything is going perfect. When the second addition of dry hops go in do you remove the first one? does the two additions rather than one big one make that much of a difference? Thanks for any help in advance

Thank you all for the quick responses! I love this forum. The yeasties are in the mail as we speak. They are the new white labs pack wlp810. Supposedly these new packs have a very high cell count. I will check brewunited and probably make a 3l starter. Thanks again homebrewers

Hello everyone. I am about to brew a Cali common and need a 3l yeast starter. Can I make a big starter like that and put it on the stir plate or do I have to start small, decant and step up to 3? It would be a lot easier to just make one big starter. I read it's better to start small...

Thanks for the response mcknuckle! I've only brewed once treating the water and Am curious to see how it comes out. Ive been brewing for years and have been happy with the results but there always seems to be a harsh bitterness that fades with time and I really get minima hop flavor and aromas...

Hello homebrewers! I am very new into the world of water treatment. I just downloaded a copy of my local water report and the numbers have a pretty wide range. For example. Magnesium Low value .74 High value 13.04 Average 4.38 Chloride Low value 3.8 High value 164 Average...

Hello homebrewers. Let me start off by saying this is not about electric brewing but is about electric going to my brew shed that powers everything. I have a small electric problem I'm determined to fix myself even though my knowledge of electric is basic at best. My outside GFCI outlet that...