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I put together an experimental(actually a bunch of left over components) brew, and need some advice ASAP regarding the OG. The recipe is a 2.5 gallon minimash with the following milled grain steeped 30 min @ 160F: 1.25 lb pilsner , .25 lb melanoidin, .25 lb light crystal 15. The DME is 1 lb...

I made an Austin home brew Texas blonde ale kit, used Irish moss ,primaries 3 weeks then bottled with the provided sugar. I noticed a significant sulphur odor in the airlock during the last 2 weeks, and white lumpy material floating in the top of the bucket. I thought it might be the result of...

I am trying to devise the simplest system for simple beers. I like kolsch, brown, blondes, occasional bock, and always use minimash kits. Would it be reasonable to just keep these styles in the bucket for 4weeks, then bottle from there, without checking specific gravities or racking to...

I was almost done bottling my brown ale when I happened to notice that, as I siphoned the beer from the betterbottle secondary to the bottling bucket, I must have siphoned nearly all of the secondary's sediment into the bottling bucket. It had been sitting for 2 weeks in the carboy, and had at...

I just opened my first cold bottle of my first batch. It's a Austin Homebrew kit recipe of a Dusseldorf Altbier. I added the 1% alcohol booster. It has only been in the bottles abt 10 days or so, but I couldn't wait. It poured dark amber, slightly hazy, kept a head and lacing throughout the...

OK, so I just bottled most of my cider experiment. Started as Tree Top and Lalvin D47, 2 gallons. After 10 days into the bottles it went, no back sweetening. The cider was somewhat bubbly as it transfered, slight haze. Specific gravity at abt 71*F was a flat 1.000. I put a bit over ice, and...

I have a 2 gallon batch of apple cider, in the primary 10 days. It is simply Tree Top apple juice and Lalvin D47 yeast. It had vigorous bubbling for 5 or 6 days, and now has tapered off to none at all. I am ready to bottle it, and want it dry and fizzy. So here is my question: Can I just add 1.5...

I just bottled my first 1 gallon brew. Is a hefewiezen from a local store. FOllowed instructions, well sanitized. Was in primary 4 days, then glass secondary 14 days. OG 1.024, final at bottling 1.013. The brew was clear, but darker than the usual hefe, smelled strongly (!) of alcohol, almost...