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Hello, I made my first IPA today. When you move it from the boiling pot to the primary fermenter, do you transfer the trub with it or do you leave it behind? I tried to siphon to leave it behind (since there was a lot), and my 4 gallons from my boil turned into a little over 3 in the...

Hello everyone! As I said in another post, I'm new to kegging my beer. I'm tired of bottling it though, so I need to learn how to Keg it. Does this package seem like it has everything I'll need to get started? Is there anything it's missing? Is there anything I should upgrade...

Hello all! I've taken a ~9 month break from brewing beer to make some wine, but I'm looking to get back into the beer business. My biggest pain with beer is bottling, so I'm looking to kegging it. I've been doing some reading and I see a common task of clearing before kegging. How do you...

Hey everyone! I started my next 5 gallon batch, but it seems to be stuck! Here's the recipe I used: 15 lbs honey 4 teaspoons acid blend 1/2 oz yeast extract 1 pack of Wyeast 4184 I read on other threads that sometimes adding yeast nutrient will change the PH and make the yeast start doing...

I've been posting on here asking questions for a while now, so I figured I'd post a picture of what I've made so far! Flavors from left to right are: Pineapple, blueberry, strawberry, raspberry, kiwi Recipe: 15 pounds of honey in 5 gallons some yeast extract (forget how much) various...

Hello everyone! A little background info-- I made my first 1 gallon mead batch a while ago and recently drank it. Boy was it amazing. As a result of that success, I decided I would make 5 gallons of mead, and then split it up into 5-1 gallon carboys and make different melomels with it. I...

How do you guys think tea leaves would turn out in mead? Would the mead take in the flavors and the leaves would just fall to the bottom? I'm thinking of trying blueberry bliss from teavana inside of a gallon of mead. Thanks, Thundernick