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Hi all, I recently bought a bar (see the post in Sanitation/Equipment entitled "I bought a bar). It came with two CO2 tanks. One of them is at least half full, but it has been sitting in storage for probably 20 years. What should I do? Will my local B&M beverage place drain it and refill it...

Hi everyone, I bought a bar! A friend of mine's mother owned an old beer joint on the river years ago, and they sold it a few years back, wherein all the equipment was put in storage. She recently passed away, and he cleaned out the storage building. I got this bar, the commercial kegerator...

Quick question everybody, I brewed northern brewers spiced winter ale for my wife tonight, but forgot to put the spices in at flameout, so I stirred it in the fermenting bucket before I pitched my yeast. The wort was cool or cold when I tossed it in. Will I still be able to taste the spice in...

Hey all, It has been a really long time since I've posted anything here. Guess I've been quietly going along with my extract brewing life, trying to keep the pipeline going, and three days ago, a friend of mine - a brother in law of a closer friend who distills occasionally, had a heart attack...

Hey all, I would love some feedback on this. I brewed a batch of Brandon O's Graff three weeks ago. It's been in primary bucket the whole time. I used Safale 05 and OG was 1.060. This stuff is usually ready to bottle in three weeks, with the final gravity around 1.010. So I cracked the lid...

I have right at a gallon of elderberry juice my wife made. She covered the berries (no stems) with just enough water to cover them, and boiled for around 15minutes, strained and refrigerated. The OG is around 1.020. I've never made any elderberry wine before... Can anyone give me an idea of how...

This may be a dumb question, but does everyone use bags for their hops? It seems like that could get expensive when you have two or three different hop additions at varying intervals. I ask because the LHBS I usually use includes two bags, one for bittering hops and one for the flavoring hops...

I just popped a Westmalle Trappist Dubbel clone that is 13 days in the bottle, and really needs about 4 more weeks to mature, but it's raining and I hate buying beer anyways, so I'm drinking barely carbonated beer that's kind of sharp tasting. It's still pretty good by the way. What's the...

I'm really new at making wine and have a couple of questions. I have two one-gallon batches. Both are Yooper's Apple Juice Wine recipe. The first batch was put into a secondary glass jug and held there for two months, racked into a different glass jug at two months old, and is coming up on...

I've made a few batches of beer, but I am getting ready to rack my first batch of wine to secondary for the first time. It's Yooper's Apple Juice Wine (Jack Keller Recipe) and has been in a bucket with a loose lid for ten days. I've stirred it daily to give yeasties some oxygen, so for this...

I finished my first beer a few weeks ago, a stout that is getting better and better every time I drink one. Looking to do maybe a Lager next. Maybe something like a Sam Adams Boston Lager with around 6%. My LHBS does clone extract kits. Any suggestions?

If you are an experienced carbonated hard cider maker, I really could use some advice here. I have about 40 or so 12 ounce hard cider bottles that have been in the bottles for 5 weeks now - two in room temp, followed by 3 in the fridge. I have drunk 3 or 4 now in the last few days, and here...

My first batch of apple cider did not turn out well, and I was wondering if it can be saved, or if it's just too early and I'm being impatient. Here are the basic details: Started with 5 gal fresh pressed apple cider on August 3rd. Dropped 5 crushed Campden tablets, and waited two days...

Just bottled my first brew! It was a stout, Otto brothers moose juices stout. OG was 1.052, FG was 1.020 on Tuesday and today. Today marked 21 days in the fermenter at 65-69*. The weird thing was that I ended up with 52 beers. My first attempt a month ago was at apple cider, which only yielded...

Hey all, I have been reading a lot on here about bottling trying to find an answer, and was wondering if I could get a quick confirmation. This weekend I plan on bottling my first brew, a stout. Assume that fermentation is complete, confirmed by multiple gravity readings. Once bottled, how long...

My first brew is hopefully almost finished fermenting. It's a stout. Today is day #14 in the bucket and the gravity is at 1.020. OG was 1.052. Is this okay? What gravity reading will indicate that it's finished? 1.000? Also, if it finishes mid week, would it be okay to let it sit in there until...

Brewed my first brew today! Otto brothers moose juice stout. The kit called for a fermentation temp of 65-68 degrees using saf ale S-04 yeast. My swamp cooler water temp is 55! Is this too cold? It's only been in the fermenter for about 3 hours. Guy at the LHBS says fermentation generates some...

Just bottled my first batch of hard apple cider! Ended up with a FG of about 1.050 or so after priming sugar. Bottled 44 twelve ounce bottles. In a few weeks we'll be able to sample the goods!

Hey all- got a batch of apple cider that I want to bottle carb in about a week. Instead of back sweetening with Splenda or something similar and then using priming sugar, can I back sweeten with frozen concentrate and then just bottle? In other words would the FAJC serve both purposes? It's a...

This is my first time to brew anything. I have a white film with splotches on top of my apple cider in primary. It is ready to be racked into secondary. If I drop 5 campden tabs when I rack can I still prime and carb in bottles in a month or so, or will the Campden have prevented that? By the...