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I racked a Scottish Pumpkin Ale to tertiary to clear and topped it off with a gallon of bottled water. I was careful in all my steps, but I didn't boil the water. Would bottled water start something? Whatever the cause, I am getting more fermentation, when I thought it was over. Started to get...

I have a brother in-law originally from Trinidad. He was interested in what they call ginger beer, which is not a "beer" at all, but a natural ginger soda. The recipe, in a book from Trinidad, was similar to a pineapple tepache that I have done, but made with ginger. It's a pound of peeled and...

Brewed BIAB style Grain: 4.8 lbs Pale Malt 2-row 2 lbs White Wheat 1 lb Rye .80 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt 10L Total Grain: 8.60 lbs Hops: .50 oz Cascade @ 60 .50 oz Hallertauer @ 30 .50 oz Hallertauer + .50 oz Vanguard @ 5 .50 oz Citra @ flame out .50 oz Citra dry hop at day 6...

Hi fellow brewers! I just wanted to put the word out to my local folks: I'm one of six finalists in a BBQ sauce contest at City Barbecue on Kildaire Farm Rd. in Cary this Saturday, April 12, 2014, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. If anyone in the area can make it to the event, please vote for my sauce...

I have a strawberry blonde ale in primary and I pitched Denny's Favorite #50 yeast smack pack. Six pounds of whole, frozen strawberries were added after flame-out at 170F. I used too much water and wound up with a 1-1/2 gallon plain blonde, in addition to 6 gallons strawberry. For the small...

I just brewed a stout recipe that I put together with some ingredients I was given for free. The grains were whole and sealed and the malt extract was in a sealed silver bag. All from a reputable HBS. They may be a couple of years old, but I figured I'd use them...worst case: bad beer. But...

I've been keeping a "journal", by way of an unpublished blog from Day #1 of my crabapple cider fermenting and beer brewing beginnings. I believe it has been a very helpful process for documenting my activities. Eventually, I will publish all of my journal/blog and I hope other beginners will...

Hi Brewmeisters! I am going to be brewing a dry stout recipe from my local brew shop. I have a combination of extract and milled grains and will be using Safale s-04 yeast. My batch size will produce about 2 gallons (2-1/2 gallon starting volume and a 60 minute boil. I guess I could top off the...

Hi Folks! Just starting out brewing...have a bunch if crabapples, so I'm trying cider. So far, so good, mostly. One thing I did not realize though, was that when I get to the bottling stage, for a sparkling cider, I am going to add a primer (Munton's CarbTabs) and either settle for a very dry...