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I want to make 3 gallons of mead and bottle and give it out as Christmas gifts to my family this year, If I make it this weekend will I have a enough time? I have a fermentation chamber so I can strictly control the temperature. I am planning on making a basic mead. Thanks!

Its been a while since I have posted, been away from brewing due to life changes, job, marriage, children but I wanted to post a couple of summer brews I am making tomorrow. My base is as follows: 6lbs Wheat DME 2lbs Pilsen DME 2lbs Honey at flame out 4oz Glacier Hops 1.50 60 1.50 20...

I had the mother 38dd fermentation chamber, and I wanted to be able to lager. I just have to buy 2 250mm fans to blow air over both radiators, and some foam spray to fill in the cracks.

I planned on using an old dehumidifier for a fermentation chamber but something happened and it says that the bucket is full and the compressor wont turn on, I do not want to spend money on parts to try to fix it, so is there a way I can just bypass the electronics and get the compressor to kick...

I have an old dehumidifier that I have taken apart and want to put in to my fermentation chamber. I have to bend some of the tubing, which I will do very carefully, but if there is anything around the house I can use like a can of food, but I might need something even a little smaller. Thanks

Is there a way convert an analog JC from cold to hot? Thanks

Last year I made a pumpkin ale and ran out of bottles so I put some in a growler. I finished my growler around august 20th and put the trub back in the fridge thinking I can reuse it for my pumpkin ale again this year. Any ideas or should I just use new yeast?

I used 18 cans of apple juice concentrate and let that ferment with champagne yeast and filled the water to about 4.75 gallons and the OG was 1.056 and finished at 1.000. I added 4 cans of concentrate to bring the FG up to 1.020 because I wanted something sweeter closer to woodchuck. It has been...

My old top mount from 1988 is killing our electric and swmbo wants me to get a new fridge. I need one that I can hook a garage kit up too or I was thinking getting two chest freezers. One I would use my johnson controller on and use for kegs and beer and another for an actual freezer. Are chest...

I was surprised to see how easy and how cheap this was to do. If I knew I would have done this a lot sooner!

Can I make one solution and put my 2 valves and 4 spigots in one solution or each in their own? Thanks

I pulled my hops vines down and I scored 7.5 oz in a combo after dehydration of centennial and cascades! I also made 5 gallons of apple cider!

Recently my efficiency has been really bad. I have been around 60%. So I tightened up my my mill, used PH 5.2, and did a quasi fly sparge and I hit 82% today! I am brewing a magic hat #9 clone. I just had to share!!

I just built the mother of fermentation chamber and I want to add a light bulb to my thermostat for the winter. I know it is really early but I have some time off and want to get it done now. I have this thermostat...

In the past two out of three batches I have made I have had an infection from what I believe is from dry hopping. My first batch a czech lager I dry hopped and had a band aid taste. Next my Belgian Wit with no dry hopping and finally my pale ale that was dry hopped and band aid plasticy taste...

I just built my fermentation chamber I want to go out today and get the wood for the base and and the ice chambers. I know the demensions for those but I need to know what people use for the warm air return which is usually in the back right. Thanks!

I just bought a 3 way splitter this item here http://www.kegworks.com/product.php?productid=19790&cat=801&page=1 Now my PSI gauge on my regulator will not go above or below six no matter which way I turn it. I amd going from the regulator to the CO2 splitter then to my kegs. I am also...

I am coming up on week 4 of fermentation of this pale ale. My SG was 1.039 and my current gravity is 1.016. I used saf ale 05 fermenting around 63 degrees. Should I move it to a warmer place?

I just bought my dad a wine making kit for x-mas, he is making a merlot. I got a pommegranite zin for x-mas from my gfs parents. After we transfer the the merlot can I make the zin on top of the previous yeast cake? If so how would I go about adding bentonite?

Has anyone ever built something like this http://morewinepro.com/view_product/19701/100509 If so how difficult is it and how much would it cost?