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Hi, so, I'm going to open this by saying that I've never brewed beer before, but I've made a few batches of mead and so I'm going to branch out and try some beer. That being said, I've done lots of reading. I like the idea of malting my own grain, and so I went to bulk barn, decided to try...

How spicy was this? Just last night I started a similar mead, I used an organic honey-based ginger syrup (four cups), ground ginger, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg (each is about three teaspoons worth), four cinnamon sticks, some real chopped ginger, and 500 grams of clover/alfalfa honey. To be...

Oh, yea the point of the syrup is to back sweeten, and it's a bonus that the one I found has potassium sorbate already in it. I was going to strain the mash through a wire mesh strainer and then a coffee filter, so most of the seeds will be separate from the skins. The skins are where I was...

I didn't want to add yeast nutrient because I'd like to keep the ingredients them self as few as possible. I figured the actual blueberries and their juice will provide enough nutrients. And I'm sure there's no harm in yeast nutrient (it's just dead yeast cells, right?) but it just seemed...

Hi all, So, I'm kinda new to home brewing. I'm starting with mead because it seems the least costly and easiest thing to start with (I'm sure there are many who'll disagree; but this is just what I've found). I've already made a few batches of quick stuff that turned out great, and so I...