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Any brand that InBEV acquires they ruin. They change the hops, the barley, and every other ingredient and destroy the quality. They even destroyed the quality of Budweiser (hard to do) when they purchased them..

If I were you I'd leave it in secondary for longer. 3 days might be enough to take some of the sediment out but it's not really enough for you to get much in the way of flavor development. Since your OG is 1.000 even it will probably be a pretty dry cider. Once it's been in secondary a couple...

In general oxidation is not a concern with mead to the degree that it is with beer, wine, etc. This is not to say that mead can't be oxidized, but you'll probably be fine. Even if you're worried, you don't really have much to lose by leaving it in secondary for a bit and seeing how it tastes.

Ugh, double posted somehow.

Yeah, I think there's a level at which "legality" doesn't really matter that much...the cops aren't going to batter down your door to seize your pot still as long as you're not trying to run some sort of under-the-table commercial operation,so hobby legalization would probably just be an...

Out of curiosity, how did it taste? Was the beer slush palatable, or totally gross?

I'd say that the effects of the beers I made using it seemed at least subtly different from normal hopped beer, but some of that may simply be the lack of hops, which have well-documented sedative and diuretic effects. Overall I would say that drinking several of them feels different from...

It definitely does seem that way - do a certain degree I think it's just down to the fact that more quote-unquote "countercultural" spaces tend to fill up with people with less-than-mainstream beliefs. Industrial in particular does have a tendency to engage with fascism as a subject material...

Hey all - just discovered this thread existed... an island of familiarity in a forum that can frankly seem like a bit of a good ol' boys club at times. Punk/hardcore aren't my "main" musical interests per se (I'm an industrial-y goth, really) but I'm also a vegan anarchist, so it's kinda...

I've used the big 5-pound containers from costco a number of times - it's not world class honey, but it's good enough to make a pretty tasty mead, and the price is hard to beat. If you want more quality and more choice in the type of honey, you're probably going to have to pay farmers market...

Potassium sorbate's primary purpose is to prevent fermentation from restarting; if you aren't planning to backsweeten a mead that hasn't hit its alcohol tolerance yet, I wouldn't bother.

What exactly transpired? Did Nottingham yeast blow up your fermenter? Did it break into your house and hold your children hostage? What's so bad about it?

Wine doesn't seem like something that's worth actually putting through the canning process; the point of canning is to seal the jars and sanitize their contents to prevent spoilage, but wine won't spoil as long as it's left in a reasonably airtight container. Chances are she just used the jars...

I've used wormwood in a few different brews - all of them being super anachronistic gruit ales with no hops, just a blend of herbs. I see people earlier in this thread claiming that half an ounce of it in 5 gallons for 60 minutes was the limit (or even too much) but I think that's rubbish -...

Got an Irish stout/Guinness semi-clone in primary now myself. I'm still searching for a name for the recipe; I'm trending towards My Little Armalite, after the song...

Now that you mention it, the only thing that's different about what I did is the extra air - I got lazy and just put the primary on a stool instead of the counter, and it didn't have quite enough elevation to push the last inch of beer out of the bottom. Live and learn, I suppose. And now to...

So while I'm fascinated by wild and sour brewing, I haven't done much of it, mostly because I don't have the space or budget to maintain a set of all-sour cold side equipment. Imagine my surprise, then, when yesterday I took a peek at the Scottish ale I had racked to secondary several days ago...

I've never understood why some people derive enjoyment from buying and consuming prepackaged rubbish. Now, some people genuinely lack the free time necessary to make things themselves, but since I'm lucky enough to not be one of those people I'm sure as hell not going to spend my life eating...

Most beer recipes involve boiling the water for an extended period of time anyway, but if you're using one of those no-boil beginner extract kits, then yes, boiling the water beforehand and then letting it cool would probably be a good idea. Hard water can still make good beer, but you'll...

I'm pretty loyal to my LHBS but I have ordered a couple kits from Northern Brewer in the past. I wasn't crazy about the fact that all the hops in their kits are pellet hops (as opposed to the fresh cone hops the LHBS sells), but that's honestly a rather snobby concern and the beer turned out...