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I brewed a hard root beer batch with some of muntons ale yeast, the ABV is around 6.5% to 7%, and I believe I've reached the alcohol tolerance because it will not bottle carb, it's been sitting on my counter for almost 2 and a half weeks and it's still flat as ever, I have some danstar...

Has anyone ever added oak to their own Root Beer recipe before? I'm interested in trying this out, I'm a little bit befuttled on how much to add though and when to add it as well as what kind of oak to add. So is anyone else interested in pooling their knowledge together on this?

Hey guys I got back from vacation about a week ago and I found this growing on the top of my strawberry pomegranate melomel, I guess it's my own fault since I made the dumb mistake of keeping that much headspace in it, but it's got this thick purplish film growing on top, here's some pictures...

Hi all I was wondering what's a good method of carbonating soda, I've tried fermenting the batches and once a strong fermentation is going I bottle it, I've also tried putting tiny amounts of yeast in bottles and capping them. I'm a little bit nervous about the second method because I did it...

Hello all, I'm new to brewing beer and I was wondering what kind of oats people use in oatmeal stouts or when a recipe calls for just putting oats in a beer, I have a couple of questions, What do the oats do for the beer? And is there a special kind of malted oats? or do you use regular oatmeal...

I've recently found an excellent recipe for Root Beer and although it tastes great it has no head at all, I was wondering if anyone knows anything on or about this subject as it will be very helpful. I've heard that cream of tarter helps out but I've had no luck with it at all, if anyone...

I'm interested in making a Gin like soda from juniper berries and other spices, I searched the web for a recipe and was unlucky, I thought I'd give my luck here a try too. Has anyone else thought of this ever or is interested in making?

Hello everyone, I have recently been getting into cider and loving it all, I recently heard of graff and I'm interested in making it, I was wondering if anyone has or could point me to any good graff recipes? I would appreciate it a ton! thanks! :mug:

Just wondering if anyone has ever tried this and if it turned out good and what kind of malts they used, I have been giving it much thought and I like the idea. Thoughts anyone?

Hello everyone, I was wondering if any of you have ever made Root beer kombucha, I'm a big fan of Root beer and kombucha so I wanted to try it. if you have made it, How did it taste? are there any tips I should be aware of What was the recipie? I'm going to try half a gallon test batches. I...

Can I do it without being worried of re-fermentation? I just read that raisins really help out the body in strawberry wines and that you put them in during primary fermentation, well I failed to do that and I wanted to know if it's too late to add raisins? Or can I bulk age with them in my...

Has anyone ever tried something like this? if so how did it turn out? I bottled mine in champagne bottles the other day after adding sugar mixture with juiced apples. Just wondered if anyone could relate and/or tell me how it tasted.