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Help!!! Ive been brewing beer for a few years now with great success so I decided to try my hand at winemaking. Unfortunately, while making my first kit tonight I got distracted and accidentally added the potassium metabisulfite and sorbate to the juice mixture before pitching the yeast. Is...

Hi all, it has been quite some time since I last brewed and I cannot find my CD to install BeerSmith2 on my new computer. I think I'm going to have some time to brew this weekend and I'd like to convert an extract recipe I have done in the past to all grain for BIAB. The basic malts/grains in...

2 weekends ago I bottled a small batch of pumpkin ale. I targeted around 2.6 volts of carbonation expecting to get close to 2 gallons yield. Based on the number of bottles I filled, I actually only had around 1.7 gallons. When I was figuring my bottling sugar, I had tried a range of yields for...

I just did my first BIAB batch this weekend, which is also my first all grain batch. I used Beersmith to develop a recipe for a pumpkin ale assuming 70% efficiency. I used Priceless' BIAB calculator to determine the temperature and volume for my strike water to mash at 154 degrees. I couldn't...

I'm thinking about doing my first BIAB this weekend. Tentatively scheduling a double brew... a 5.5 gallon batch of cream ale and a 1.5 gallon batch of pumpkin ale for my wife. With BIAB, would there be any harm to mashing in on Saturday, then setting the pots aside and picking up with the boil...

I have been exclusively brewing using extract and bottled water (Deer Park) and haven't paid any attention to water chemistry, but lately I've been thinking about switching to RO water from the local dispensor, which would be fine for extract. But I've also been thinking about getting into all...

I have a recipe for a citrusy blonde ale that I've brewed twice (with variations on the hop additions) that I think is pretty good, and it has gotten rave reviews by the people that I've had sample it (including my wife). So, for my next brew I would like to set aside a portion (probably ~1...

I plan to make a hop spider for my next brew day to reduce trub I have to filter/screen out before transferring to fermenter. I also use an immersion chiller, which I typically add at or shortly before flame out. So, my question is if I add hops at flame out, how long do I have to wait before...

I've seen a lot of recommendations to not use dish soap when washing glassware such as beer glasses and growlers. So, if you don't use dish soap, what do you use to clean them?

Hi all, as the title suggests, I am brand new to GF. My wife has a gluten intolerance, and we have not been able to definitively determine whether or not she reacts to beers I've made with Clarity Ferm so I'd like to make up a 1-2 gallon batch of some kind of summer ale for her. Not being...

When looking at specialty graibs, I can usually find recommended amounts to add as a percentage of the overall grain bill. When using extract rather than all-grain, is there any kid of easy way to estimate the amount of a specialty grain to use?

As the title suggests, I am trying to balance my system with my first keg. For now, I just have the keg, CO2 tank, and regulator in a refrigerator dispensing through a picnic tap with 5 feet of 1/4" tubing. As you can see if the video, I am getting approximately 50% foam in my glass. Once the...

As the title says, I am going to brew my first imperial stout tomorrow and I'm putting the finishing touches on the recipe, so I figured I'd get some feedback from some guys that are much more experiences than I am. What I am specifically interested in is whether or not I'm going to get that...

I am thinking about brewing a last-minute imperial stout tomorrow. The problem is that this is going to be a high gravity beer, and I obviously don't have time to make a starter. What is the best way to handle this? I see myself having a few options: 1. Pitch 2 vials of liquid yeast. 2. Use...

As the thread title says, I just kegged my first beer. I put the fermenter and the CO2 tank in the (unheated) garage Friday evening. I'd guesstimate that the garage was between 40 and 50 degrees overnight, and the plastic fermenter was sitting on the cold concrete floor. Saturday morning I...

I have a blonde ale that I brewed and I'm looking to tweak the hop additions a bit this time around. Previously, I used 1 oz of Perle for bittering (60 min boil) and 1 oz of Citra for aroma (at flame out). I'd like to add a hop for flavor, either by adding a portion of the Perle later in the...

I brewed a 5 gal batch of American Blonde a little over a week ago, let it ferment out completely, and then yesterday split it into several smaller batches for secondary fruit additions, then bottled the remainder of the batch as a 'straight' blonde last night. I calculated my priming sugar for...

I brewed a blonde ale last night that I plan to split into 3 batches - I'm going to keep 3 gallons in its current state, and add blueberries to 1 gallon and add strawberries to 1 gallon. I plan to use fresh fruit, mash them up with an immersion blender, add water and heat to 170 degrees, and...

I am working on a recipe for a blonde ale using Pale LME. I have read that pale LME is made from crystal malt and obviously crystal malt is used for head retention and body. So, if my base extract is pale LME, do I need crystal malt as well, or will the extract already have the necessary...

I am in the early stages of planning for a 5-gallon batch of ale that I will split and rack onto two different kinds of fruit in secondary fermentation to make a summer beer. My understanding is that typically, for a 5-gallon batch I would use a 5-gallon carboy for secondary (I have not yet...