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Started a 2 gallon batch of cider from regular store brand apple juice 6 weeks ago. The yeast was cider house select. I did add quite a bit of sugar and the starting og was 1.085. I racked to bottling bucket yesterday with 1 can of AJ concentrate and a couple tablespoons of honey. The FG was...

Cracked open my first bottle Saturday and I think it came out ok. It was Brooklyn Brew Shops American Blond Ale. It spent 3 weeks fermenting and 2 carbing up. I'm not sure the flavor was spot on to what it should have been. My wife and I both felt it had a Blue Moon quality to it. I bottled...

Brewed my first BBS 2 weeks ago and now have a couple of questions. 1) I can still see a a little bit of action in the fermenter. Am I hurting anything waiting an extra week to bottle? 2) do most people bottle straight from the fermenter as shown on BBS website? 3) if so then how do you...

Very new to brewing and through together a 1 gallon batch of cider last night. I went to the supply store and he suggested a champagne yeast. A lot of what's in this particular store looks to be aged to me although the package of yeast was in the fridge. My concern is I don't see any...

I've been wanting to brew for the last 15 years or so. My wife finally bought me Brooklyn Brew Shops 1 gallon kit. Already looking to add a few more kits so I can have a couple beers in the pipeline at all times. If anyone in the area knows the best local places for supplies let me know. Chad

So the wife bought me a brooklyn brewing kit with the Beyond Blonde Ale kit. We made it Saturday afternoon and by late Saturday night there was a pretty steady amount of bubbles in the airlock. Fast forward to Sunday night and I pop in to check on it and the beer is GONE. I quickly find it on...