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Hello cider team, I am a somewhat advanced brewer, however not a pro and have only tried making cider once with apple juice and it was so so at best. I saw a "cider kit" at my LHBS. It's a Brewmaker Premium Cider kit... It crossed my mind that it would be nice to add 2L of fresh apple cider to...

Hello, So I am two years into growing cascade hops, this year I got a lot... I set up a simple cascade ale brew to try these bad boys out, I did 1.5 for a one hour boil, 1.5 for 30 mins, and 3 for 10 mins... so the total here was 6 ounces... I was planning on dry hopping another 3 ounces...

2+ years into brewing I still like to do a kit sometimes... just fast and easy... I mess with them a bit, adding extra hops and doing a carapils steep usually. Anyway, the guy at my LHBS says this "new" batch of Coopers kits are significantly better. Perhaps its fresher malt or improved...

I was wondering why these seem to be popular only in the UK? Here in Canada I cant find any for sale anywhere. They seem interesting and easy to use... Does anyone even use them in Canada or the US? Or know where I can order one on this side of the pond? Cheers.

Although I left kits behind awhile ago I was tempted to do a few this summer... just very busy, hate the stove being on for hours when its hot and needed something quick and easy to brew. I will "kick up" the kits a bit probably with DME and some carapils... anyway the question was more...

Can anyone give me their 2 cents on some of the easier hop strains to grow? Want to give it a try and would rather go for one of the easier ones to get going. Thanks!

Anyone ever try adding 3 oz of rose hips to the last 10 min of a fairly standard wheat beer? Was just thinking of something to shake up my regular wheat beer and make it different for summer? Or are "rose hips" more standard in a regular blond ale? Cheers!

Just wondering, I saw a cider kit today in my LHBS for the first time... Been brewing close to 2 years and left beer kits behind a long time ago, just wondering if these are any good? It was in a tin can and came with the yeast same as a coopers kit... I did try and make my own cider...

I know this has been asked before with mixed answers... but in the interest of a simple answer lets try again. My usual mode of operation for a home brew is a mini mash and then extract brewing. I want to add oats to the mini mash to give it that "full mouth feel" or "silky mouth feel" in...

Long story short, I made a very nice partial mash Mexican lager. Used some liquid Mexican lager yeast, wakatu hops, 5 lbs grain mash, 3 lbs light LME, Irish moss... made a lot of care to ferment it at 10c... I guess what I am saying is that I put some effort into it. So now the beers have...

I was trying to get some input on another section on Wakatu hops with little luck so I thought maybe I should just post it in this section with a more general question. Anyone used Wakatu hops in a lager? How much in a 20 liter batch? 1 ounce to bitter + 1 ounce at flame out? Opinions in...

I have a Mexican lager on the horizon... I have been doing a partial mash BIAB style, then adding a 3 lbs can of LME to my beers and results have been very good. I wouldn't mind some input for this Mexican lager Partial Mash: 2 lbs 2 row 1 lbs pilsner 1 lbs flaked corn 1/2 lbs...

Cider noob here, not so much a beer noob anymore... This is one of those questions that has been asked before, I know... Curious as to what the reasons are to have cider that ends up being very lightly carbonated? My cider, while not horrible tasting, is very, very lightly carbonated 15...

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So I know this question has been asked before, but there didn't seem to be a clear answer and I figure enough time has passed to ask it again... So... does carapils need to be mashed in order to achieve its benefits (head retention) or can it simply be steeped? I have seen instructions saying...

It has been asked before I know... I pitched my yeast at 90 F. It was my first BIAB and I had a hard time getting the temp down. As soon as I pitched it I regretted not waiting an hour or something... I put it in a dark room right away with a fan on it and a few cold packs. The temp dropped...

I have seen some suggestions on here and other places suggesting that Twin, or Equal be used to back sweeten... I looked at the package and see they contain maltodextrin. Is this not dextrose? I am just looking to sweeten a cider I have going, its almost ready to be bottled, just wanted...

Not a huge fan of cider, like one or two here and there... but have got some requests from the GF and others to make a cider. So I figure, why not? Have been brewing beer almost a year now and have extract and BIAB more or less down pat, making some good beers... So I guess I have the basics...

Can I do it ? With raspberries? Plan is to buy a frozen package , rack my wheat beer on top of it, leave it for a week, and then bottle. It seemed crazy to me until a friend who has been brewing for years and is really a pro recommended I try it. So how about it? How do you guys add...

So, I decided to double my output and get a beer going in my pail as well as my glass carboy. I knew it might foam over in the carboy, and it did... I was concerned that the airlock and top of the carboy were covered in beer foam. I thought maybe this exposed foam would lead to bacterial all...