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As long as they are the same non-twist-off, standard 12oz bottle that all craft beer usually comes in, then you're good. Pretty sure I've used Angry Orchard bottles before.

I'm currently finishing an ale with 12 frozen and diced mangos in secondary. All the chunks are still floating at the top and haven't lost too much color after almost 2 weeks. If doing mango again, this is what I will do. Put the fruit in a large, fine mesh nylon bag. Weight it down in...

I've been brewing for a year now, but I only turned 20 a couple months ago. I actually moved away from home just to support by obsession with beer. Brewing is my life. It consumes all of my free time and thoughts with writing recipes, sanitizing everything, reading, etc. I currently have 3...

Added 3 frozen lemons to primary today. I thaw them a bit and crushed them before adding straight to primary after 10 days of fermentation. O.G. = 1.049 S.G. = 1.007 ABV = 5.6% I plan on letting the lemons sit in primary for 3 days and then bottle, where I will add the other 4 frozen lemons...

What yeast did you use? Many saison yeasts will impart a slight tart or sourness to the finished beer, which as I've heard can take some time to develop.

Anywhere from 10-14 days would be my guess for best results. Will need to taste test frequently toward the end to make sure. I'll let you know how it turns out. :mug:

I just racked to secondary a high ABV mango ale. Its going to be about 9%. I peeled and diced up 12 semi-ripe and ripe mangos, put them in bags, and froze them for about 1 week. This sterilized the fruit as well as broke down some of the sugars. Racked to secondary on top of 6, then added...

Mkling is right. If indeed you want a sting ale, try to boost the ABV and dry it out a little more, use a higher attenuating yeast. Then it might begin to fall more into the strong ale range. If your keen on the idea, I use honey after initial ferm subsides to help dry out and boost ABV's on my...

Maybe save some of the hops for later use. If you ever plan on brewing a more barnyardy style like a lambic, those oxidized hops would be perfect.

A friend and I were discussing this yesterday - you could try soaking the oak in a maple flavored alcohol, such as Crown Royal Maple. Don't know if this would work, but you could attempt to infuse the maple syrup into bourbon, whiskey, etc. and then soak the wood. The alcohol might help absorb...

What would be a good amount of lemon juice to add? 4 cups?

I could taste test with the lemon juice. However, I'd rather not dilute if possible. The honey added to primary ferm will bump up the ABV a little (by about 0.4%). So if it came to adding to juice, I could add 1 lb of honey compared to 0.5 lb in order to compensate. But I think I will try out...

Silentdrinker, what kind of juice do you use for the lemon? It is essentially a frozen purée, juice from (or not from) concentrate? It would be awesome to get a full lemon flavor using all-natural methods. In your opinion, do you think I should add one lemon to my primary maybe 2 days before I...

I brewed a Shandy/Radler, and was wondering what you think about this recipe and how it could turn out. 3.0 lbs Extra Light DME 2.0 lbs Wheat DME 1.0 lb Crystal 10L 0.5 lb. Orange Blossom Honey -added after initial ferm subsides 1.0 oz Ger. Hallertau 2.7% AA 60 min 0.5 oz...

The O.G. could have been higher if you took the reading while the wort was at a temp higher than 70F. Your steeping temp is fine. Anywhere within 150F-168F, you're fine. Your gravity would be affected if you went below 150, as less fermentable sugars would be extracted due to slower enzymatic...

After doing a bit of research on how to best add lemon to a beer for a shandy, it seemed that people got best results from unsweetened lemon kool aid packets. But the thought of adding kool aid to my first shandy really irked me, so the solution of freezing the organic lemons and adding at...

Hello everybody. This my first post on HBT as a young enthusiastic brewer! I welcome all advice! Today I brewed a Shandy/Radler, and was wondering what you think about this recipe and how it could turn out. 3.0 lbs Extra Light DME 2.0 lbs Wheat DME 1.0 lb Crystal 10L 0.5 lb. Orange...