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I added 5 pounds of blueberries to a 5 gallon batch of mead about a month ago. How long should I leave it on the berries?

4 can of pink lemonade concentrate(no preservatives) 2 lbs. sugar Water to make 2 gallons I'm using montrachet yeast for this. The way I figure it should come to around 6% ABV. I plan to carbonate in the bottle around 3 months. I was wanting some input whether I should use acid blend and...

I made a mead on valentines day with champagne yeast. The blueberries have come in and I wanna add about 15 pounds for flavoring before carbonating/bottling. Do I need to do anything to sanitize/sterilize the blueberries or should I just mash and rack on top of them?

I've got an unflavored mead that is approx. 4 months old. I ordered ten mexican vanilla beans to rack it with. The mead is approx. 13% ABV. Do I need to rack with campden or to sanitize the the beans? I've racked it about 4 times and used campden in it once already...I am worried about the...

I've got a belgian abby that is going to come in around 10% ABV. I plan on aging it for around 8-9 months before trying it. Should I bottle it around 2 months and age it in the bottle or should I age it in the secondary for 6-7 months before bottling? Or does it matter? Thanks in advance.

I've got 4 gallons of holiday ale I'm going to bottle/mini-keg today but I need some clarification. I want to put 1.3 gal. of it in a mini-keg and bottle the remaining ~2.7 gal. How can I calculate the amount of priming sugar to use? I know i'm supposed to use less for the keg but I am unclear...

I brewed this 2 weekends ago, so it's about 10 days old. I measured the gravity for the first time tonight and it is 1.026. It started at 1.090 and i'm using Wyeast #3787 Trappist. I just wanted to get some of your thoughts on the recipe (it's my first big beer). I tasted the sample and there is...

I made a mead today with 12.75 pounds of honey and topped it with water to make 5 gallons total. On beersmith I'm trying to calculate the gravity/ABV so would batch size be 3.50 gallons or 5 gallons? I think the 12.75 pounds of honey was roughly 1.5 gallons so there would be 3.5 gallons of...

I brewed a kit from norther brewer that they marketed as an IPA. It only had 3 ounces of hops. I sampled a 2 week old bottle that still needs more carbonation but it tastes nothing like any IPA I've ever had. Hardly any bitterness, tastes more like a mild or brown or somthing. What would YOU...

I brewed a holiday ale extract kit from midwest 2 weeks ago. I had real vigorous fermentation for two days then no airlock activity. I checked the gravity after 7 days and it read 1.026 so I thought it must be a stuck fermentation. I repitched a new pack of muntons yeast and waited 3 more...

I brewed a holiday ale extract kit from midwest 2 weeks ago. I had real vigorous fermentation for two days then no airlock activity. I checked the gravity after 7 days and it read 1.026 so I thought it must be a stuck fermentation. I repitched a new pack of muntons yeast and waited 3 more...

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I started an IPA 2 weeks ago and checked the gravity last saturday. It was at 1.024 so I figured it's just taking a bit since it's a little higher gravity. So I go to check it today and it's still 1.024. Fermentation temps are around 72-74 and I used Muntons Ale yeast. I twisted the bucket a...

(I wasn't really sure where to post this so feel free to move if neccessary.) I started some hard lemonade about 10 days ago, it took about 7 days for the yeast to start working well. There is kind of a sour smell coming off of it. I'm assuming this isn't normal which is why I am posting. I'm...

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I've got some hard lemonade I mixed up a couple of days ago and was wondering if there was an alternative to using potassium sorbate? I don't have any and I don't really want to place an order for just that. I've got campden tablets. I was wanting to possibly sweeten it and didn't know if...

For my upcoming brew I want to do an irish red from northern brewer Irish Red Ale - Extract Kit OG: 1040 / Ready: 6 weeks If it ferments down to 1.010 it will be 3.9% abv according to beer smith. Is there any way I could add just enough DME to get it to around 4.9% or would this adversely...

I started a 1 gal. batch of blueberry wine 6 days ago. I measured the FG tonight and it was at 1.000 so I decided to put it into my 1 gallon jug. However, I used a funnel for the transfer. Did I screw myself by doing that? I started reading a bunch of threads that were pertaining to oxidization...

I've got 10 pounds of fresh blueberrys and plan to make a couple of different 1 gallon batches. I'm new to winemaking and wanted to know what would be a suitable yeast to use(i've got 1 pack of cotes de blanc). I can't really find any info pertaining to a strain for fresh blueberrys. I am...

I was in lowes the other day and they sell 5 gallon water jugs for around 7 dollars. I got the idea to use them as a carboy because of their low price. Would there be any problems with this? They are made for storing/dispensing water so surely it'd be okay to use it for beer, right? Any feedback...