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So long story short, I decided to try boiling my blueberries with the hopes of making a "blueberry pie" beer, and am now boiling my blueberries for any beer needing them. I have been finding the flavour has been coming out amazingly and I've only been using 3-4lbs, better even then when I use...

Hey all, had been reading through several posts on the forums lately after seeing the George Washington Molasses beer thread, as well as the Hard water and Grocery store threads awhile back and had a crazy idea for an experimental beer. I'm planning on making two different "beers" with no...

Hey, just curious how everyone else determines their final beer amount for calculating priming sugar? With my better bottles I generally guesstimate after "removing" how many inches of true are at the bottom, but I am curious what other people do that could improve my consistency and...

Was doing some idle reading and came across a series of references to laws in Scotland and UK changing in regards to the brewing of beer with unmalted grains to avoid the malt taxes. Now I know you can use enzymes to convert non malted grains for making beer and hard liquor, but this was...

Like the very long and curiously specific title says: I don't think I have an infection (but who knows), but I haven't seen this before on my 20 or so batchs of extract, Pm or AG. There is no pelican, but instead a ridiculous amounts of flecks (millions) floating atop the beer in the top...

Hey all, slowly switching back to BIAB from extract and PM and looking to start buying bulk in grain. Found two of my local LHBS have great deals on the grains (40 for 25kg of 2-row, 45 for wheat and other base, 50-75 for the rest), but what I can't find are good grain containers for it. Most...

Planning on starting to use more hops in my beers, and looking for advise on which ones to pick up bulk by pound (only a bit more expensive than buying 1-2oz) So far I have ordered Amarillo and Lemondrop, but I was curious about a few people's experience and opinions on a few I was looking at...

Hey all, looking at making a fruit braggot, though not going to be making it for a little bit (no fermenters available). There seems to be a large number of Melomel recipies and advice on here, but there is less for braggots and little to none for fruit braggots, so not sure if my initial plan...

Like the title says, I seem to have come across a mystery Bottle that I am trying to decide on what to do with. I've been brewing for a bit over a year now, and got my kit from a guy online who was getting out of the hobby, as he had bought a new home and hadn't had the time and money to brew...

So while I don't distill myself, I do regularly infuse store bought/provided alcohols into flavoured spirits and liqueur/cordials. And seeing as how infusing can make distilled drinks taste amazing I was wondering what sorts of recipes people had to share?

Hey all, had a question about mead yeasts concerning braggots. I know ale yeasts are able to devour maltotriose unlike wine yeasts , but what about Mead yeasts? Are they just specialized wine yeasts and therefore not as suitable for a braggot as a high gravity tolerant ale yeast?

Had a quick question over my hefeweizen I just bottled. It was in primary for a few days longer than planned (planned to bottle after 1.5 weeks but did in 2 weeks, not a huge difference really) and in the course of the last week went from stereotypical hefeweizen to am almost krystalweizen...

Hey all, planning on starting my first mead, a simple spiced cyser, next week and had a few quick questions, but I'll start with the recipie: 3.5 gal apple juice .5gal water 4.5lbs clover honey 2 cinnamen sticks 1 vanilla bean 4 cloves Yeast nutrient Yeast energizer Nottingham ale...

Hey all, had a quick question about adding FAJC to cider, looked around here but couldn't find the answer I am looking for. I know the more sugar you add to a recipie the more washed out the Apple flavour becomes as it is taken over by the flavour of the alcohol. I was curious what would...

Have a bunch of left over ingredients and have decided to try using them to make a caramel malted Apple cider. ----primary---- 3.5 L water 1 kg wheat malt 1 kg brown sugar 9 Litres Apple juice Nottingham yeast 2 tsp nutrient 2 tsp energizer ----secondary---- 2 cinnomen sticks 2...

Hey all, about to start my first (of many to come) extract batches of beer and had a quick question about bucket and carboy sizes. Currently I have a 6 gal fermentation bucket and multiple 6 gal better bottle carboys. I was wondering if that would be enough room for 5gal batches as long as I...

Major newbie question I am assuming, but one I need an answer for. I have multiple 6gal better bottles that I am currently using for ciders. Now with my glass carboy I can pick it up and roll/agitate it and the carboy is fine (because you know, glass), but with the plastic better bottles...

Hey all, doing my first batches of cider tomorrow and thursday. Planning on making two different recipies to see which of them I like more and then experimenting and perfecting from there. Recipe 1: 22L apple juice 1lb dextrose Nottingham ale yeast Recipe 2: 22L apple juice 2lb...

Hey all, been lurking here for awhile and decided to finally post. New brewer here in New Westminster, BC. Currently working on setting up a brew space for me and my brother in law, but will probably take a bit of time (both families just moved last month to the house and we just moved our...