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I made 5, 1 gal batches of Mead using 4 different yeasts. It's only my second batch of Mead so I am looking for some feedback as to what my finished products might be like. The details of each gal are as follows: 1. Safale Us-05 OG 1.075 2. Nottingham OG 1.085 3. Lalvin D47 OG...

I'm trying cold crashing for the first time on my Honey Blonde. It's been in the fridge at 35 for 4 days now and all it seems to be doing is causing a chill haze. Cloudy beer doesn't really bother me, I just thought I'd give it a try. What's the deal?

I brewed a Cream Ale Friday night. By the next day, my blowoff was going crazy. Now 3 days later, not a bubble. Could fermentation be completed that quickly? Here's the recipe: 5# American Pale Malt 3.3# Light LME 12oz Honey Malt 4oz Biscuit Malt .75oz Willamette (60min) .25oz...

I bought a used kegerator and it was never cleaned after the last keg, so its pretty gunked up in the lines and all. How does the tap disassemble from the draft tower? I'd like to break it totally down and replace all the tubing. Also, its set up with a sankey hook up that I have to replace for...

How much honey will it take to carb 5 gals at bottling time?

The fridge my keg and tank are in will only go up to around 34-35 degrees, making it very hard not to overcarb everything. The only way to get beer out of the keg is by turning the pressure down to like 2 or 3 pound, even off sometimes, else you have a glass of foam. My lines are about 3 ft...

I hit my 5g cornie with 40# for 3 days. Now, nothing but foam. I know, I know. Overcarbed newbie mistake. Question is, can I fix it?

I got 2 rhizomes in from LHBS. Is there any special way to plant them other than sticking them in some dirt? Is there an up or down side?

I always keg, but that means my brew can't travel. I would like to start bottling a 6er from every batch. How much priming sugar do I use per bottle?

I can only run 2# of pressure, without getting a half a glass of foam. What gives? The beer tastes properly carbed after all the head goes away. I must be doing something wrong. Help!:confused:

I brew every Sunday. This is this weeks recipe. Tell me what you think pros? 6.6# Briess Pilsen LME 1# Clover Honey 6oz Carapils 4oz Carafoam 1oz Vanguard 4.6% (60min) 1tsp Irish Moss (15min) Safale us-05 4oz Strawberry Beer Flavoring (in keg) Steep grains in 2qt water @...

This flat a** porters been in the closet 6 weeks now. Been skipped over twice by Red Ale and Blonde. I decide, while waiting for my wort to boil, to give her another shot. So I pop one in the freezer for 30 minutes, and WOW, it turned great this past week. Head as thick as whip cream, left a...

I was thinking about brewing this today, because its what i got laying around. Whatcha think? 6.6 # Briess Pilsen LME 6oz Carapils 4oz Carafoam 1oz Liberty 4.2% (60 min.) .25 oz Zeus 15% (15 min.) .25 oz Zeus 15% (1 min.) 1tsp Irish Moss (15 min.) Safale 05

My traditional mead has been in the primary for a month and a half now. While its still fermenting at a very good clip, about a bubble every 10 sec, there is alot of lees forming in the fermenter, maybe like an inch worth. Should I rack it off the lees to a secondary, and let it resume course...

I went out of town for the weekend, and I didn't realize the wife turned off all the heat in the house. She said she could see no reason the house needed to be warm if no one was home. AAAAHHHH!!! My babies! When we got home, the house was probably in the low 50s. I have a traditional mead and...

I have a hard cider in the primary, and I plan on racking onto toasted oak chips for a couple of weeks before bottling. Should I sanitize them before using, and how?

I just started my first batch of Mead. Here is my ingredients list. please tell me what you think. 15# clover honey 4 gal spring water 5 campden tabs 2.5 tsp yeast energizer 2.5 tsp pectin enzyme I threw all that in a 5 gal glass carboy and shook like hell till as much of the honey...

:mug:Every since I started homebrewing, I can drink no less than 6 to 10 12oz servings a day. My wife says I'm an alki, I say no its good to have a hobby. Keeps me out of trouble while I'm still able to get drunk. Am I indulging a little heavily or is it the norm?

Just cracked my first Punkinhead 08 after 3 weeks in the bottle. WOW! this is the best beer I've ever tasted. Sorry, I still get a little Excited when I taste the spoils of my labor. Up next, just bottled ESB, and Honey Blonde Last night. Wheat beer in the secondary. Gotta get brewing this...

How long is too long to wait before bottling? I have a Honey Blonde that has been in a secondary glass carboy for 32 days now, and there's still as much, if not more, yeasties floating up and down throughout. While the beer is extremely clear, I'm worried because of the junk floating. What...