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I got my thingamajig in the mail yesterday. I looked up the calculator on line and it appears I need 10 BRIX to get a 5% beer doing all grain. My question is: Should I shoot for just 10 brix or maybe bump it up a little to end up with a a nice 5% pilsner? Thanks in advance.

1 gallon half pound dme and 2 pounds Pilsen malt grains. I steeped the grains over an hour boiled for an hour adding in the dme to get my gravity up. added a quarter cup cascade to the boil at beginning. What can i do to make this not come out so nasty yet still have a nice kick like this batch...

I been watching beer making and I was looking at when they cool down the wort before pitching and I seen these copper tubing chillers and wondered had anyone thought about freezing some one gallon jugs all sanitized and then to cool down the wort drop a frozen gallon milk jug instead of that...

1 gal apple juice from concentrate 1 cup sugar 1 cup brown sugar 1 tea breadmaker yeast 1 tea yeast nutrient Note: warmed to 90f; gonna let it sit for a month, if it's like the last batch it should be ass kicking.

My very latest creation is my most fabulous. I used a cheap couple bottles apple juice from concentrate. Was told that would not work. Cleared up that myth. I used common bread yeast 1 teaspoon, 1 teaspoon of yeast nutrient, 2 cups sugar, warmed up the juice to 90f and cleaned my fermenter as...

I made my first batch of cider using yeast nutrient I tried some of it last night and I must say it is my best tasting less smelling batch yet! And it does have a kick. But last night my nose got stopped up drinking it. Is it just me or does cider do that? (I gave the cider 3 weeks to get happy...

First time ever I added in yeast nutrient. Shes bubbling like crazy. Houston we haz lift off. Gonna allow this stuff to go 3 weeks, All I want is a nice mild drink to partake of on weekdays.

I used Lalvin EC 1118. I added 1 cup sugar. let it bubble for a week then bottled it and let it sit for a week. Stinky but ass kicking. Is this common? Please help.