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A friend gave me about a cup of black cherries that have been soaking in bourbon for about a year (they were in the freezer, but not frozen). I'd like to use them in a beer but am perplexed on what beer style to use. I'm thinking a stout or a porter. I would just brew the beer, then put the...

I brewed up the extract kit (my first sour) last week and have a few questions. My OG was 1.076 and I was happy with that. It's now been in the primary for 5 days now at about 70degrees. Will take a reading tonight. So here's my questions: If my gravity reading is in the teens, do I have to...

OG came out at 1.062 so I was off a little. What a mess, but it's in the fermenter and have a blow off tube all ready. Now, we wait....

ok, here we go. Steeping grains as I type - doing partial mash. Cooked my pumpkin about 5am, cooled it down, and put it in it's own mesh bag alongside the grain mesh bag. Picked up the extra bag of yeast as Reno suggested. Will post my OG next.

Tony, your set up sounds exactly like how we brew, so I hope someone answers your question. ......yock

My husband works near a home brew shop. Since I'm not brewing until Saturday, can I just get a second wyeast 1056 smackpack? But I wouldn't use both for this recipe would I? I didn't quite understand the yeast starter replies using wort. How would I do that since I'd have my wort...

Thanks for the recipe Reno. I'm doing a partial-mash version this weekend. Read EVERY post on here to get tips. Will definitely bake the pumpkin, and then put it in a bag and steep it along with my other grains. Not going to boil the pumpkin. I'm going to use Wyeast 1056 - the smackpack -...