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So me and my wife went up to Whole Foods last night and picked up a few gallons of the apple cider that comes in the one gallon glass jugs. We figured we would take a swing at making a simple cider. We are kind of making our own thing up here Here is what we plan on doing: 1 gallon of cider...

I have a pretty cheap turkey fryer burner that I got from Bass Pro a few years back. I brew in my garage with the door open and sometime setup a fan to circulate air. The two times I've brewed I noticed that there was some high levels of carbon monoxide (it prompted it to move the burner more...

So I just cracked open a bottle after a week carbing (early I know but who could resist). It taste great, a little sweat but I was impressed. The mouth feel is something I cant quite put a finger on though. I get that muccasy feel in your mouth after drinking orange juice. Has anyone ever...

So I'm currently doing some sanitizing to bottle tonight. I have always heard the saying 'dont fear the foam' but is having foam in the bottles worthwhile when bottling or a hinderence? Should I let them dry pretty good before filling or let them stay wet?

My first batch: I did a extract kit with 2# of specialty grain. I transfered over to secondary a week ago and took a reading of 1.020. I took another reading out of secondary and got the same reading of 1.020. This seems high to me, what are causes of high FG and is there anything I can do about...

Howdy, So I made my first batch of Amber ale from an extract/grain kit with a full 5 gallon boil. Things were going along great; was getting airlock activity after 12 hours and it was going strong for a good 24 hours. However over the last 24 hours there seems to be no airlock activity. I...

I've gathered supplies for finished the last piece I need to start on my first batch (the chiller. damn copper is expensive). Something that I'm concerned about now is if I will need to aerate the wort. Normally I suppose this wouldn't be a problem with a partial boil extract, but is it going to...

Howdy, first post. I just picked up supplied at the LHBS and picked up a ingredients kit to get started. The instructions call to only boil 1.5 gallons, if I have the means to do a full boil, would this effect anything? For example it states to add the hops at the beginning (it is only one...