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Back from the dead. Unfortunately this is one experiment that died on the vine. When i added the vanilla beans there must have been some wild bugs that took hold and turned the batches sour, and not in a good way. Sorry for not posting my results sooner, too many other things going on. If it...

Someone may have answered this already, but it isn't the fact that lager strains sit on the bottom that make them lagers. They are just a different strain of yeast that ferment at lower temperature. That lower temperature fermentation means slower fermentation and the yeast cells don't get...

Its called the internet and it allows you to find things from the past. Someday it might happen to you. I am simply trying to give some additional insight to the health and safety of my fellow homebrewers that I believe I have the authority to give since I work in the plastics industry...

There have been a lot of things used in construction that aren't good for you. Like I said, I make plastic additives used in PVC and CPVC and I would never (knowingly) drink hot water from CPVC piping, let alone brew in it. PEX is the way to go for potable water (the high quality pure PEX...

You didn't have any problems with leaching? Did you do a chemical analysis on your beer to prove this? As a chemical engineer I would NOT use pvc or cpvc for anything coming in contact with your beer. Use an FDA approved plastic or you WILL get leaching. Its not only the chlorides that...

side notes from cups 2 and 3: To make it even easier, 8 ounces of boiling water plus one large ice cube = roughly 160 degrees. Stirring and squeezing the cones a bit releases more of the lupulin goodness. Let it sit too long and it starts to get bitter (should be obvious from what we all know...

Just decided to try coming up with something easy, worked out quite well. I just put 2 dried hop cones in a tea cup. Fresh would probably be better, but this was an after thought to my harvest. I heated up some water, dont boil, about 160 is better for making tea in my preference, it...

I know that adds yet another thing to think about, but the way I look at it, just pick one, if you are wrong you will know it and next time you can do something different. Who knows, even if you don't like it you may have friends that do. I have made a couple batches of beer that I...

Kind of, sort of. The small amounts of any of the aforementioned sugars will likely have very little to no effect on the 'level of sweetness' of the finished beer. They may have a slight (very slight) effect on the flavor profiles present. If you have ever had mead then you know how slight...

Hey, if it has worked for others, go for it! Just be careful like me mentioned, that if the bottles have too much pressure before you try to pasteurize them, they can explode. Since you have already been using simple sugars you can continue to. You might be able to add some subtle...

Mine turned out a bit too "hot" for my taste when it was first done, but i did have one friend that really liked it. After it had aged for about 6 months, it was just right for my taste and now they are all gone.

Yes, I diluted to 5 gallons after brewing. Since you just used white sugar, then it isn't really going to be a beer. It will ferment to completion and be very dry and "cidery". If you were going to do it again I would recommend using mostly (if not all) light or amber DME. That is the only...

Wow, there are a lot of people hoping for this, I am too. My chances seem dismal, but I can always hope.

I too am moving this fall (early october) and planted mine in 5 gallon planters because I knew I would be moving. I didn't think I would be moving until Jan 1st, but my bines are still growing and I need to take them with me. Should I just cut them back to the soil level even though they...

4.5 lbs for about 2.5 gallons including the volume of the fruit

Well, the fermentation was vigorous indeed, it has reached its final gravity (0.99). I have a bunch of peach chunks floating in the wine now and are starting to turn brown on the tops (when I swirl them around, the bottoms are still bright). Should I let it go until the peaches sink as...

5 gallons Bohemian Lager, 5 gallons Amarillo IPA 22,650

I just started a peach wine, i think its gonna turn out great. I just took 4.5 lbs semi-ripe peaches, removed the pits and chopped them up in 1/2 inch bits. I put them in a sanitized bucket and added 3.5 lbs light brown sugar and 0.5 lbs cane sugar (that's just what I had lying around, no...

Fantastic, they look awesome, sign me up!