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I've brewed lots of beer, this is my first wine. I'm making an Island Mist kit for my first try. I made the wine on 8/2 and misread the directions (lost track of time) and didn't transfer it to secondary until tonight. The gravity is .992. The instructions say to leave it in secondary until its...

A member of my local brew club (lehigh valley homebrewers) is attempting to startup a nano brewery in Allentown PA. Anyone interested in just checking it out: http://www.hijinxbrewing.com/home.html Curt also has a jumpstart campaign going (where you can donate, in exchange for some stuff)...

Ok, so I have a slight hitch in my brewing plan. I have a fridge w/controller on it, that will hold 2 fermenters, and I just brewed another batch. The fridge has 2 batches currently in it (set at 64). The 2 that are in the fridge are: a red ale (wyeast 1084 - 62-72 range) in secondary and a...

I went on a tour of a brewpub, and during the tour something caught my attention that I cant find information on. They had a name for the vessel they heat the water up in (no, I can't remember it!) that wasn't familiar to me. I'm not sure if it's just something they call it, or what, but I...

I recently added a controller on my old fridge, and discovered there's a 4 degree variation between the setting on the controller and the actual temperature. And trust me, I checked it with several different thermoters, including digital. Obviously, if I know about it I can adjust for it...

First, thanks everyone that posts here, I do use the search and have found a wealth of information. Everything went pretty well, I just have a couple of followup questions for the experts. Details: - rectangular cooler mash tun with ss manifold (worked like a charm) - 7.5 gallon brewpot...

I received this in an email, sorry if it's old or if you've seen it, I thought it was funny. ----------------------------------- Just imagine... If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Delta Airlines one year ago, you would have $49.00 today! If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in...

I made a partial mash - american wheat. The goal was to split and make 2 different brews (1/2 honey wheat and 1/2 peach wheat). I've made around 15 batches in the past of different beers, so I'd say I'm not a newbie but not an expert.... it is however the first I've tried adding honey or fruit...

I've found a lot of discussions on how quickly we can drink our beer, my question is how long can I keep it. I know, I know... why keep it when you can drink it... For example, I brewed a Belgian Tripel in March, and it was suggested it could be kept for up to a year, and it would taste...

Yesterday I brewed a pseudo German Bock, using a German ale yeast. When I took a hydrometer and taste bud sample, I noticed that the wort separated pretty quickly in the glass. I don't remember any previous batches doing this, is this 'normal' or is something else going on...

ok, so I've brewed several batches in the past. Not an experienced brewer, but not a newbie... I decided to try a new belgian tripel, brewed it on Sunday, on Monday it displayed normal activity on the airlock. Today I look at it, and it's overflowed. I had a spare airlock so I removed the...