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So, I have a few raspberry bushes, had hoped to have enough for making wine but only got about 2lbs worth. At the same time, there is an apiary about 3km down the road so... figured make some mead! I'm looking to make a simple, sweet raspberry mead, and found a few recipes, but most seem to...

Just a quick question... Making some rootbeer with the kids, went to the local wine store and asked for champagne yeast, but when I got home I noticed it said wine yeast (Lalvin EC-1118). Will this work? or does it have to be champagne yeast to create bubbles? Thanks

Hey fellow Canadians... just wondered if you had any websites/links for Canadian suppliers that sell ingredients much like Austin Homebrew Supplies does. I checked on here, found some old links, basic equipment sales, and a lot of US sites, but not so much for Canada when comes to...

Went to a pub the other day, 100 beers on tap... needless to say I didn't want to leave. Best part was you could by 6 x 5oz. tasters. In any case, one was the Grapefruit Stiegl Radler, which was amazingly good. Hoped AHS had a kit but not that I could see. Anyone have a recipe for a clone? Thanks

I was thinking of renting a small wine filter (with the coarse pads) to filter this current batch before bottling. It seems pretty hazy/murky, but it's still young of course (1 week in primary, 6 days in secondary). I did a mini-mash Corona type beer from AHS. I did a few Coopers kits...

I brewed a batch of AHS Fat Tire, and decided to add heading powder to it because I like a bit of foam. Bottled 3 weeks ago and every week I chill/open a bottle just to test the progress. Week one showed some fizz, week 2 was a good normal amount, today's test however.... I poured maybe an...

Does anyone know where this kit can be purchased? Seems every time I walk into a shop, I see Coopers on the shelves, I ask if they can get in the Ginger Beer kit and sure enough, a few days later I get a call back saying they checked with their supplier and they can not order it in. When...

Well, decided I want to use glass bottles and having 0 luck finding any. Tried Kijiji and Craig's list for my region with no luck, even have a 'wanted' ad posted. Called the local suppliers and only 1 place sells glass bottles, but with the twist-off tops. Some online places in Canada but...

Just wondering if anyone knew where to find a plastic hydrometer. My Dad use to have one, and probably bought it in the '70s... basically was a flat piece of plastic with the numbered embedded, much like a ruler for school, and the bottom had the weights inside the plastic. Recall it...

Looking at the AHS kits... just tried the extract which is so far coming along nicely. However, still an extract, read it affects flavour and not as much control overall vs the mini-mash and full grain. I guess because it's a somewhat generic extract made for a range of beer types. I...

Does anyone know of any really good basic books for beginners? I bought 'Designing Great Beers' this week online based on all the good reviews, but, definitely not for beginners, very technical. Just looking for something small, simple, describes processes and terms etc.

I did a batch a week ago, first in a long time, poured it into the primary fermenter. Instructions said to top off with water to make 5.25gal. I forgot that I had marked out on the bucket with a sharpie, measurements in litres because the last few can-kits were in litres. (quit doing the can...

Newbie here... seen a few posts about this but didn't see the answer I was after... I did a batch, pitched the yeast and 0 activity for 36h. Then bubbled like crazy for about 36h, then nothing. Shook the bucket around to aerate a bit, maybe stir things up a bit, waited a day and if there are...

Just brewed a batch of Fat Tire Amber Ale, bought a kit from Austin Homebrew. Followed everything as accurately as I could, however, it listed that the expected OG would be 1.051 and if I'm doing it correctly, I'm reading 1.064. My questions are... 1) is the difference of 0.013...

Just looking into bottling in glass bottles vs the plastic ones, which I love but, don't always get back from people and cost $. Basically, was looking into using regular bottles, just get empties and sanitize them. I was looking at reviews for the two mentioned cappers, and they said in...

Did a few of the can extracts kits, which I always found very sweet when done, which lead me to this site and where I learned it was better to avoid the can kits if I want to make a better brew because they usually have that sweet sugary taste. Just about to order a 30qt pot, and a 'fat tire...

Just starting to look into brewing from raw ingredients vs the 'can' method I've been doing so far. I was on here a while back and someone said I had all the equipment I needed, just need at least an 8gal/32qt cooking pot. I was looking online at the 'our version' commercial beer kits at...

Just wondered if anyone had any feedback on what to use and what not to use for labels? For example, is AVERY any good or do they peel off too fast? Any other brands? Stickers vs glue? etc... Once I finally settle on a name/style, I'd like to have some colour laser prints done (since ink from...

I was sent a link for Austin Homebrew Supply, and what a great site. It's find for ordering the recipe kits, but because of the distance, and shipping over the border etc... I'd like to find a similar site locally in case I need to order bigger items like a steel brew pot, and small items...

I tried brewing years ago (10yrs ago) a few times with kits, and just started to brew again this year. Having the same problem as before though, sweet beer. Tastes like there is too much sugar in it. I'm using a kit... I'm a newbie so need to start somewhere. I brewed the "Coopers...