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Hi folks, Does anybody know of a good bottle brush which doesn't lose its shape? I have a lot of old returnable coke bottles which were given to me by my father-in-law. He had saved them when he attempted brewing in the late 1970s. Unfortunately, he never washed the coke out, so most of...

The batch I have fermenting right now was made with a raspberry-varietal honey. I used it because my wife really likes raspberry, but I have to say it was some of the best honey I've ever tasted. I'm hoping the mead will reflect some of the characteristics of the honey. Another interesting...

Greetings all, I went ahead and brewed a 3.78L batch of cider. Here's the recipe I used: 3.78L flash-pasteurized cider from North GA 11 oz. dextrose 2.5g pectinase 2.5g yeast nutrient 5g Lalvin yeast (I don't remember the strain) It's been fermenting for about a month now...

I thought the EC-1118 would end up dry, but I wanted to throw it in there. I may try the White Labs yeast, if my LHBS has it.

Greetings all, What variety of cider yeast do you all use? I'm going to be brewing a batch fairly soon. I'm lookng at either White Labs WLP720 or Lalvin 71B-1122, possibly the EC-1118. I think I'd like a sweeter one this time instead of drier.

I think the amount was roughly one quart. I wasn't too worried about the ABV, since the mead tasted fairly strong. But, since I hadn't read anything against adding water, I decided to try it. I probably shouldn't have added it the way I did, though; I think it may have aerated the mead a bit...

Greetings all, Just racked my first mead today. I decided to use a raspberry varietal honey, since my wife loves raspberry so much. This type of honey is very delicious; since I've tried it, it is probably one of my favorites as well. But I digress... When I made the mead, I aerated it...

I'm located in the North Metro area myself. I'm looking for a local homebrew club... if you know of any in this area, let me know!

A good source for making mead is Got Mead. In fact, they have a series called 'The Newbee Guide to Making Mead' which is very helpful. An alternate source is a book by Ken Schramm: The Compleat Meadmaker I bought it, and it's also very useful. Both sources should have sufficient...

I had a really easy way of fermenting cider. I'd buy a jug of unfiltered cider in a plastic jug. I'd drink half of it, then leave the rest in the jug on the counter for one or two weeks, opening it up every so often to let the pressure out. The time fermented usually corresponded with how dry...

Greetings to all! I'm currently based near Atlanta, GA, but I'm from the East SF Bay in CA. I'm hoping you want to hear my fun boring story of how I got into brewing beer at home. Not quite sure when it actually happened; I bought three 5-gallon carboys and some one-gallon jugs at a yard...

Greetings, Found HBT through a Google search; I was searching for anyone who'd had some sort of success with a maple wine. Found Cheesefood's post, and decided that since this seemed to be the only forum where I'd found any reference to the stuff, it would be worthy to join. Cheers...