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I have a counterflow chiller and wort wizard. $125.00 I used it one time. Send me a PM if interested and I will get back with you. Thanks

I started a peach wine at 16 brix....kinda low. its fermenting nice now and i want to get the gravity up to 21brix or so...how much sugar should I add. I currently have a volume of 3 gallons at 16 brix.

Yesterday I opened a bottle to try and my corks are soaking up the wine. You can see the color change on this cork. This wine was stored at a High temp probably Hi 80'sF. "Not Ideal" Do you think the high temps caused this or my corks are to small, to cheap. Any advice appreciated. Thanks

What would be a good kit to buy to have some wine ready for gifts in December? $70 to $100. Looking for a little residual sweetness, Not Dry, No Oak, Not Welches. Something nice I can have ready in 6 months. Does not matter if its white, red, or purple. Any suggestions

Ahhh the carboy is sanitizing, strike water measured out, 15 pounds of grain ready to go, 5 ounces of hops ready to go, A big yeast pitch ready to go Early AM brew day planned.

Looking for an OG of 1.080ish...I want to try my best to let this beer get some age on it, 6months to a year in the bottle, Do you think 100 IBU would be to much? I am using 1056 yeast cake from american wheat beer. Im not sure how much residual sweetness I will have, mashing at 149 I was hoping...

So Im making a batch of wheat beer for my friends who most likely don't drink dark beers, or hoppy beers, or whom have grown accustomed to Miller / Bud. I have it in a secondary, for either dry hops or Coriander seeds, or Nothing. Any suggestions? I think all I have right now is Liberty...

A few days ago I brewed a Wheat, a Barvarian Wheat grain bill and pitched American 1056 call me crazy. After I poured in my smack pack into the wort and put the beer up to ferment, I made half a quart of starter wort at 1.035 boiled and cooled. I poured the cool wort into the smack pack...

I am making my own stir plate. I have a nice fan 24volt. I have an adaptor that plugs into the wall that feeds the fan 24volts. I need to slow it down with a rheostat/ potentiometer. Do they make rheostats for 12volts, 24 volts etc...or will any radioshack potentiometer work.

I want 6 gallon of must At 1140 OG to 1150. I know thats very high. Im using 10 of the welches store bought concentrate cans How do I determine how much sugar I will need. I'm having a hard time with this, Because when I add sugar I am adding volume. If they can get meads to kick...

I have 1lb of two row and 1lb of wheat 8oz choc malt and 8 oz crystal 40.... 4lbs Dark Extract and 1 lb wheat extract I have a small pumpkin and I was thinking about roasting and adding a pound to my partial mash... This is a stout....Will I have enough grain to covert the pumpkin...

When stepping down a all grain recipe from a 5gallon batch to 3 gallon batch, should I adjust the specialty grains as well as the base malt? Or should I just adjust the base malt to hit my gravity?

How do you calculate the amount of sugar to desired gravity? If you have 4 gallons of must at 1.070 and you want to end up with 5 gallons of 1.090 how do you figure the sugar and water? I'm sure this has been asked before I did'nt find it in searches.

I want to try my hand at making a stronger wine. 1. Can I slow feed my fermentation with welches concentrate right out of the container without worrying about contamination? 2. If I want to slow feed my fermentation should I not add camden tablets until I am done slow feeding? 3...

This is a 1 gallon recipe, so If I want to make 5 gallons just multiply everything by 5 right, even the acid blend? Thanks! WELCH'S WHITE GRAPE AND RASPBERRY WINE 2 cans (11.5 oz) Welch's White Grape and Raspberry frozen concentrate 1-1/4 lbs granulated sugar 2 tsp acid blend 1 tsp...

I just put a 2007 bigfoot ale in the Fridge to chill, ....Yummy

I have a friend traveling to vermont, I live in Texas, Does anyone know of A good beer he might could pick up for me while he is there that I cant get in Texas? Barleywines or Browns or any thing i dont care what style

For the following recipe, can someone help me get the color darker, close to a dunkle, Thanks #3 6 row #3 2 row #4 Wheat #1/2 German light crystal

I have a partial mash brew with the following crushed grains in a muslin bag. #1/2 two row #1/2 crystal 40 #1/2 carafa III Instead of heating water up in my pot and steaping the grains..etc Can I just mash this in a small igloo lunch kit. With the two row would'nt it be better if I mashed...

I ran a gravity on 7.5 gallons @68F and got a 1.030. PreBoil I never checked after the boil gravity, is'nt there an easy way to figure that. I ended with with 6 gallons on a 90min boil. should have been around 1.045 on 6 gallons right?