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As a home brewer and craft beer lover I get given stuff every so often by my friends. It seems I have a piece of San Antonio Craft Brew History that I have no idea how to assign a value to. A few local brew collectors have asked me what I want for it. It would be a great addition to their...

I just bottled about 5 gallons of Hard Apple cider I made. I had placed sorbate in the Carboy about a week before bottling to slow the yeasties down. I didnt want it too dry. I'm looking for something almost like a stongbow. I then back sweetened with some brown sugar. Yesterday I bottled...

My last few batches of beer have been A European Black Lager and a Scottish Ale. While I know the Ale is not supposed to be thick I still think it could have some more mouthfeel to it. How do I thicken my beer a bit? The flavors are decent to wonderful on the front end of a sip. The problem...

Ok so I am making apple cider and it has been going now for 6 weeks almost 7. I used a champagne yeast and about 4 lbs of pround sugar with 5 gallons of cider. I sample it every now and then and take a reading. It been fermenting great and I am about to move it into three small one gallons...

I started my hard lemonade about 4 days ago with a motrachet yeast. It seems to not have taken due to the acidity. I did do a yeast starter and all that so I am now looking to restart it. The problem is I do not have any more montrachet. The LHBS is to far and I dont have time to get here so...

I am a fairly new brewer but I have caught the "What can I make now!" bug. I was looking into ciders and lemonades for my wife and her freinds and it seems cider similar to Woodchucks, Ace or whatever brand woudl be the way to go. In looking through these forums I cant seem to find what...

I know that many folks say that a secondary fermentation is not needed but I want to try for comparison sake. You know its kind of the whole I need to burn my hand mom and not listen when you say its hot thing. So having told you all I want to try the question I have is how to do it with...

I am already planning to use a second fermentor but was curious what else could be done to reduce the dead yeast flavor (that in itself may do the trick)? I have had two bottled batches an English Brown and a Imperial Blonde. The Imperial was awesome but the English Brown was bleh. Folks drank...

I have a hard time spending $20 on a bucket when the same style of buckets at Home Depot or Lowes only cost $3.00. Yes I would use those except they seem a bit to short to me. What are some alternative ferment buckets? Eventually I will move into carbouys and stuff lik ethat but for now I...

We may have had an epic fail this weekend. As we bottled our first beer ever we decided to brew another batch:rockin:. It was to be an Imperial Blonde. I am known as the Kitchen Nazi:( by my friends and family because I tend to be so controlling there. "No Soup For You!" I love to cook, they...

Our first beer will be born this Sunday. We shall begin bottling our first ever brew. We have decided to call it the Nutty Librarian. Its an English Brown Ale that has been simmering for two weeks now. We are so excited and on top of that we plan to start a second batch that very day!! Oh...

I see links for easy seal and a few other places that just either dont work or are not really what I am looking for. I was wondering if anyone out there has a way that they do it with Avery or some Office Depot brand labels that I can put on the bottles? Size and template would be great. If...

Well I have been lurking in these forums for the past few weeks and Friday me and a Buddy finally went and did it! We bought a brew kit and planned to do our first batch ever on Saturday!! We have friends who brew all the time and if they can do it we figure so can we. Saturday came and...