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Thanks. Good ideas. Yooper, what range should I be looking forfor SG?

Last week I made a chocolate stout. First time with this type of beer. Given that I have never had too much trouble with fermentation starting (and that I don't typically care about calculating finally ABV), I did not take an original gravity reading. I set my primary up in its typical spot...

State laws on home brewing greatly differ. Federal code cited will preempt any state law that is contradictory as to the federal law (aka conflict preemption). That being said, I doubt anyone would care so long as one is not selling and is only using for personal purposes. How one consumes such...

To piggy back of yooper, I'd be especially careful with the adding sugar. In my first batch of cider, I used an ale yeast because of the concern with making it too dry. I added only one pound of corn sugar for fermentation. Despite this, I still ended up with a pretty dry taste. When I...

Thanks all. I did check out the other stickies, but was a little uncertain about this whole backsweeting, what and how much to use, etc. Also, while cold crashing seems advisable to stop the SG where I want it, would I need to add more yeast come time for bottling if the cold kills them, or...

Hi, I just finished brewing my first rudimentary cider batch. The basic recipe (excluding yeast nutrient, etc) was 2.5 gallons of preservative free apple juice and 1 lb of dextrose. OG was 1.060. (small 2.5 gal batch.) After 15 days, SG is 1.00 flat. I tasted the sample and it has a very...

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