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Awesome, I had the same idea, but sometimes there not always on target lol.. how long do yours usually take to kick off?

Just made my first pale ale.. now its in the bucket waiting to ferment(or is it?) I used White Labs WLP001 Liquid Yeast. The vial itself calls for a temp of 70 or higher for fermentation to begin.. my recipe said to ferment at 65 degrees.. does it need to be at that 70 mark to kick off then...

too much sugar could cause the yeast not to convert it all over, right? when would would it be time to switch to a stronger yeast?

So when do I add in these sugars to raise my ABV %???

OK, so just prime with regular corn sugar like i would with beer, huh? sounds simple enough. It also calls for something after the yeast settles and before carbonation, when adding the flavoring mix it also calls for Liquid Invert Sugars. What is this? Do I need this? When I bought this from the...

I heard if there are certain ingrediants in the cider it will cause the bottles to explode

Hey everyone, this is my first at attempting to do more them just a simple extract kit. Im making a hard cider for my wife and want to know exactly what "pasteurizing" the fruit is lol.. Im going to be using store bought frozen blackberries.. this a 6 gallon batch. I've searched around on the...

Did you just throw them in the secondary or what?? how'd ya do it??

i found a few good blackberry wits... just trying to find someone who has experimented making something similar to some hard blackberry lemonade

hello everyone!! this is the batch of beer that has to make my wife happy.. i usually make stout and she hates dark beer.. :( i know im gonna use the cider extract and flavoring used to make something like hard lemonade.. but i wanna step it up and infuse some blackberries in it.. possible...

sounds good everybody.. and thanks casperjah for the input on the coopers kit.. It just lets me know im doing everything right.. Tall Yotie, thats what i was thinking as well was steeping then after doing that a few times.. possible a partial-mash if im getting it down without too much error...

It is indeed extract in a can, it is a can of Cooper's Irish Stout.. which i've been told and also read that they can be old and not up to par..I do not know the OG for the first batch but for the second it was (OG 1.042- FG 1.020-1.018).. which was about the first batches FG as well.. for my...

Totally should of used spell check!!! LOL

I've only brewed 2 batches of beer with extract kits and im wanting to step it up a notch..(both were Stouts) would love to make something similar to to the tastings of a blackberry whit without getting to far ahead of myself in advanced brewing. looked through the recipe section of the site in...

well, to everyone who was wondering, the batch turned out okay.. i bottled the brew sunday afternoon and it is "A" okay.. ( had a few buddies try it and they just said it needed some carbonation) now im just resisting the urge to drink until i get some fizzies in it... Also made one more...

yeah that book is awesome. thanks so much.. exactly what i needed

all you guys/gals are awesome thinks for all the advice.. 10x better then my brewing for dummies book.. beer smart is better then book smart

im not sure if i carried over the trub or not... both my kids woke up and i became flustered lol...so if i check my FG tomorrow and the day after and they are the same , my fermentation is either finished or i fudged it, right? then its time to bottle correct?? then what, play the waiting game...

i can't seem to find a FG for the extract. I believe i know how to test for FG. but what are good numbers? and what to do next? lol.. Until i get the hang of anything, if it doesn't go exactly by the instructions i get kinda paranoid and worried... I just wanna brew drinkable beer!!! thanks again!

Ok here is the deal.. I’m using coopers Irish stout extract.. mixing the wort and all that I believe went fine.. its the fermentation that I believe is going wrong..(using a 6 gallon food grade bucket with a regular airlock) The instructions that I’m using told me that fermentation would begin...