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Hey everyone, I m getting ready to do a 1 gal test batch of some new apple cider i just got and was curious how much of my 11 g red star yeast pack to pitch. Ive never done a small batch and im just not comfy with pitching the whole pack.

I just finished a batch of Drunken emu hard cider. I have never done a hard cider but I have done a batch of Apfelwien, which I did prime and turned out well. Do I or should I prime my hard cider before bottling?

I brewed the Drunken Emu cider recipe I found on this site the other day. I used cider from a local apple orchard, which had a lot of sediment in the bottles. Anyway, my gravity was 1.080 instead of the 1.050 that was advertised in the recipe. I used the recommended Nottingham yeast. There was...

My last tree batches of beer ive noticed that when it came to bottle, after removing the lid on the fermentor I noticed that there was a very strong fumey alcohol smell that stung my nose which contrasted from my other brews that simply just smelled like beer. Is this normal, or a sign of...

Ive done a few kits from NB and they have all turned out well so far. But, I just wish that the ABV was a little more. I am consistently getting about 4% abv from my batches. I want to increase the ABV a little without sacrificing taste. So, after some research I learned that just adding sugar...

I brewed an extract batch of NB Irish red ale. I dont have a secondary fermentor yet so instead I let it ferment in the primary for three weeks like recipe had advised. So, i was a bit surprised when i took the FG reading which was 1.020. The OG was 1.048. I was expecting to see a FG reading...

I have a batch of NUT brown ale going right now in the fermentor. It has about a week left to go before botteling. I have a supply of honey. Ive never primed with honey before. Does anyone have any insight on this? Is nut brown an ok beer to prime with honey or not? How do you go about preparing...

Hello Fello Beer Lovers, I ve been wanting to try brewing beer for a long time now. In anticipation I bought Palmers HOW TO BREW and read it about 3 times. I received a brewing kit for Christmas and decided to try Palmers recipe for Cinncinati Pale Ale, which is as follows: OG= 1.045 30...

Hey Everyone, Been wanting to start homebrewing for a while now. A buddy of mine told me about this site. Currently reading HOW TO BREW by Palmer and trying to soak up as much knowledge as possible before brewing my first batch. Looking forward to using this site and getting started.