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Made a simple cider with apple juice and brown sugar along with some US-05, i finally kegged it after about 3 months of aging! It came out on the dry side, I would like to make it sweeter, can i just boil up some sugar and add it to the keg or will it start to ferment in the keg? By the way it...

His is a red rye ale, my first all grain batch! I brewed it about 3 weeks ago and racked it to secondary a week ago, the FG is 1.010. I hadn't looked at it in the past 3 days and went to go leg it today and this is what I saw! Pulled the top off and gave it a smell and had a slight vinegar smell...

This is a local guy trying to sell his setup, i think that it is a good deal and all i would like to keep is a carboy or 2 and along with a keg. I was thinking if i could just sell the rest of the stuff and break even on my money that i would be happy. Just seeing if anyone would like to take...

So i just brewed a Red rye ale yesterday, got the recipe from this forum. It is my first brew that i have a fridge to cool down the fermentation temps. I have a Johnson controller to dial in the temps. I pitched the yeast yesterday at around 75F, i left it at that temp and figured by this...

I am looking to plan for the soon to be here summer time, i would like to brew a very drinkable beer that is refreshing but very tasty at the same time. Looking to satisfy the whole family, want something that we can all drink and chill by the pool all day with. Anyone have any good suggestions...

I just started doing mini mash/BIAB kits and am having a hard time keeping the temps at a constant temp so i was thinking about just going down to the local hardware store and picking up an igloo. But instead of modifying it right away just using it with one of my large grain bags and using that...

I have searched around and looked but cant find an exact answer, i have a ball lock keg just put a beer in it about 3 days ago and carbonated it and beer looks good. The keg is leaking from the outlet side even when i have the outlet connection connected. I have a beer in there carbed so i...

I just tried my Belgian White beer that i kegged last night, it was in primary for about 3 weeks and moved to secondary and cold crashed for about 5 days. All i have to say it that i am not very happy at all, the beer has a very malty flavor along with a bit of yeast flavor. I gave it to my...

I know it has been brought up before but i can not get my weldless ball valve to not leak, https://morebeer.com/view_product/19793/102220/Weldless_Spigot_-_Stainless, this is the valve that i got. I am pretty sure i am putting the the valve together correctly with the valve going through the...

So I have been trying to decide on the brew sculpture to buy and think i am leaning more towards the more beer tippy 10 gallon system, the only problem is that i would like to hear a little bit more about it with some reviews and users possibly on here that have it or have experience using it...

When I'm using star San it seams as if there is a lot of foam. When sanitizing carboys there is quite a bit of foam left over in it, is this much foam ok to be putting my beer into? I know it says non rinse and no taste but still that much foam seems like it would have to have some effect on my...

I ordered 2 extract kits from Midwest, one the Hop Head IPA the other is the Superior Strong Ale. I got to choose the yeast that i would like to use so i got the white labs liquid yeast its the California Ale yeast WLP001, this came with both of the kits and along with them in both kits as well...

So i just picked up an aluminum 60 Qt brew pot from a guy on craigslist and it didnt have to good of a smell to it so i started cleaning it and stupid me didnt even think to come on here and read the best way to clean it so i figured i would use oxyclean/ chlorine free. but now that i come and...

I have been doing as much research as i can but i am still a little confused. I am looking at one of the Bayou burners but cant decide what one to get it is between the SP10 and the KAB4, i have a 15 gallon pot and am only doing 5 gallon batches but soon will probably do a 10 gallon sometimes...

Started my first batch today and am using a firm wrap to keep the temperature up while in my garage, it is a red ale and the yeast was Nottingham Ale Yeast the temperature has been bouncing between 72-75 F is this to warm for this yeast for it to work properly?

So i have a pot that is around 5 gallons to start off with and am going to start my first brew with a brewers best kit, it calls for just a partial boil with only 2.5 gallons but my question is that i know i cant do a full boil but could i do maybe 3.5 or 4 gallons of water and then top off once...

What method of carbonation would you recommend for a first time brewer going with carbonation drops or using sugar, is one faster and or more efficient, is there any plusses or minuses to ether one? thanks for the help

This will be my first batch to home brew, i have been in wine making for about 6 months now and want to try the beer making side. my first kit will be just a starter kit from brewers best the Red ale. I want to go into a keg instead of having to bottle, with kegging a kit do i have to do...