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Im getting ready to bottle a blond ale what would happen if i added lemon juice to a couple of bottles before I filled them? Does the lemon juice(not fresh the kind you buy in a bottle) have to be boiled or heated? I wanted to test maybe 6-10 bottles and use different amounts in...

let it ride...........you'll be fine.......relax in a year you will be looking at these post and thinking about your first brew...........give it two weeks, bottle it up and see what you get.............start planning your next brew and have a BLAST!!!!!!!!!!!!! remember........there are no...

without getting into a ton of details I followed the instruction for the recipe and my OG and FG hit all the numbers..........it was in the fermentor for 3 weeks and I did use a tripel yeast I'm going to let it sit a couple of weeks or months and see how it tastes......just wanted to see what...

Been brewing for a about a year......made my first Tripel.....was a partial mash.............do tripels need more time in the bottle............it has a very strong taste and is very sweet.......was not over carbornated but I only bottled it a week ago .....just wanted to know if I tripels need...

I've been brewing for about a year and I want to try some different beers, cider and sours.....basically some things I've never tried or tasted before....... since I am unsure how well I will like some of these things I want to be able to do small or 1/2 batches so I do not end up with 50 bottle...

Brewed yesterday and had two first's on the same day Had my first boil over..........good news it was very minor...other good news is that SWAMBO was making something on another burner and thought she may have turned up my burner causing the boil over so she helped with the clean...

That is what i needed to know.......I don't think i have more then 3-4 oz so one bag should work fine

just picked my first crop of cascade hops...........per this site I thought i should have done it several weeks ago but time got away from me......i do not have a fan to dry the hops what are my other options.........they seam dry on the edges but they are still somewhat green what would...

where did you get the recipe for the gingerbread porter?

that helps a ton now and in the future

thanks gnom that looks good.....i might do that sock........i can mash 3-5 lbs no problem.......anthing more then that and it gets to be tricky

recipe posted by The Pol....here it is Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: S-04 Yeast Starter: YES Batch Size (Gallons): 5.3 Original Gravity: 1.061 Final Gravity: 1.016 IBU: 31.5 Boiling Time (Minutes): 90 Color: 17.3SRM Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 14 Additional...

Does anyone have a good extract (or partial) Holiday Spiced ale recipe........i like the looks of the Pols recipe but I have no clue how to convert it to a partial.........can anyone help?

your input i worked thru it.......not sure if perfect but will see in a couple weeks

Im going to do a large partial mash (6 lbs grains) Recipe is to mash at 155 f for 45 min....then sparge with 3 qts at 170f.....i have 1 5 gallon brew pot and 1 22 qt pot (much smaller) going to use deathbrews method for stovetop partial mash but I have some questions do i make the strike...