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I found a lot of recipes for a wells banana bread clone, but how's about a easy extract kit type recipe? Can you get a kit such as brewers best, and turn it into a wells clone? ......should be interesting.

I have read about adding more yeast to kick start a stuck fermentation, but can 2 or even 3 packets of yeast destroy a beer? Normal or high gravity....... doesn't matter.

I'm making the brewers best cherry cider. The instructions call for 1 tablet per bottle. The package of tablets says 4 tablets per 12 oz. Bottle. So what's the correct amount of tablets? Should I skip the tablets and just do the standard sugar in botteling bucket method? 5 gallons o.g. 1.051...

I'm making the brewers best cherry cider. The instructions call for 1 tablet per bottle. The package of tablets says 4 tablets per 12 oz. Bottle. So what's the correct amount of tablets? Should I skip the tablets and just do the standard sugar in botteling bucket method? 5 gallons o.g...

Hahaha...next time I won't dry hop. 5 gallon batch, 3 oz. of hops added at different times during boil, &1 oz. hops for dry hopping.

This was my first time dry hoping. It was the final step in my beersmith recipe for a blonde. Well, it tastes like an IPA now. Hops where added directly into the secondary, & left for 2 weeks. I did 2 weeks instead of 1 week because it seamed to kick up the ferm & I waited until it stopped. Its...

This was the best thing I've read in awhile. Really cool, great experiment.

I am brewing the brewers best kölsh rite now. Has anybody brewed this kit before? Just wondering what to expect out of it as far as taste. Never brewed a kölsh before. Is a secondary recommended? It's been in primary for 3 days so far and is Rockin! Temps between 64*-69*.

I've had my northern brewers witbier in primary for 2 weeks. Wondering if witbiers are more challenging than others. Do they need more time? I am going to do a 2nd fermentation, do they typically need to be cleared up more than common ales?

Well, it's 66* under the sink . Not the targeted 70* but consistent.

Thanks guys, just put them under the sink. That should do it! Now the clock starts all over again ...3 weeks. Correct? Even though its been 2 weeks?

What is the best temperature to store bottles while they condition? I bottled American cream ale and stored boxes in garage. Temperature is under 60*, to cold? Should I put it in the house now where the temp is 65-70? It's been out there for 2 weeks already, with some days temperature is 60+

Ha! I'm passed the freaking out stage. It's been drilled into my brain : airlock activity means nothing! Take those readings!

Sounds good. I'll get another pack of the wyeast. Brewing next weekend. Thanks for great advice.

OG: 1.049-1.053 FG: 1.010-1.014 Adding wyeast 1056