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so i've just gotten back into brewing, and i forgot to boil my priming sugar into a solution before adding it to my 5 gallons of beer. i just poured into the bottom of my bucket, racked the beer into the bucket, swirled it around for about 2 minutes, then got to bottling. will this be a problem...

i've brewed one five-gallon batch of cider and really enjoyed it. but i'd like to try again and correct any mistakes and off-tastes. but what i want the most is a good recipe. i plan on using nottingham yeast and cold-crashing the cider within the first week. does that sound like a good idea...

munton's active brewing yeast

so i brewed some hard apple cider the other day. soon after, i brewed another batch of beer. somehow i mixed up the temps at which cider ferments with the temps at which ale ferments. so, i put my wort in about 50-60 degree temps. it bubbled for about 2.5 days before i realized it was too cold...

i should have posted this earlier, but i wanted to save you all the gory details: i know the process well: i dissolved my priming sugar into some warm water, then set the water aside to cool. well, instead of being patient, i decided to put the pot into an ice bath. i looked away, and the pot...

so this was my second brewing, and i knew there would be a problem because i botched the bottling. to sum it up, there was a problem with the priming sugar and it didn't have any effect on my beer. i just opened a bottle yesterday (2 weeks after bottling) and it was completely flat. is it...

so i just started brewing cider. i began my first brew yesterday, and after pitching the yeast, i noticed a very active fermentation occurring. however, when i got home from work today, the carboy was emitting a very strong, and rather disagreeable smell. when i sniff up close to the carboy, i...