Recent content by mclaren880

Thanks for the input everyone! i appreciate it. Solo103, any chance how much coffee you used in these batches? I'm particularly interested in #1. Thanks again, folks.

I was in my local homebrew shop today, and the guy there recommended just brewing a couple pots of strong coffee, and using it to top off the primary. But then when i'm looking through the posts here regarding brewing with coffee, everyone is saying to add it to the secondary. So, my...

So i've read different things from different people, so i'm hoping to get some more clear answers here... I purchased some organic apple juice from my local Sunflower market and added some yeast and booster that was recommended at the Homebrew shop in my area. It sat in the primary for maybe...

so you guys don't think leaving it for another week (it will be 4 weeks total) will do it any harm? If it will, i could bottle it before i leave. It would be a huge pain in my arse to have to do that, but i'll do it if it's gonna go bad if i don't...

So, what are your thoughts on this: I haven't had time to bottle it this past weekend as i thought, and now i don't think i'm gonna have time before i leave for a vacation wednesday morning. It was 3 weeks this past weekend, do you think i could switch it to the secondary (takes much less...

So i made a Wheat Beer (similar to Franziskaner) last saturday, so about 2 1/2 weeks ago. It will be 3 weeks this coming Saturday. I was on vacation for the 2 week mark, and that's when i usually would have switched to the seconday carboy. What i'm wondering, is if it's worth the hassle of...