Recent content by mikeymac1183

I recently brewed a pumpkin ale. I used canned pumpkin. I ended up losing a gallon of beer during fermentation because all of the pumpkin settled at the bottom...now so now I only have 4 gallons of beer and I'm ready for bottling. How much priming sugar should I use for a 4 gallon batch?

I just transferred from primary to secondary fermentation and noticed I'm a little low....brewing a 5 gallon batch of a mad elf clone. I noticed in at about 4 1/4 gallons after about 5 days...has anyone else ever had an issue like this? After I added all of my cherries I'm back up to 5 gallons

I'm sure you did have fermentation but my experience with brewers best recipes are that you won't see and kind of activity in your airlock until a few days...hope you didn't ruin the batch.....just be patient and let the yeast do its thing...gravity readings are really the best way to know what...

I have a hard copy of it....scanner/ printer is currently not working and it's much easier to type on pc then phone

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Actually this is a 10.4% ale... A Mad Elf clone ....the recipe I am following is that of someone who has brewed it multiple times

I am actually adding sweet and sour cherries after primary fermentation...sorry forgot to add.....thoughts?

I am currently brewing a recipe that calls for after 5 days in the primary fermentation tank transfer it to the secondary. My question is, do I need a glass carboy or can I just another 7 gallon bucket? Also, probably a stupid question but does the secondary fermentation tank we'd the airlock ...

I already brewed my first 5 gallon batch. I didn't know exactly how big of a kettle I needed . I ended up using a 12 quart stock pot because it was all I had and i was so eager to start(my mistake). Needless to sY i had a lot of boil over. I just bought a 32 quart kettle with thermometer and...