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I'm thinking of brewing a belgian wheat beer of some type with cranberries. I would prefer to use frozen cranberries. I'd like to achieve a nice tart flavor, but not overdo the cranberrieness. Any suggestions on the method I should use to impart the cranberry flavor and the amount of...

I am going to age an ale on oak chips. I have dark french oak. I want to soak the chips in Wild Turkey Rye. Any advice on if I should soak in undiluted whisky or should I add water. How much oak chips do I use per 5 gallon batch? How long should I let the beer age on th oak chips so that...

This has all been very helpful. Thank you.

Don't know much myself, but a few weeks back on the Brewing Network Sunday Show Vinny from Russian River was the guest and he had tons of info to share about wild brews and oak aging. I found it fascinating and dense with great info. You can get all the past shows for free as podcasts on...

Hi everyone. I just put my first attempt at making cider into secondary. I used local UV cold pasturized cider. 5 gallon batch. Montrachet yeast. 4 lbs. white sugar, yeast nutrient, pectin, tannon. The yeast smelled like a giant fart. Is this normal? I used a plastic fermentation bucket...