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Saw it here: http://store.bellplantation.com/PB2-Powdered-Peanut-Butter-s/3.htm Anyway, I tried using it here was my process: used a pale ale kit and fermented it normally. Added a whole can of the peanut butter powder with priming sugar (Note: the is sugar in the peanut butter so make sure to...

Thanks for the help, I was getting very scared about that one. I guess maybe I'll turkey baste the top out when I re-rack next month. Haven't taste tested, but a dab might not hurt. I appreciate the input!

Hi, welcome to the forums. I just started brewing this year myself. Good luck, brewing is a lot of fun. Unfortunately, I don't know if green tea works well for nutrients, but it should have nitrogen as a biomass. Instead of grinding tea leaves, might I suggest you try matcha? It's powdered...

Hello, I made a mead that appears to have something growing at the top of the carboy, and I wanted some advice as to what you guys suppose it is. I've posted a video of it here: Sorry if the video is a little shaky. Things to note from it: -shook carboy as the white stuff near top...

I ate prickly pear once, I don't know if I had a fresh or unripe one, but it was a lot like watermelon and I think with a hint of some other fruit. The flavor was very mild to me so I think you'll be safe modifying a prickly pear recipe. If you don't want to go by the prickly pear recipe, you...

Take a bite of one and make an estimate? I'd GUESS you'll be good with 15 in a 3 to 5 gallon batch. I wonder if the seeds would impart tannins too. You might want to research that first.

That's the one similiar to a prickly pear right? I'm tempted but the store that has em selfs them at 7.99 a pound. That's a little out of my price range for 10 pounds :p Haven't tried it myself, but I imagine it's similiar to prickly pear.

Thanks for the help, I'll leave them upright 2 days ahead of time from now on.

So today I grabbed a bunch of my filled bottles to put on labels, and I encountered a big issue with one. The cork failed and there was a little thick liquid on top. I guess my question here is do I need to throw out the bottle? the batch was brewed 5/13/2011 so it's not old either. I'm a...

Best of luck!!! I'll tell you the story of my first mead as a result. I decided the day before that my friends and I should make mead. They were naturally like, "Sweet idea okay!" Next day we bought a ton of stuff at the brew store and cheap filtered honey at meijers. We joked the whole...

I want to add something to this that might make the entire peanut butter process simple and easy. I recently tried powdered peanut butter (PB2) which comes with the oil removed. Only down fall is this stuff is expensive, but I was thinking about trying a beer with it. This being the only real...

Hey there, first post here. I just started mead making this year myself and have read Ken's book. It's very good for getting an idea of the process and possibilities. Try reading pH management on page 56. He suggests a pH below 3.0 is bad for yeast, so you have to aim above that with some...