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Burning and tingling doesn't sound right... Have you ever breathed in mold and had a reaction similar? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Just racked over 5 lbs of bananas in secondary. Measure SG and am at 1.006! So far I have achieved 9.7% ABV. So I'm foregoing the rum addition. When I racked in secondary I'm still getting bubbles too, so ABV may rise a little more yet. My plan is to rack into empty carboy for tertiary and...

I started making this yesterday. First off, the pictures and descriptions are fantastic, and I'm so glad I found this recipe. Thank you for sharing! I added (3) sliced bananas to the mash, hoping to extract a few extra fetmentables out of them. Also, I added a half cup of brown sugar 20 minutes...

I ordered some hazelnut extract from a local store and they got in the wrong stuff. Being in a pinch, I bought some almond extract instead. Couldn't find any threads so I thought I would start one to see if anyone had success or failures. How much for a 5 gallon batch?

Just learned from a local brewer that you should not add any flavoring that has sodium benzoate and/or potassium sorbate. This will kill your yeast, and therefore will not carbonate when bottle conditioning. Whew! Dodged that bullet and have 1 week to make a decision on how I'm going to get the...

Just transferred into secondary and re-measured SG, came out to 1.014. Tasted great. On track to push 8% !!! Since I'm going for over the top orange, I added 6tbsp fresh squeezed naval orange juice to secondary, then racked. Upon second thought, I was worried about the whole cut oranges...

Just transferred into secondary and re-measured SG, came out to 1.014. Tasted great. You could be right about the measurement, but I diluted and measured 3 times before going into fermenter and it came down from 1.100 to 1.074... I'll know when I get my first taste after bottle conditioning...

GD, Thank you very much for the feedback. This makes me feel much better about this brew. I think I'm going to rack over 3 pounds of oranges then set in empty tertiary for 1wk. Crossing my fingers. Darwin, One can only hope. :-)

After I cooled the wort and added water up to 5 gallons my OG came to 1.105. (Was supposed to be around 1.051 for this Witbier) So once I noticed the original boil was supposed to be 2.5 gal rather than 3, I added more water to dilute what was going in the fermenter. I got it down to 1.074 OG...

After I cooled the wort and added water up to 5 gallons my OG came to 1.105. (Was supposed to be around 1.051 for this Witbier) So once I noticed the original boil was supposed to be 2.5 gal rather than 3, I added more water to dilute what was going in the fermenter. I got it down to 1.074 OG...

I recently was inspired to make a hazelnut brown after having Sam Adams' amazing brew. I'm having trouble getting actual hazelnuts at local stores so I was thinking about using DaVinci's hazelnut syrup. You know, the stuff typically used for flavoring coffee. I was planning on adding it when I...