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I have a christmas ale in a secondary fermentor, glass carboy. There is an off white foam that has been slowly forming at the top of the liquid over the last couple days. I added 2 tsp of cinnamon to the secondary before I racked the beer into it the carboy. I plan to bottle in 3 days. Is...

Thanks all the info I need! Thanks a million

First, thank you for your input. It really is appreciated. The pear juice and tannin help pull some acidity out of the cider, according to the beer brewing books I've read. I want something with a nice apple flavor like woodchuck that's not overly tart, it's for my lady. The raisins will...

I'm trying to make a 5 gallon batch of hard apple cider that will be ready in spring for my fiance. We both enjoy woodchuck and I have read a bunch of recipes but haven't found one that is complete. Here is what I'm thinking and my questions will follow. 4 or 5 gallons of apple juice, no...

Thanks much to everyone who weighed in on this. I think I'll just leave it alone and add fruit to some other batch some other time.

Perhaps use around 5 lbs of raspberries or no raspberries at all?

Totally was hops, sorry. Windsor yeast...

I am brewing a Christmas Ale and a friend who is a home brewer suggested that I add some raspberries (about 15 muddled in vodka) to a secondary fermentation. I am fermenting in the primary for around 4 weeks but was thinking about doing the secondary for the last week or two with the...

Thank you for your time and help it is much appreciated!

Last question I promise. NO secondary fermentation? Just bottle after a month and put in the fridge for a week or two? Thanks a million

Should I do a secondary fermentation in a glass carboy after a week in primary? If so, should I bring the temp down? All my recipe says is "storage at 52 degrees for 28 days"

I am brewing a christmas ale. I put my dry yeast into a sanitized tuper ware with an energizer about 4 hours prior to the brew. After aerating the wort and adding the yeast, fermentation seemed to take off very quickly (around 1 hour). 48 hours passed. Now, there are only residual bubbles in...

Yes, everything was sanitized. And fermentation is happening in the primary.

I recently started home brewing. I brewed a batch of winter ale and made a mistake. After pour the wort into the primary I added "Pearle" yeast which I had given an energizer pack. I put the lid on the bucket but forget the airlock. I put the airlock on causing the rubber o-ring to shoot...