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The dishwasher at work worked great!

I wanted to report on how the beer turned out. We had a few on the 3rd Super Bowl Sunday. I thought they were pretty good although thee carbonation was light. The second and third week in the bottle definitely improved the quality and carbonation. After the third week they were all gone. So...

I am going to take them into work today and clean them. Thanks Bosco

Can I use a restaurant grade dishwasher to clean my beer bottles before bottling. I have done the following: 1. Rinsed each bottle in hot water immediately after pouring. 2. Soaked in hot water and baking soda to remove labels. I am out of the cleaner my kit came with and the brew...

I will take the advice and ferment longer in the primary, shorter in the secondary and bottle longer. Although I believe I will sample a bottle on the 3rd just so I can understand how the flavors change overtime and I just can resist! Thanks for the advice.

I started my first brew from a Listermans IPA kit on January 6, 2012. I plan to transfer it to a glass carboy and dry hop it on January 13, one week later. Next I intend bottle it on the 27th after two weeks in glass carboy and a total of 3 week from initial brewing. After bottling I would like...

How can I sweeten cider after it has been fermenting for 7 days? Can I add sweetener now and let it continue to ferment? Should I sweeten after fermentation has stopped? I have 2-1 gallon jugs of apple juice. I have used ale yeast. I have added nothing else so far.