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Yeah, I just use water. Don't even boil it first. Guess I'm a risk taker. Of course I better knock on wood or I'll be cursing my next batch. :D

I think that wouldn't do as much as you think. The 5 hour energy drinks just bomb you with b vitamins, which homebrew has a ton of anyway from the yeast left in suspension. I would really like to know the numbers but I imagine that swirling up the small yeast cake at the bottom of a bottle of...

That could make for one nasty looking beer.

I'm not sure that describing it as cat urine is a great sales tactic.

I'm still fairly new to brewing so I've only used a few. Cascades, Amarillo, and Saaz come to mind. Just curious what some favorites out there are and what flavors they impart so I can continue to expand my horizons.

Your still going to get plenty of yeast in suspension without getting the caked at the bottom of the bottle so I wouldn't say you have to drink it to get the health benefits. Typically even craft brews are filtered and force-carbed so they have little to no yeast in them. Just part of the...

I bought it from someone else so I don't really know if it was store bought or not. I did the vorlauf and it did get alot clearer but there was still some particles. Not husks really but particles.. if that makes any sense. Also my gravity came up lower than I expected. I mashed 10 LB of 6...

So I'm noticing a fair amount of grain particles in my wort. I have a plastic false bottom with about 1/8 inch holes. I've been thinking of converting this to a stainless braid type system. Is it normal to get some grain particles in the wort? Will it cause any problems?

how much longer, I'm doing a boil right now, maybe I should shorten it.

I did a small stovetop AG batch when I first started but I am now setup and doing a 4-5 gallon batch. I'm fermenting in 5 gallon buckets so closer to 4 gallon to leave head room. I'm finishing up my mash, so far so good, and getting ready to boil. iodine test looked good so I'm thinking I...

The coastal was drinkable, I'm just not much on fruity flavors in beer anyway, especially lemon. The whole bottom half was excellent, in fact those were the ones I knew i would like all along. I just had the other Scotch Ale and it was rough. I got it down but there is a flavor in there that...

So in my quest to empty bottles I got a 12 pack sam adams sampler with 6 different styles. Unfortunately most aren't to my liking. 1. Coastal Wheat, I thought I would like this one until I found out it had lemon. Drank anyway :) 2. Creamy stout, I knew I wouldn't like that but tried one...

of course, if I stop fermentation to add other juices I can't carbonate in bottle.

I think it depends on what you define as good beer. My first brew came up short on OG so I added corn surgar in small amounts to up it a bit. Nothing drastic though. It gave a good clean beer flavor with a light body. I imagine the OP likes a more light bodied but higher alcohol beer. It...

How would you stabilize it to keep new juice from fermenting btw?

I've made wine with concentrates before, some good, others not so much. Anytime I haven't done something to reduce acidity I can't get but around 2 drinks in before my acid reflux puts me down for a half hour or so. I've also thought about doing some other flavor enhancers on the backend...

Just make sure to put your most expensive vase directly above the airlock and you'll be fine.

What size batch is this?

So since I'm under the weather I decided not to try and undertake my first full all grain batch until I'm feeling a bit better. Not wanting to waste a good brew day I decided to try something different. I'm making an apfelwein from juice concentrate. My goal is to bottle in 12oz with corn...

So here I sit, just bought a bundle of stuff to be setup to do an all grain batch and bottle a previous batch or two this weekend, and my nose is getting that all too familiar stuffy feeling. Is there any increased risk of contaminating my brew if I am infact coming down with a cold? My...