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Ok, I am sure I will take some razzing for this but its ok. I am new to wine and have a silly question. I know I am supposed to hit a certain gravity level before I rack to secondary and start the second step of the process but I ran into a problem. I brewed a batch of beer last week and...

One other question, what can i expect in terms of vigorous fermentation? Is it slower and not as active as beer or is it similar? Will an airlock be fine or do I need a blow off tube?

Awesome, thanks guys!

I have a few questions. I have been reading some threads and thinking about making some wine. I have been brewing a while and have most the equipment, my questions are: 1) Do i need new hoses for my auto-siphon, i will use a new fermentor and dedicate it to wine, but not sure about hoses...

I know my uncle says he can actually eat small amounts of gluten products before he begins to feel the effects of his celiac but I will have to ask my cousin how he reacts. I can do a primary only batch since I have a primary that has not been touched but all my lines and kegs have had regular...

Sorry if this is a topic that has been posted before but I have not found a thread yet. I am not brewing GF beer for myself, I have several family members that require GF beer so here is my question. I know that some people are highly gluten intolerant or down right allergic, and that cross...

This is the first time I have brewed with a larger primary vessel and I was curious about the krausen. I have always used a 5 gal glass carboy primary, but it was suggested to go bigger to avoid losing so much volume of beer during the aggressive fermentation process. So I tried a 6 gallon...

It has two that have screws and connectors already plugged into. I found that there is a black plug between them and was able to pull it out and saw where it fit the same sized screw as the other two posts. I connected the black wire to that, and have the feeling this is what they were talking...

I have seen a few threads on here about this but nothing specific to help me accomplish this. I want to reverse my johnson temp control A19AAT from cooling to heating to help regulate the temp in my fermentation box. I am not quite understanding how to reverse it. The best post I found said...

This is a flavor that has been noticed by others as well. I have no idea where it is coming from and have noticed it in commercial beers as well. I dont think it is an off flavor from contamination or anything, its not gross or bad just different and doesnt really make it a tasty beer.

Having the added hops throw the balance of the beer sounds reasonable, but like I stated, I tasted the same after bite in two commercially brewed beers too. As far as the citra hops I have found lots of recipes that utilize citra, I was mistaken in my original post. I am going to brew my...

I have been wondering if anyone has noticed an odd after taste a few seconds after taking a drink of a heavily hopped beer like an IPA that had a significant amount of centennial hops added to it? Here is why I ask. I like heavy hopped beers, the hoppier the better I say. My last IPA was...

Safale 04, I will try a different yeast next time just for comparison sake

i needed to free up my carboy in order to get another batch brewing, i decided to condition my beer in the keg instead of the secondary. can i condition it in the keezer our should i do it at room temps?

I am contemplating it. I am going to keg it today and let it condition in there for a while and see what happens to the vanilla flavor. Hopefully it will settle and more bourbon will come through. If after a couple weeks the bourbon is still unnoticeable I will add more, I have heard anywhere...

How many gallons are you brewing currently? I have a 5 gallon batch. I just checked it to see where the flavor is at and I feel like I have over vanillaed my beer. It does not taste bad, its actually pretty good but the vanilla flavor is coming through more than the beer itself and little to...

I looked at a bunch of different recipes on Hopville and decided on this one. 9 lbs Dark Malt extract 8 oz Black malt 8 oz Roasted Barley 4 oz Carafa III 4 oz Briess Caramel 120L 2 oz Willamette 60 min 1 oz Cascade 15 min 1 oz Cascade 1 min 1 tsp Irish Moss 15 min 8 oz Bourbon (I decided on Jim...

I will be making this again for sure so there will be time for experiments. I am going to leave it as is. I also decided a little longer in secondary. I tasted again today and decided it could use a little more time. Yesterday I seemed to have tasted more borboun and less vanilla, today it...

i don't have any plastic, i was thinking plastic primary bucket would be easier to clean than a glass carboy so i may be using one from now on

i started with 4 o ounces and could not really get much flavor from the bourbon so i added 3 more ounces, want quite there so went for one more. i figured i could always add more burbon if necessary. some people use extract vanilla, i may go that route next time but for now i used beans. the...