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This is my first time brewing this beer. It was in the primary for 14 days before I racked it over onto 8 oz of bourbon and 2 bourbon soaked vanilla beans. It has been in the secondary for 7 days. I couldn't wait any longer and wanted to see how this beer was coming along. I have to say I am...

Even if i rarely do soda? i am only planning on doing it once a year fir my daughters birthday party. by the way, how often do you change hoses and stuff in your kegerator

I am reading on here that guys have a dedicated set up in there kegerators for soda, is this because they make a lot of it and always have it on hand or because its a pain in the ass to clean kegs and lines that had soda running through them?

If I were to use fermcap would that eliminate the need for a blow off tube or just create less foam and keep it from getting out of hand? Does less foam mean less volume loss as well? Or is there still going to be loss of volume as the yeast eats away at the fermentables?

Ok all of that makes sense. There is probably about 4 3/4 gallons in my carboy, this is the basica carboy that is sold in all the LHBS and comes with their kits and is used with their instructions for a 5 gallon batch. I know you arent supposed to have too much head space for your beer and...

I try to pitch the yeast below 78 degrees, the ambient temp of the room I ferment in is usually between 68-70 during normal temps, winter time is gets a little cooler but not much. The fermentation temp of the beer in the carboy is usually between 66-70 degrees not a lot of varience. I keep it...

I have brewed it twice, once with the Northern Brewer kit and once with the Austin Hombrew kit. I prefered the NB kit, when it settled out, it was one of my more favorite beers. I did not find it overly sweet but could definitley taste the honey in the beer. I would say try it as they...

I do, I had to remove overflow fluid twice to keep from overflowing in my bucket

I have a question about the initial fermentation. I have brewed several beers this year, this year being my first. I have about 20 beers under my belt and have yet to experience this. I brewed an IPA a few weeks ago and the vicious fermentation stage blew off nearly a gallon of wort. I...

Question about Star San. I know its supposed to be a non rinse sanitizer, but I think my concentration may not have been diluted quite enough. It foamed up significantly so I rinsed the carboy a few times to try to get the foam to settle a bit. It does not feel "soapy" or anything like that...

so cold crashing will do the same thing, get the yeast to fall out and rack to secondary for clarification or just cold crash and put in keg? I would love to get this to about 6% and maybe a little on the sweeter side than dry, but I dont wany apple syrup or apple dessert wine, I want a cider...

Another question, since I plan on kegging and force carbing my cider, do I still need the campden tablets? I dont know exactly what they do, I know it has something to do with aiding the cabonation process but it seems like I can skipp that step. Also, is the dextrose for body or for priming...

Am I correct in thinking that as long as the only ingredients are apple juice (even from concentrate) and asorbic acid, it is something that can be used to make hard cider? For a better tasting cider I was thinking fresh pressed cider from our local growers would work best but that may not be...

I have a keezer that I built so I guess it will be well preserved in the 32 degree set up I have, it wont be sitting for too long, I am hoping it turns out as good as it sounds and it will be gone by nights end. I have not seen the Wegeman's juice here in Washington, is there another brand...

On the carmel apple cider does it need to be pasturized? I planned on kegging my cider, so if it needs to be pasturized can I do that still?

Cool, thanks, if I let it go for 2 to 3 weeks will that turn into something less than desireable? I see where a lot of people let their ciders sit for months and sometimes up to a year?

I have been reading throught these threads and I am getting a lot of different opinions on the cider brewing process. I was hoping to have a hard cider for my Octobrewfest funtion near the end of October. I was going to give it around 3 to 4 weeks to complete but now it seems like that is no...

So if I add another pound of LME or DME that is the Oat assured way of adding ABV to a batch? How will it affect the feel, taste and body of the beer?

So in a 5 gallon batch how much sugar should I be adding cups or pounds?

If I steep my grains say up to 60 minutes instead of 30 or 45 will there be more sugar extracted or is most the sugar out of the grains by the 30 minute mark. I want to try to up the ABV of my next batch, but I don't want to add sugars to sweeten it. I dont have time to get the LHBS so I was...