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So Im confused why this happened? Im going to dry hop for the first time and I know hops foam but why did yours foam so much?

I like the concept too. I also saw this in the BYO mag. I considered it but realized that you do need your own cordless drill to attach it to, which i do not have. And theres something about paying 30 bucks for a metal rod with some pads attached to the end that tells me somethings wrong. I...

Thanks guys I was planning on using champagne yeast to dry it out a little more then a usual BW. I used the Mr Malty calculator and it said that I could use 4.4 packs of dry yeast. I think Im just gonna pitch like 5 packs of dry champagne yeast. It would still be cheaper then buying 1...

Hello All I plan on making a 1.120 barleywine and have read much about yeast starters and Im pretty sure I would need to make a 3L one to be safe and have enough healthy yeast to ferment all that sugar!!! My question is that I have read that you should add a half a cup or DME to every 2 cups...

Thanks alot guys I think it was the different sites have different AA% that was throwing me off. Should I check with my LHBS for what the values of their AA% are? Does it differ from store to store like website to website?

Hello all So Ive been trying to make my own IPA recipe and have tried many different recipe calculator websites to try to find OG and IBUs. Well Ive gotten a wide range of different OG and IBUs for the same ingredients. Does anyone have an opinion on which recipe calculator is best or is...

Thanks guys would honey do something similar?

No real motivation, Im new, Ive never really made my own beer before (Ive never made one that wasnt a kit). And the last kit I got was a holiday ale and it added corn sugar. So Im thinking its time to grow up and stop using kits. I wanted to make a barleywine. Noticed that there were many...

ajf, How much would 1 lb of corn sugar add to the OG? Or whats the equation to figure that out?

He must of meant .75 lbs

Thanks bgough have you ever figured out approximately how much alcohol boost you get from the .5-.75 oz of corn sugar

Thanks alot guys. Sirsloop, Im still kind of a newb and dont 100% know what you mean by attenuation. Im figuring it means something along the lines of finishing the fermentation all the way through. The recipe I found called for 2 packets of yeast would this mean to not add them both when...

So Ive been searching on ways to boost alcohol content in my next batch a pretty much found that the best options are corn sugar and honey. Ive read that they both dont add much of a flavor but just add a dryness and boost the alcohol content. Does anyone have an opinion on which one is...

Hello all. I really want to make a high ABV barley wine but Im not a big fan of the super crazy sweet barley wine. I have seen many Double IPA recipes that involved using corn sugar to raise alcohol content but Ive looked around and didnt see much about corn sugar in barley wines. Does any1...

I make a hefeweizen and dump a 3 lb can of peach puree in when i rack to secondary. Then let it ferment further for 2-3 weeks. My girlfriend loves it

When I have alot of headspace in the secondary I just shake the carboy around a little after racking to secondary until there are bubbles on top. Then I put the airlock in and the CO2 from the bubbles push all the oxygen out.

thanks guys So would I even need to buy a 3 gallon carboy or could i use my 5 gallon carboy for secondary? I thought i would need a 3 gallon because of an oxidation problem with all that space in the 5 gallon.

Hello. Im a relatively new homebrewer and for my next batch I want to try to make a barleywine. I heard that barleywines need to condition for a long time so Im planning on trying to make a half batch. The recipe I wanted to try called for 2 packets of champagne yeast for a 5 gallon batch...