I brew a pumpkin port that has cinnamon in it, I used the ground but it is hard to taste the spice after its done. I am going to try to use sticks this time and leave them in the fermenter. I hope this will step up the cinnamon flavor a bit.
The best way to prevent any oxidation is simple. After you let the beer age a few weeks, cool it down slowly and let it chill for a few days. Then drink it, and enjoy it with friends. You will never have any oxidation problem and you will always have friends. But if for some reason you would...
I have a similar situation. I am brewing a new Belgium clone of the 1554 and at just over two week I am at 1.032 I started at 1.054. It seems very slow to me. All the others ferment down very rapidly. I am in 68 to 70 deg. I am racking to a secondary to harvest some yeast and I am going to try...
If the lid was not sealed properley there would be gas leaking out of it and not the air lock, I would take a reading to see what you have and seal the lid and let if finish or rack to a secondary.
This is my first all grain. I am making a Bavarian Cherry Wheat. I added a 5oz of corn sugar to the wort just to add some gravity, it was a bit low I though. This thing is going like crazy it has so much foam that it plugged up my air lock. I used a hose and put it to a sterilized water bath. It...
I am brewing a batch of mr beer octorberfest. Its been a week and the bubbles have stoped it seems I took a reading and i am at 1.015 or so I started at 1.040. I am wondering if i should let go an other week, and will it spoil? Thanks in advance