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Yes I am fermenting it dry. I am going to take a reading on it tonight to see how far along it is. hopefully it finishes up in the next few days because i need to transfer it to my secondary and get my pumpking ale started. I think I am going to stabilize it though because I am going to...

Just an update. I added 5 gals of cider with 1 lb of brown sugar . I put the brwn sugar in to bring up the O.G. to 1.054 going to ferment for a week and take a few readings. When its done Im going to transfer to a secondary and leave with oak chips for a week. probably test it 3 days in I...

Ok so I am going to make batch (5 Gallons) tonight here is my plan. Dump 5 Gallons of cider in the fermenter with Yeast nutrient Add champagne yeast Wait till fermentation stops and rack into secondary with oak chips and 1 tbl of pure vanilla extract. Leave for 1 week (?)...

What does the brown sugar add as far as flavoring goes in the beer? If I am kegging and force carbing is there a way to get that favor profile in it? do I just add it to the boil? Also would the canned pumkin a 1:1 ratio to cooked pumpkin? We dont get pumkins here untill mid octoberish...

What would be the pro con of apple juice vs cider?

So I am new to homebrewing and currently have a american pale ale it bottles that will hopefully be ready in the next few weeks. But in the meantime my fermenter sits empty and that's troublesome. I have also found the joy of modifying my first recipes to try to achieve a certain taste. So...