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I made batches on 2 liter PET bottles which ended OK. I did not even boil every time. And I used poked ballons too :D But I have to admit that some batches tasted bad in the end, so to be on the safe side I would also try to sanitize as much as possible. BTW I would recommend making larger...

Yes, that's probably what I'll finally do. Not sure about which hops and hop schedule though. I have some Hallertau (3.5%AA), Tettnang (4.9%AA) and Magnum (14.9%AA). The Magnum is much stronger, so I'm not sure if I should even consider using them. I'll give it some thought while I wait for me...

Thanks for your input duboman! That's the point of my question. I can make the kit straight as it is, or use the ingredients I have available to "tweak" it a little. But I have a very limited amount of ingredients and no chance to get any more soon :( The only fermentables I can add are the...

Hi all, I recently adquired a new fermenting bucket with tap and lock, which will allow for brewing bigger batches. Until now I just made small mead and beer batches (around 2.5 gal). Now I will be able to make 5 or 6 gal batches wohoo! The bad side is that I don't have enough bottles for such...

Today is the 5th day fermenting. The airlocks are still bubbling but much more slowly. There is a 1inch thick layer of yeast in the bottom on each container. One thing I've discovered is that these water bottles have weird shapes and their inside is not flat, so yeast is also deposited in...

I made some JAOM and variants back in 2011. Some were in 3 liter plastic bottles with EVERYTHING still there...after racking and bottling one year and a half later, almost every batch is pleasantly drinkable. I had to discard only 2 batches because of bad flavour. JAOM and mead in general get...

Today the airlock activity level has slowed down noticeably. I had to change both airlocks again because some krausen got into them. Replaced them quickly with freshly sanitized airlocks filled with water and a few 96º alcohol drops. Two full days have passed since pitching the yeast. The...

After 24 hours the bubbling is constant. Some krausen entered into the airlocks and knocked the airlock caps off. Both containers are fermenting strongly. I had to remove the airlocks to clean them, with some luck nothing bad should have happened then... Fingers are crossed!

Unfortunately I did not take any pics of the brewing process. I took this pic from the locker the bottles are into, it's been 5 or 6 hours since pitching the yeast and the airlock already has a steady activity. It's bubling like once each 5 seconds. Sorry the pic quality is not great! Each...

I finally used these ingredients: 3lbs Muntons Light Dry Malt Extract 1oz Liberty Hops (pellets) Total batch size: 2.64 gal (10 liters) Boil water volume: 1.05 gal (4 liters) Boiled all the DME and 9/10 of hops for 60 mins and added the final 1/10 of the hops for the 2 last minutes. Unluckily...

Thanks a lot! That's a bunch of things to consider. I will try to add both hop varieties using your timing considerations. If the kitchen is available, I'm doing this tomorrow! Thanks for the tips, I'll try to let you all know how this turns out. :tank:

Hey aeviaanah, thanks for the quick reply! I had already searched for info like that and in fact I used hopville's calculator to check the resulting color and abv values. The thing is I need to use ingredients from that list because I don't have access to more ingredients for the moment. By...

Hi all! I'm quite a newbie beer brewer who's planning to brew a simple recipe beer. I have some experience brewing mead and variants (pyments for example). I have also brewed a custom beer in the past although the results were a bit dissapointing :drunk: This time I'm using legit beermaking...

I've brewed JAOM into 5 liter plastic water bottles and it's perfectly fine. In fact I forgot one bottle for more than 1 year (without racking! lol...) and after racking it was perfectly fine and tasty. The solid residue in the bottom was not pretty to the eyes though! It looked like cheese with...

I have to say, I forgot two 5 liter carboys full of JAOM for almost 1 year (short of a couple of weeks!). They were sitting on a dark place with the airlocks and were never racked. A week ago I found them and they were totally clear, and a big cake had formed below. I directly racked the liquid...

Yeast is able to replicate and expand all over the must so it is not necessary to add more. You might get a quicker start from a bigger amount of yeast, but I have used always the same amount (1 little bag) for different capacities (1, 2, 3 gallons) and it works OK.

Simple? Sure, it's easy as pie. For 5 gallons, multiply everything x5 except for cloves and yeast. Use the same amount or at most x2 cloves, and the same amount of yeast would be enough. Good luck :fro:

Yes, the BeerSmith software makes a really great approximation of my measured OG. I guess I will purchase the whole program! For what is worth, I will name this beer My First Ordinary Ale. I know I'm using European extracts and yeast but American hops, so I guess this is is a fair name. I am...

Thanks for the reply! (I love The Big Lebowski hehehe) I used BeerCalculus, although I'm not sure about the ingredients listed there (there was no exact match for the Mountmellick extract for example). Glad to hear about the reading not being too far off. What kind of beer do you think this...

Hello all, today I have made my first homemade beer batch. It is not my first fermented beverage, I have some traditional meads on the way, but it is my first beer and I have some doubts about it. I only had a few ingredients so I had no other choices for my first batch. Every container and...