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If it is from a local orchard, it is probably OK. Also, I don't know how much sorbate they add. Certainly enough to prevent spontaneous fermentation from wild yeasts, but when pitching a lot of yeast and making conditions sort of ideal for multiplication, it MIGHT not be a big deal. I never...

Sugar (sucrose) has 46 points per gallon. That is 1 lb/gal = 1.046 174 g = 0.38 lb 0.38 lb/5 gal = 0.076 lb/gal Not sure what you are asking here. If you already have have an OG of 1.070 and you add a can of this stuff to 5 gal, you are adding (0.38/5) *46 = 3.5 points (corrected OG =...

I've found that a lot of generic grocery store ciders include potassium sorbate as a preservative which will definitely impede fermentation. Ciders that are Cold Pasteurized or UV treated don't have any Sorbates. Regular old Apple Juice seldom contains sorbate as it is probably heat...

I've never added any yeast and it has carbed up just fine, but does take some time. Sometimes if I am really worried I will just suck up some of the lees into the bottling bucket. Not enough to make it cloudy, but so I know there is some yeast in suspension. Even when I bottle crystal clear, I...

Just bottled 2.5 gal of mixed Apple/Pear (2 gal Apple Juice, 1/2 gal Gerber's Pear Juice) +2.5 = 21,352.5

3 WEEKS???? No, just overnight.

So I got really busy and finally racked it to secondary today (Primary for about 3 weeks). Hit the desired OG pretty close, 1.015 5.6% ABV Still pretty cloudy, but I was astonished at how good it was!!! Yes a little residual sweetness, and some sorghum tang (tasted a little like molasses)...

Heh.. I always say: "You can always spot a homebrewer. He's the one surreptitiously picking up the empties at a party" I hate it when people bring Heineken to parties. Those labels are hell to remove... :D

No the buckwheat was not malted. It was just a box of store bought roasted buckwheat groats (Kasha) that I oven roasted to try and darken it a little. I've cooked and eaten this many times and never had such a bitter taste, but maybe steeping extracts out some bitter components that get masked...

Whoa.. So this is what the SORGHUM bite is like (or was it from my steeped buckwheat??) I tasted some of the "wort" and it was REALLY BITTER. The hop schedule was pretty light by design, but I see what people mean about loading up on hops to mask the sorghum bitterness. Hopefully after the...

Thanks! That reminds me... I've never used the Danstar Windsor before (plenty of Nottingham, though). Generally it is described a 'leaving a higher gravity' which may be a bad thing in this case, as there will already be some residual sweetness. Nevertheless, I've seen other GF recipes with...

Thanks for all the helpful advice on these pages!! This weekend I am trying a pretty generic recipe. Comments welcome. Starting with a 2.5 gal batch, since I have no idea if the person I am making it for will find it REMOTELY drinkable. Total batch/boil: 2.5 Gal 2.5 lb Fermentap...

Yes, read the labels. Juice from concentrate is not necessarily bad, but if it has Sorbate to stabilize, it shouldn't be used. A lot of the Apple Cider you see in supermarkets is stabilized with sorbate,while the fresh apple cider from local producers tends to be 'cold pasteurized' and sometimes...

No problem. I think just about all the cheap store-bought juice I have used is from concentrate.

OK.. I got replies from both Morebeer and Coopers Brewery: MoreBeer's Maltodextrin is isolated from Corn, so it should be gluten free. (I guess there is always the possibility that it is made on the same line as wheat products, but generally it seems that GF brewers use maltodextrin without...

Can't see why not. I just ordered 5 lb of Dextrose from Morebeer.com for $7.95, so the Now Sports stuff is a little more expensive than Homebrew stuff..but not too much

Thanks for the Coopers info. I did email the company for confirmation, but have not yet received a reply. I have Danstar Windsor and Nottingham on hand as well just in case. MoreBeer is checking with their maltodextrin supplier as well, but I am pretty sure it is ok.

Quick question: Is Cooper's Dry Ale Yeast Gluten Free? Have some I need to use up and I promised a friend that I would take a shot at a Gluten Free beer. (Looking at a Sorghum/Rice/Roasted Buckwheat (Steeped) with a Hallertau/Tetnager hop profile.) Also have some Danstar Windsor yeast that I...

Quick question: Is Cooper's Dry Ale Yeast Gluten Free? Have some I need to use up and I promised a friend that I would take a shot at a Gluten Free beer. (Looking at a Sorghum/Rice/Roasted Buckwheat (Steeped) with a Hallertau/Tetnager hop profile.) Also have some Danstar Windsor yeast that I...

Forgot the decimal point... 0.8 lb... 4 gal/5 gal * 2 lb/5 gal = 1.6 lb/4 gal divided evenly between Dextrose and Brown Sugar. Sorry bout that