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Just (brewed) put-up? my 1st Mead Made a Pumpkin Cyser, from the recipe section, changed to a 1 gal batch well so far so good.:ban:

Thanks, will make the changes Im into brewing beer so thats were the Boil and the irish moss comes in

Hello I looking to brew my first Mead Thinking about spiced pumpkin mead for thanksgiving (am I too late, with the ageing required?) How does this sound? 15# honey 1gal water 4gal apple juice 2# dark brown sugar 1 large can pumpkin (roasted in a 400F oven) 1 oz Cinnamon stick in 2ndary...

I live in St Clair Shores, I have never added Gypsum, looks like I should? I'm not doing AG do I still need to add? Is the 1tsp for light beers only? more for darks?

I did the same thing, felt the plastic "can" jar start to swell and was able to point away from me before the top popped! sprayed all over the kitchen counter, wall and cupboards, cleaned it all up, and my wife bless her she still lets me brew in the kitchen

14 Days...

have it in secondary right now Added a oak spiral that was soaked in Dark Rum

Hello Grand Rapids Son goes to GVSU.....I love your town How offten do you get to the Hop Cat? Founders?

Hello Al, st clair Shores here

Getting ready to Clean a New batch of bottles, in the past I have soked in TSP and Bleach, ran out of TSP so this past weekend I picked up some Oxi-Clean How much do I use, say for 5gals? How long do I soak? Do I still add the bleach

+5 Blood Red Wit 1631 + 5 = 1636

Hello from due east of you, shores of lake st clair..... Youngest goes to GVSU

Pumpkin Butter Wine? Last fall I was able to get my hands on quite a few “pie” size Pumpkins and was able to make quite a bit of Pumpkin Butter I am a fan of Jack Keller’s wine web site and have made a few of his, I know he has a recipe for Jam/Jelly wines, but can you use Fruit butters too?

I have a Jalapeño in the primary right now

Ok I know just staring out you do some stuped things, well here goes mine. Ive made only BB Kits so far, so today I went to the brew show to pick up the list of items for a brew I found on in the Recipe section Blood Orange Belgain Wit 6 pounds Briess DME Wheat (60 minutes) 1/2 ounce...

Hello from outside the D....New here too

I was just at a local brew show and one of the items I looked at was the bottle sealing wax but at $13 -15 per LB (I know from looking at on line stores is the going rate) was more than I would spend. What is so special about this wax? Outside of the color How about candle wax from a craft...

"3 cans of tart cherries to secondary. I didn't get enough cherry flavor after a couple weeks so added an ounce of extract to the bottling bucket and now 2 weeks after bottling the cherry is overwhelming." Steve, I was thinking of making a Cherry Stout as my next beer Q. What size batch did...

HbgBill this I have to try

1st of many questions I have to ask 3 of the 4 beers Ive brewed called for seeping of Specialty Grains, and I hope Ive done it right bring the water up to the Temp listed (say 150-165 F) Turn off fire under the pot Add Grain bag w/ grains start timer for the time listed Cover was I to...