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At least it is single digits. That is still low cal right?

On this first 1 gallon batch I made I added vanilla vodka (1 oz.) and a bit less than .25 oz of peel ( I soaked them for a day) and let them sit in the fermenter for about 3 days. I could just sort-of-kind-of taste the lemon and orange in there. This will be a 2.5 gallon batch so I plan on...

She would like more of a low calorie beer than a low alcohol, So a few extra tenths won't hurt her feelings at all. She might even thank me. I just don't have to tell her there are a few extra calories from the vodka

If you are adding the vodka (and I assume the peels?) to the bottling bucket, how much vodka are you using for about 2 or 3 ounces of peel? This is a 2.5 gallon batch.

I have made a low ABV low calorie beer for my wife. I am trying to add flavors to it. I want to add orange peel and lemon peel. what will give me more flavor? Adding it after flameout and steeping for 15 min? Adding it after flameout and leaving it in the primary the whole time till I bottle or...

I think I am going to love this thread. I will post one I did for my wife, hopefully, later today. I would like to get more people posting their favorites.

I don't remember what I was searching for but I do remember stumbling across Brandon O's post for Graff apple cider / ale and I found myself reading like it was a novel. I was hooked on HBT. I always come here first and do all my searches and asking questions before I Google anything else.

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Thank you. I am putting an order together now and will up my order

I have been thinking about using something like this. The question I have is do I need to up the amount of hops? After reading "how to brew" and John explaining about how a lot of surface area gives the oils a place to cling to, a spider, be it mesh, muslin or SS, seems to give an awful lot of...

+2.5 cream ale +2.5 lemon strawberry Shandy, +2.5 Graff Cider 2942 + 7.5 = 2949.5

This was a Northern Brewer British Bitter (the innkeeper i think. )Extract with steeping grains, hops, and yeast. No enhansers Not sure what a coopers kit is.

The post started out as me asking why do I want head on my beer. I typically don't like one but I must say they sure look pretty and impressive in pictures. I was wondering if I was brewing wrong since I never seem to have a head on my beer and looks more like soda in my glass than beer. I...

I just poured a new British Bitter (bottle conditioned for 3 weeks). Used some priming sugar tabs from a kit. No idea what the OG and FG were (I have a hydrometer on order) I do know it was a bit warm when I pitched the yeast. Still no head. Carbonation was "big" like soda carbonation. Lots...

This has really helped me to learn patience and brewing. I want to try everything and try it right now! This lead to more research and reading than brewing. Once I started doing simple brews the more I learned from doing. I could pick a simple style beer, pick a malt, a grain (for steeping in my...

The next time I have a beer with a head on it, I will pay closer attention to these things. Maybe I will find a new appreciation with it. P.S. Tracer Bullet it by far my favorite of Calvin's alter egos.

I keep reading a lot about head retention and how to achieve it. I have brewed 4.5 kits to date and none of them seem to have a head when I port them. They have plenty of carbonation but little to no head and what is there is gone fast. So the question is, "Why Do I Want a Head on My Beer?" I...

Perfect. They should be good for gifts. As for price, I am not to worried. I will fill them and give them to one of my boys. He will bring them back so I will give him more.

Has anyone ever used blue bottles? I assume they are better than clear glass. Are they better than green but not as good as brown? I see some 16 oz. cobalt blue, swing tops that I would like to use for special brewings but don't want to waste my money if they are not good for keeping the skunk...