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Is the Mr. Beer kit a good way to start getting into ciders or do I not need to go that route? I have basic brewing equipment but have never done a cider and would love to try it since the season is coming. If anyone has any good tutorials too that would be great. Thanks! -Chris

Here is a good one I am currently fermenting. Just racked to secondary. Have heard good things about this one and its really easy. http://www.basicbrewing.com/database/index.php?table_name=recipes&function=details&where_field=id&where_value=36

hahaha, I take care of my trick or treaters ;) as long as their 21 or over lol

I love this site! :)

Awesome Beerman, thanks for the great advice, that is exactly what I needed :) Going to get a recipe together and try my first run next weekend when my fermenter is free'd up.

thanks all, just brewed a pumpkin ale that should be ready just in time for halloween :)

So I filled up my bubbler with vodka and pushed on the lid a bit to test the seal and some of the vodka spilled over and dripped into the wort, do I have to worry about anything? Thanks.

For the steps posted by the OP how would you determine you have conversion? I have never done any grain brewing yet, and when I saw this thread I thought it would be a good step in that direction. I am just curious as to how you know you have conversion? I have watched a video that showed a...

whatever it is all I do know is that I LOVE IT! :)

Thanks everyone, good insight! I want to do a barely wine next me thinks.

I was going to try this but I was afraid the beer would taste "more concentrated" so to speak. Thanks for all the replies that help. :)

its a myth, tried it already

Maybe I haven't read enough yet, well I know I haven't because I'm def not ready to go all grain yet. I have one more extract kit I haven't brewed yet and I'm wondering if its possible to get a higher alcohol content from a kit? I love my beers, they taste pretty darn good but I wouldn't mind...

I'm taking a road trip up to Cape Cod tomorrow night and I wanted to see if anyone had any good places to sample home brew or micro brew in the area? Or just anything beer related at all in that area. Thanks! -Chris :mug:

So I was reading "How to brew" by John Palmer and I came across some directions for a APA and he mentions disolving the DME in cold water first then at the end before flame out just dissolving the LME to pasteurize it? I have only dissolved the DME into warm or boiling water at the same time...

Good idea! I wouldn't have thought of that. Thanks!

It's a IPA and the temps have been pretty consistently mid 70's with a 80 or more once in a while (when my AC broke for a day or 2). I guess I will give it a try anyway and see what happens.

I brewed a batch of beer and after I racked it to the secondary I kinda forgot about it, vaca, hot weather, bbq's and car shows got the best of me. It has been in the secondary for a 4-6 weeks. Is it still good or should I just ditch it and start over? Thanks! -Chris

thanks guys! I will give the oxy clean a try, seems to be the universal fix all.

My primary fermenter, a plastic ale pale has some smells. At first it smell faintly of beer. I have only done one batch in it, and that was for 7 or 8 days tops. Then I put 5 gals of water and 5 tablespoons of bleach in it for a few days. Then it smelled of beer and soap. And to top...