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Thank you all for you excellent advice!!!! Right now I think I'll wait a week and add the hops in a bag. I might even do 2-stage as suggested. Can't hurt right? Only thing is I don't know if I'll want to wait another week. I'm so excited about this batch, I might have to try to accelerate...

Thank you brick haus! You advice is stacked and that's a fact. :mug: Should I check gravity in another 2 days or so? I don't want to invade the pail more than necessary. Just dump the pallets straight in, no muslin bag?

I have never dry hopped before. This is only my 4th beer batch (done much more wine). On Saturday I did a Pliny clone extract kit from MoreBeer! and everything seemed to have gone perfectly (there's a first time for everything). OG was 1.072 ish and I just tested it again tonight since the...

Question. I had a batch that was 2-months in the carboy and I racked it straight to a corny. I was careful to leave the trub behind. Cold crashed before racking. I pumped up the keg and let it sit charged in the fridge for a week. Then I pulled it out and filled 4 grolsch bottles and stuck them...

Question. I had a batch that was 2-months in the carboy and I racked it straight to a corny. I was careful to leave the trub behind. Cold crashed before racking. I pumped up the keg and let it sit charged in the fridge for a week. Then I pulled it out and filled 4 grolsch bottles and stuck...

I tested it a few days ago and it was at 1.00 or even slightly under. So I racked it. That was Saturday. Now it is Monday and there appears to be no airlock activity at all. I'm worried that there is oxygen in there with no CO2 generation to drive it out. I need to get to the store to buy...

It's been about a week since I added the yeast nutrient, so I tested the gravity again and came up with 1.02 now. Still tastes sweet (and pretty good). I was hoping that it would be lower by now. I had a ton of space in there since testing gravity takes so dang much out. So I added a bottle...

I have various brewing stuff, but nothing high end. I have somehow acquired a lot of wort chillers of all qualities. I have maple syrup that I make. I even occasionally have cash. I am looking for Grolsch bottles. I work in Wilmington, MA and live in Raymond, NH and I could meet wherever...

28,461.5 + 5 = 28466.5

OK, I stirred, added the yeast nutrient, stirred again, had a little bit of a volcano (I added slowly, but obviously not slowly enough, haha) and now the airlock is back on. Fermentation has really kicked back in! I think that my plan now it to wait a couple of months and once it is nice and...

Is there anyone in my area that could spare some rhizomes? Looking for anything known to grow well in this area (Southern NH) Willing to pay but could also trade. I make maple syrup so I have some. I also have a nice stainless coil that just needs hose fittings to make a wort chiller. I...

Thanks yooper, I just did a test. It is at 1.03, I started at 1.09. Based on that, I understand that it still has some fermenting to go. But I don't know what action to take, or what reading to wait for before I do take any action. For now I just plan to leave it going as is and try to spend...

Thank you for your reply. Next year when I make another batch, I'll use the yeast that you recommended. For this current batch, it is too late to add the nutrient and/or lemon juice? Or should I just leave this one as-is? It was in primary for a weekish and now it has been in secondary for...

Thanks for your reply Jen. That makes sense and I am glad to hear that the slow ferment is OK. Looks like I should be on track. I'll have to go pick up a hydro! On a forum dedicated to maple syrup, there were a bunch of members that had tried their own maple wine and the consensus there was...

I have a hydrometer that reads out in brix for my maple syrup making. Guess I'll test it and see where I am at. What should I have for a brix reading when it is "Done"? 1 or less? Sorry for the noob questions. I guess I was concerned that it got a slow start and maybe did not build up...

I am attempting a Maple Wine. I have some limited experience brewing (2 beer batches, 2 hard cider batches, 1 pineapple wine batch) So far, so good. But this Maple Wine I am starting to question myself and I am wondering if I should just proceed as I have been , or if anyone has any...