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A friend of mine has a ton of 40 oz king cobra bottles. Can I use these for home brew??? They have the plastic soda bottle type caps that are made of metal.

Just a little impatient and wanna start bottling

One last thing is the cider ready to be bottled Or is it better to age a little while before?

Would using artificial sweetener and a priming solution be a viable option for carbonation and sweetness? I want to keep it simple

Ok I took a reading and have a 1.010 reading. The og eas 1.056. Should I wait and do another reading in a couple of days or is it ready for bottling? The recipe says that the final gravity should be 1.010. Also the kit gave me 5 oz of priming sure for bottling. I now have a little less than...

I have a cider the I believe has finished fermenting. The og was 1.06 and the current gravity is 1.000. I am going to check the gravity again in 3 days to make sure it is done. I used 5 gal of apple juice, yeast nutrients and a little honey to bump the gravity and used s04 yeast. I started it...

My brother doesnt believe that homebrew can taste as good as store bought beer. He tends to drink king cobra malt liquor the most and I want to show him that it can be better. I want a recipe that can match or be better than king cobra in smooth and taste. Idc about cost this is a competiti0n...

So I just finished brewing a 3 gallon batch and I put the stopper in just enough and went to bathroom. My brother wanted to help and thought it wasn't in far enough. Now it's at the bottom of the wort. Is the beer ruined? It sat in no rinse washer for over an hour and was still soaked in it as...

Ahhh ok I didnt know that. should I wait for the beer to clear before doing hydrometer readings? I still have a little bit of foam on the top. Also just to be clear is the process like this? 1. Let ferment 2. Wait for fermentation to slow down and clear 3. Take hydrometer reading. 4. Wait a day...

It's a 5 gallon batch that came with my kit called fresh squished ipa. During the boiling stage it called for mosaic, nugget and citra hops vany remember the amount but i added 1 oz pf citra and 1 oz of mosaicfor det hopping. Since it's my first brew I'm not worried about aroma but just want to...

So I added the hops into my carboy after a week of fermentation. I realized that I was supposed to add them a week prior to bottling now. Will this cause a huge issue for me:confused:?

Ok thank you I'm just a little nervous opening up the carboy because of oxidation or adding something bad to the cider when taking hydro meter reading. I just make sure the pump is thoroughly clean and everything will be ok? Also when I get the hydrometer reading do I wait one day or more to...

I have a 5 gallon batch of cider fermenting. 5 gallons of apple juice. S04 yeast. And yeast nutrients used. Temp of 67 for fermenting. I started it a little over a week ago and the air lock activity has slowed down significantly. My question is I only have the one 5 gal carboy atm and wonder...

Currently the bubbler is still active. It's on its 4th day of fermentation. Is the stuff on the top krausan or is it yeast? I know the whitish goo looking stuff on the buttom is yeast. Also I dont plan on transferring it too a second carboy so how long is the typical time it should be left??

It's also my first batch:,) just want it to be a success. I was told to try s-04 on here. I got an og. Of 1.040 and added enough honey to get 1.055. 5 teaspoons of yeast nutrients for 5 gallons.

My cider has been fermenting for 2 days now. The foam formed on day one but went away after a day 2 when I got yelled at to move it out of an unused room. Currently the cider is bubbling pretty fast and there are bubbles around the side but I'm pretty sure that's the co2. The temp of the...

well im kind of a hoarder and have all the parts mostly to make this I would just need the peltier modules. my work area has an aquarium in it already so I have a beefy dehumidifier in there already. I know that these are inefficient but I feel like it wont be the bad in an isolated area for for...

I was wondering if this would be a good idea or not for a project. I want to build an insulated box that has 4 different spaces to hold up to a 6 gal carboy. I will use a Peltier module and temp sensor for the exact heat or coolness I want with a brushless fan to circulate the air in the...

Ill be going for the s-04. I think for back sweeting im going to try stevia. I think I will try pasteurizing later down the road because I want to try to keep it simple for now. Specific gravities I understand a little bit because I am in the process of researching that. I completely understand...

Is there a certain amount of yeast to gallon ratio? Also I was told that you have to add extra sugar like brown and table sugar to it? And is there a need for yeast nutrients?