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Drinking out of the cylinder. Yum.

Took a reading just now. Cider is at 1.010, was tempted to put the test cider back into my gallon jug but decided against it. Tasting it right now... a little watery, definitely a taste of booze, and still has a good apple note to it. I will definitely backsweeten in a secondary after...

I'll probably take a reading once its sat for a week. Looking to bottle carb. If I backsweeten with AJC, wouldn't the yeast just ferment all of that and leave me with bottle bombs? Would it be safest not to back sweeten it at all? Making this for my lady for valentines day. She seemed to like...

Crazy fermentation now, cider looks like when you open a fresh bottle of seltzer. I was considering adding some mulling spices from my secondary, or just using some ginger. Question: Can I drop spices/ginger into the secondary, or should I make an extract by boiling out ingredients or having...

Been 24 hours or so and it's bubbling every couple seconds from my blowoff tube. No crazy fermentation. I added another 1/2 tsp of yeast nutrient which brings it to the recommended 1 tsp per gallon. It fizzled like crazy when I dropped it into my primary. I definitely love beer but the idea of...

I would have thought a heavier beer would ferment easier because there is more sugar for the yeast. Huh. Also I'm just looking at brewmaster for IBU. I hope this isn't totally off because that app wasn't cheap.

I've had similar problems with beer not fermenting. Give it another day or so before you repitch yeast or add nutrient

Doing a test gallon of cider after reading this forum. Gravity of apple juice was 1.050, added a can of concentrate which only boosted the SG to 1.060. Still, I didn't want to run out to the store to get another can so I added half a tsp of yeast nutrient, shook, and added half a package of...

Ah!! You're right, it wasn't set to extract. You can't set 100% efficiency so I put 90%. Here's a tweaked version. Liberty Style: Unassigned OG: 1.075 Type: Extract FG: 1.023 Rating: 0.0 ABV: 6.81 % Calories: 247 IBU's: 52.15 Efficiency: 90 % Boil Size: 1.40 Gal Color: 15.0 SRM...

Using ibrew master. The auto calculate is probably off. Liberty Style: Unassigned OG: 1.061 Type: Extract FG: 1.018 Rating: 0.0 ABV: 5.63 % Calories: 201 IBU's: 44.17 Efficiency: 70 % Boil Size: 1.66 Gal Color: 15.0 SRM Batch Size: 1.00 Gal Preboil OG: 1.055 Boil Time: 60 minutes...

The first LHBS didn't offer to crush grains. Searched online and found a store 8 minutes from home who has a better supply and crushes for free!! My next recipe for 1 gal is going to be: Boil 1.6 gal Final 1 gal OG 1.061 FG 1.018 ABV 5.63% 1 lb golden light DME 1 lb sparkling amber DME...

This might have been answered already but what is the easiest way to take a hydrometer reading from a 1 gallon jug? I bought "the thief" and realized it was too big. Meant for 5 gal. Also the LHBS didn't have a mini auto siphon so I got a regular size. Hope it fits....

First batch was a Brooklyn brew shop that also had its share of issues :) boiled it over once, took a long time to chill, ugh. Tastes better than this one because the grains are precrushed, but its also still pretty green as I did both batches about a week apart from each other. It spent 3 weeks...

This is my first post but I've been reading a lot here. This community is excellent. I just tasted my first all grain and I have to say I jumped the gun. Tastes like watery lemons. I know its very green though. Almost everything in my process was unconventional. I had to "crush" my grain by...