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i made a 5 gallon batch of honey porter. after 2 weeks in primary abv was 1.020 i bottled 4 gallons and put one gallon in secondary with more honey. i added the honey to give it more of a honey flavor as well as raise the abv a bit maybe. it bubbled and bubbled and 2 weeks later the abv is now...

ok thanks. how much for 5 gallons??? j

i got a few things going. a 5 gallon batch of coconut porter that is with irish ale yeast a couple of various 1 gal batches of ciders with either champagne yeast or english cider yeast. and a starter of champagne yeast as well what kinda off flavors should i expect or look for. do...

it was hotter earlier. at what temp do yeast in a primary die off and become useless. i have since put the carboy in the tub with some cold water but its been 80or more in the house for a couple days. anybody know. will they make a comeback. is there a way to check by adding some dissolved...

hey i am a newbie. i wanted to make a shiner clone but was told bocks are lagers which i don't have the equipment to make. your's looks like an ale what gives.

hi all looking for a recipe for my girlfriends favorite beer. BOHEMIA!!!!

5 weeks seems like a long time. how was the coconut flavor?

I am brewing a coconut porter and am gonna add some toasted coconut to secondary. I read a couple recipes in diff places and a few of them mentioned their results were not great because the oil in the coconut killed any chance of a beer head. So i am wondering before i add the coconut if there...

i think i am gonna use a real coconut or two now. why the hell not.

i read a bunch about this recipe and couldn't tell if the original was sweetened or unsweetend. i was thinking of just using real coconuts and toasting that. but if i don't why unsweetend? the sugar will add to the abv but what else would sweetened do?

I got this recipe from another board and is based on a coconut porter by a japanese brewer that won some awards a while ago. His was an all grain and this is someone else's partial extract version. COCoNUT PORTER Grain/Extract/Sugar % Amount Name Origin Potential SRM...

i have a 3 gal secondary but it is full of something else. i don't have co2 tank so is there anything else i can do. can you really add seltzer? is there any other way to fill with co2?

so what you guys are saying is the surface area of the liquid(based on the diameter of the vessel) will affect the rate of oxidation. the height will affect how much oxygen is available. but since the beer is usually filling the headspace with co2 and no new air is getting in. and since...

thanks. if i start now wed but am not ready to make cider until monday can i let this mixture set out this whole time. or will it run its course and start to die? or do i let it go for two days or so and then put in fridge to put the yeast to sleep

ok thanks. since 4 are for 1 gallon batches and the 5th is a 5 gallon batch if i divide the starter as you described into 5 equal parts do i need to do something more to the 5th part to make it grow more. or will time simply make it grow enough to use for a 5 gal batch?

i did a search but really didnt find an answer specific to my questions. i have a vial of champagne yeast. i am trying to make 4 1 gallon batches of diff ciders(using diff sugars and additives) and one 5 gallon batch of appelwein. i want to use the same yeast for all. the yeast i have is...

thanks for the great reply. two question does it matter how high from the bottom you place the hole. most buckets i have seen are about an inch above the bottom of the inside of the bucket. can it be lower than that and two which may be obvious but.... why would you need a smaller...

hi made a chocolate stout where the recipe called for adding cacao nibs last 10 minutes of the boil. i strained them out on the advice of a friend before primary fermentation. then i started second guessing myself and I boiled the nibs in some water to sanitize and put in an ball jar. it...

i dont know the answer but i wanna follow this thread because i had the same sorta question. what kinda peppers you gonna use

Can you bottle half a 5 gallon batch and put the other half into secondary if the secondary container is a 5 gallon carboy. in other words will i run into any trouble with oxidation or anything by having my secondary fermentor being half full with beer and half full with air? i want to add...