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Hey everyone, So I'm a chemist which leads me to believe that the only way to filter something is with a big ass filter paper and funnel. I think if I pass my beer through filter paper into the bottling bucket that this might be a good way to filter it, BUT, I was curious if I could filter...

quick question: People on the cider forum seem to talk quite a bit about bottles exploding (cider bombs). Is this something that beer brewers must be careful of as well? (currently have my 1st batch of beer in bottles and my first cider in my primary) Or is it only an issue with cider since...

Hey forum goers, so i decided to throw 13 cans of frozen concentrate, one cup white sugar and a packet of yeast with 5 gallons of water into my carboy and see what happens. any idea what ABV I will get? will this be a cider? Wine? Is letting it sit in the carboy 3 weeks than bottling for 1-2...

Hey All, So for an experiment I simply added 13 frozen cans of apple raspberry concentrate, 5 gallons of water, 1 cup of sugar, and a pack of champagne yeast to my carboy. What will this create? Cider? Wine? neither? I accidentally forgot to take an initial hydrometer reading (This is why i'm...

Hi everyone, First brew, alcohol content is around 3.5% according to my hydrometer. I added 5 oz corn sugar priming sugar to the bottling bucket with 5 gallons of my beer and bottled it up. Will the ABV rise during the two-four weeks the bottles will be sitting? If so by roughly how much? One...