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Hi all. I made a batch of EdWort's Apfelwein a few months ago and it went right accorinding to plan - was cloudy for 4 weeks and then miraculously cleared in the 5th week. I bottled it and have enjoyed it. I decided to try again, but I decided to use Safale-04 instead of the Montrachet yeast...

I have a separate thread about how I might have brewed "apple juice" when I was trying to brew an ESB. For clarity, there was NO apple product involved. In researching, I found that I had been misusing dry yeast. Specifically, I had not rehydrated Safale-04 in the "bad" batch and added it...

Around Thanksgiving, I had some hops left over from brewing John Palmer's Lord Crouchback Special Bitter, so I decided to experiment with a small (2 gal) batch in my old Mr. Beer fermenter. Steeped 0.5lb Crystal 60L at @155 for 30 minutes in 1 gallon of water Brought to "almost" boil - cannot...

Hi all! I currently have John Palmer's Lord Crouchback Special Bitter in the primary fermenter. (Brewday was 11/10). This is my 4th batch of beer overall, the 2nd in 5 gallon batches. (I was a Mr. Beer guy for 2 batches previously.) The previous 3 batches have had a strong off-flavor that...

Hi all! I'm John from Southcentral PA. I'm an extremely novice home brewer. After Googling these forums for several weeks, I figured I might as well climb aboard! I look forward to learning from the experience and wisdom of the others here. Thanks!!! John