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Hi all, Read the article on the main page for edwort's Apfelwein. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/edworts-apflewine.html Have an empty fermenter and thought I'd give it a try. Having trouble finding dextrose around here without paying an arm and a leg for it. Curious how other sugars will effect...

As I just learned some of the more technical parts of the Irish moss process, where it coagulates proteins from the chill part of the brew. Should I be filtering it before going into my primary, or will it simply wind up with the yeast cake. After chilling I pour the brew back and forth between...

Hi all, I washed some yeast according to the sticky in the yeast section. This was 3 weeks ago. Yesterday I boiled up a few table spoons of dme and added it to a 1 gallon glass jug I bought at my local brew store. While the dme solution was cooling I also let the yeast come to room temp before...

What is a good and inexpensive material that can be added inside the kettle during the mash phase. Looking to remove some headspace and help to insulate. Was also thinking of wrapping it up in a plastic bag. Does this make sence or am I adding an unnecessary step? TY

I was wondering if there was a method of making a mark inside a boil kettle to better judge volumes. Was thinking of making a scratch at the 5 gal mark, it might allow baddies to embed but the boil should take care of that. A visible marker would be better, but I do not know of something that...

Hi again all, I did 2 biab brews with the same recipe. The first went just fine, except for the typical learning experiences. For the second I had a tough time keeping it at a good boil. To compound that I also used a new homemade wort chiller, and added it to the boil 15 min before it was...

Hi all, Making the move from Partial extract to a biab. Plan to brew this weekend. My recipe is: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f63/pottsville-common-yeungling-lager-attempt-165157/ Using the one from the op not the modified ones further in that thread. I'm curious why there is a 90 min boil...

I read a few threads giving bottle conditioning times and temps for Ales, but what about lagers? Should I carbonate / condition at room temp or at the lower fermentation temp. Thanks in advance.

I'm still very new and have not moved to all grain yet. I understand why you all have elaborate setups for it, but I'm not certain why you MUST have so much equipment. Would it work to simply get a ~8 gallon cooler for a 5 gallon batch, add strike water and then grains and let sit for the...

Hi all, Lots of chat about sanitizing and preventing bad things from getting into the brew, so I had a question about the water. I'm new so only doing extract brewing at this time. I boiled 2.5 gallons of water + extract + hopes. After chilling I added it to the primary and then topped it...