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So there is this strange growth in the secondary. A blob giving off bubbles. What is it? I was busy and I left the Cyser in the primary for almost three months. Never opened it but the air lock still had sanitized water in it. Moved the 1.5 gallons to two secondaries and topped off with AJ...

So I bottled some Graff with enough sugar to carbonate and sweeten, with a plastic bottle to check pressure. And forgot about them...until now. Started to stovetop pasteurize and just got to 110 degrees and 4 out of 10 blew. Panicked I started putting the rest in the frig and one blew in my...

I have 2-4 beers every day. Is that too much? How do you know how much is too much?

But it was by accident. I bought a kit from Midwest Supplies, that has "everything you need". So I used the "easy clean" that came in the kit. When I got low I went back to Midwest Supplies and asked for a sanitizer and they sold me more Easy Clean and some oxi type cleaner. Now one year to...

I have a system I like for cider or cyser. At bottling I add one can of apple juice concentrate per gallon, bottle with one bottle being plastic. When plastic bottle sufficiently hard I pasteurize. I don't like chemicals so I use new bottled juice so no campden. What if I sweetened with the...

I have never made beer. I got some Cascade hops in pellet form. Can I just through them in as is in primary. Do I have to heat them first?

I heard Hard Lemonade is tough to ferment, but now what? a. 4 cans lemonade concentrate b. 3 lbs sugar c. 1.5 tsp of each yeast energizer and yeast nutrient d. K1-V1116 yeast e. Boiled water to dissolve sugar, added ice to make 1.5 gallons f. 2014-7-19 put in 5 tea bags and stirred. g...