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Hi all, I've been searching for an answer to this question for awhile but haven't been able to find a good answer. I made a 2.75 gallon batch of ice cider from frozen and slowly thawed juice. O.G. was 1.130, and the D-47 took it all the way down to 1.010. I was hoping it would stop around...

Hi All, Last year I made my first melomel (raspberry). After several months in the secondary it wasn't clearing so I decided to bottle it. After 10 months in the bottle it has dropped clear, but has left a ton of sediment at the bottom, making clear pours essentially impossible. Last...

Hi All, I have 3 gallons of fresh pressed juice from a friend's family farm. He added K-meta and K-sorbate per label instructions. I received the cider 48 hours later and added a packet of D-47 (without rehydrating), a pound of table sugar, and shook the carboy for 45 seconds. After...

Hi All, I brewed a Belgian dubbel about two months ago, and am set to bottle it tomorrow. I happened to take a peek at it just now, and I see a few strange (but small) floating patches on top of what was otherwise a very clear beer. I took a gravity reading, and it's still the same, and...

I'm brewing a lager, and based on Mr Malty I need about 435 billion cells. I made a starter (intermittent shaking) and stepped it up once (shaking again, but not every hour like the first time). Based on the Brewers Friend yeast calculator I should have around that many cells (approx. 450...

Hi All, I'm looking for some advice on a cyser I just started (3.5gal apple juice, 6# honey). I stupidly poured the honey in without heating it up first. Much of it settled to the bottom. I shook the hell out of it and got it all in suspension then had to go to work. I assume it will...

Hi All, I did a cider (Whole Foods juice, some tannin and acid blend and S-04) on 8/1/14. I racked to secondary on 8/30/14, with a stable FG of 1.003. Today I noticed a few "islands" of film on the top (pics attached), and I think it might be an infection. I sampled it last week, and it...

Hi All, I've been brewing for about 4 years, lurking for about as long. I do BIAB for the most part, jumping around the various BJCP styles when they strike my fancy.