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This is my 3rd cider. First two came out great. With this batch, i Added Super-Kleer KC Finings. Two days later, this monster was lurking. It's now been 1 week. It must be alive because it floats then sinks then repeats. Has anyone experienced amoebas like this before? BTW, the cider smells...

Every brew i've made (A whole 6 batches :D), i attached a blow off tube with other end in water and star san. When fermentation begins, the bubble activity is intense. Well, this current brew, a Spiced Winter Ale also has blow off tube. The yeast are in sugar heaven, swimming and eating...

Tomorrow, I'm brewing a Northern Brewer's Spiced winter ale. Some of the reviews say that its too heavy on the cloves. Others say they added orange peel. Has anyone brewed this beer, and if so did you make any changes to the recipe? I smelled the mulling spices and it does have a strong clove...

When calculating the ABV for Cider, which formula do you use...the one for beer: OG - SG x 131.25 = ABV% or the one for wine: OG -FG/7.36 x 1000 = ABV %? I did both, and my ABV came out to: Beer formula: 1.064 - 1.002 = 0.062 x 131.25 = 8.1375 % Wine formula: 1.064 - 1.002 = 0.062/7.36 =...

Hello all. Michael here brewing in Las Cruces, NM. Any brewers in the southern NM area?

It's not as pretty as some of you very skilled wood craftsmen, but it's functional and holds temps quite well. I just have to finish sealing the inside with aluminum tape. It's been caulked already. I'm excited to brew a Cream Ale tomorrow, which will be the first brew that get to sit in the...

Ok, On 9/15, I posted this first pic asking if this is an infection. Tonight, I bottled this Robust Porter. This is how it looks now, 2nd pic (the white in the bottom right corner is the ceiling light reflecting). My theory is that the white stuff in the first pic is co2 bubbles, and since i...

This is my second brew. So i'm unsure if this is normal or a infection. It's a Robust Porter. Brewed on 8/24/14. I didn't secondary. Temps have been between 66-68 degrees.

I finally reached bottling day :ban: I brewed a India Black Ale on 8/16/14. Dry hopped on 8/29/14. Wanted to dry hop for 7 days, but "Life" got in the way. So it dry hopped for 9 days. Transferred to bottling bucket (after sanitizing everything with star san), mixed and added priming sugar...

I just took the first SG reading of the India Black Ale. I sanitized (starsan) my siphon, hydrometer, around the airlock, and my hands. Drew out a test sample. The SG reading is 1.016. The ABV is now at 5.25%. Then i tasted the sample. If you can imagine a HUGE RONALD McDONALD SMILE :ban: OR A...

I brewed my first brew (India Black Ale) on 8/16/14. the OG reading was at 1.056. As per the instructions, i transferred to secondary on 08/21/14. The SG reading was 1.019. It's now one week in secondary, and i'm getting one bubble every minute. If i follow the box instructions, i should be...

I'm brewing my first beer, a India Black Ale. On 8/16/14 at 9pm I put the brew into the fermenter. It started to ferment the next morning. It is now the forth day and the bubbles in the airlock has stopped. My question is...do I take a FG reading now or wait a few more days? the instructions on...