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I was brewing a red ale. Then my wife was feeling terrible all of a sudden, so we left for the emergency room. I took 5 minutes to throw everything in a carboy and a pack of dry yeast (better risk it than throwing it away) It was at 35°C (95°f) when i put dry yeast pack and had boiled foronly...

Hola ! I just mixed my first kit of red Shiraz wine. I did it yesterday and fermentation is slowly starting today ! I did a lot of research and I read that I should mix it daily during 1st fermentation. Apparently I have to mix enough to get all co2 out. Can I use an electric hand...

Anybody here ever try the costco wine kits ? Its 100$ for a kit that makes 60×750ml bottles ! The reviews from customers are all very good. Apparently they taste great. It comes with 60 corks and shrink wraps and labels. Sounds like a great deal ! Anybody here try them ? This would be my...

Ok. Long story made short. I brewed a porter. Ran out of gaz on bbq and by the time i came back home and reheated everything. I barely had time to boil the wort for 15 to 20 minutes. I then had to leave for work so i cooled wort down and added yeast. Luckily my wife cleaned up the mess. So...

I'm looking to buy my first keg because I'm tired of bottling and keg's are cool. I found this in the local ad's. Is this a good price ? Are these any good ? What should I check if I go there ? Is there a good keg buying guide thread ? Thanks...

I started brewing in February 2015. I started with a couple of coopers extarct kits. I was proud of them. Now in may I bought all grain equipment. I have brewed 3 batches so far (red ale, Porter, blond ale). Wow ! The difference ! I'm now ashamed of my extract kits. Can't wait to have them all...

I bottled a 5 gallon batch of "Bailey's red ale" about 3 or 4 weeks ago. And I barely have any bubbles ? I used a lot of priming sugar since I like it very bubbly (about 1.5 cups of pure Amber maple syrup for 15 liters). All my other beers turned out fine (Peggy's stout, nugget nectar..) And I...

Hi ! I started brewing from extract in febuary 2015. Now i just bought a complete all grain kit (pot/immertion cooler/5gallon carboy/...). I just did my 3rd all grain brew today. It took me a bit over 5 hours ! Is this normal ? Does it take less time with experience ? With better equipment...

I made my first apple cider about 5 weeks ago. Fermented, secondary... 9 days ago i bottled evrything. I added 1.89 liters of best quality apple juice to every 6 liters of pure cider. The apple juice contains 25 grams of sugar (27 total carbohydrates) per 250ml (1cup). So that means ~190...

How much beer do you brew ? I started brewing about 4 months ago, i now brew about a 5 gallon batch (so about 50 beers) every 10-12 days !? Since i started brewing seems we have a lot of visitor's on saturday, mmmm bbq. I dont mind since they usualy bring food,cake,chips and stuff. Im just...

Well, the title says it all. It was stuck and i managed to make it fall in while trying to get it out. Anyone ever been in same situation ? Im talking about the rubber plug that holds the vent on the carboy. Any ideas ?

Hi again ! I juiced 40kg of apples (4 different kinds including green for "tartness"), added 1kg of brown sugar, and fermented them for 10 days. Then transfered it to secondary for another 10 days. It is now ready to bottle. I read the technique of adding juice to sweeten it. Then bottle...

Hi ! I have a 6×6 closet that i want to convert into a coldroom to store my beer and fermentor. I would insulate the walls,floor and door. Now the problem is cooling it. Temperature in the room holds around 25 to 30 (75-85) during the warm season. I dont need that many btu's sincei only...

About 10 days ago i used my slow juice extractor to extract the juice from about 40kg of apples (~65lbs). I filled a 23l carboy and added the white labs yeast. Primary fermentation is now done and i want to transfer it to my secondary 19l glass carboy. Problem is i have a lot of apple deposits...

Hi. Ive brewed up about 8 batches so im starting to get into more complex and better beers. Ive just brewed up my first partial brew ! a very good red ale! Ive bottled half the batch after primary fermentation (added priming sugar of course). And kept the other half in a sealed up (with...