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Mixed enough for 6g into 1g and is sitting in my glass bottles prior to bottling later today. Should I be rinsing these after dumping the starsan? I ask as I understand starsan is a ph based sanitizer and I don't want to tweak the beer that's going in! Thanks in advance to anyone who has some...

Hi guys, Is it alright to use S04 to make a concord grape wine? I'm very new to brewing/winemaking and from what I understand different yeasts die off at different alcohol levels. Will S04 take the juice far enough or will it die off and leave an insane amount of residual sugar? If S04 isnt...

hey guys. had started a thread regarding these batches and am looking for some further advice. 4 batches started Dec 1st. Moved to secondary 3 weeks later. All slowed down to almost a halt and then started back up. Consensus said MLF was the cause. It's now March 1st and here's an update...

Hey Everyone! Have four batches all about 4 weeks into secondary and would like to age them for around 4 months. SO here's my question, if I want to age that long should I be hitting them with campden? I would like to bottle carbonate eventually and am a little confused on campdens role...

Started a 6.5 gallon batch on Nov 27 using wyeast 4766. Moved to a 5 gallon December 14 with an SG of .998. Cleared quick and dropped very little additional sediment. Around the 1st she started bubbling again and I cracked it Jan 5 for a taste. Last few days I've noticed it clouding up a wee...

Have two 3 gallons in secondary at about the 6 week mark. Would like to leave it a few months yet. Both have maybe a half inch of lees. Should I move em again? If so I'll lose some juice, what would I top up with to minimize headspace? Thanks folks!

Hi folks, 4 weeks into secondary and something looks funky. Started in a 5 gallon with hand pressed cider that was heat pasteurized. After fermentation moved into secondary and let it sit for a week or two and moved it one more time. Last time I added 3 crushed campden tablets and it went...

Hey everyone, Did some reading around on the site before asking but would like to explain my scenario for some targeted advice, and also to learn what I may have done wrong. I've successfully run three separate batches without issue and something is up with this one. I'm using picked...

Hi folks. First time cider maker and have a few questions. All of the cider I'm trying to make has been done with juice from "wild" apples that were picked from the trees, juiced and pasteurized prior to starting. I have a few batches in primary and one I transferred to secondary last...

We have tonnes of apples around our property so we decided to take a shot at making hard cider. We juiced pasteurized and are fermenting in a 5g glass carboy. Sterilized with meta bisulphate for carboy and tools as told by local winemaker. 1 day into fermentation and its bubbling like mad but...

Hey all. Look forward to learning how to brew from the pros:rockin::rockin: