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So its my first time making cider and I plan on bottle conditioning but want to make a sweet cider not a dry cider. I haven't had a bottle bomb yet(knock on wood) and I think that trying to pull off bottle pasteurizing would end poorly for me. Has anyone had luck back-sweeting with splenda...

I am Planning four different 2 gallon batches of a Red IPA so I can try a few different hop schedules. my planned malts 2.25 lbs Maris Otter 2.25 lbs 2 row 3 oz Roasted Barley 4 oz Crystal 30 For hops I have 1 oz El Dorado, 2oz Citra, 1oz Falconers Flight, 1oz Falconers 7C's...

So with my first BIAB it was also my first time taking gravity readings OG: 1.060 @40 degrees put it in the fridge and forgot about it FG: 1.000 @80 degrees room was just hot so brewers friend says that the adjustment for temp is 1.059 and 1.001 what does this level of attenuation do...

With a 5 gallon batch can I just add 6 oz. of hops over the last 30min and still have a decent IPA, or do I need to add something at the 60 min mark? I'm thinking El Dorado, Citra, and Cascade. Brewers Friend says it will still hit 90ish IBU. I have never used El Dorado before can anyone...

I have seen some recipes that have .5 lbs crystal 40 and .5 lbs crystal 120. why would you not just use 1 lbs crystal 80 or would it even make a difference? As I understand the crystal malt is mainly used for coloring wouldn't both beers be equivalent. Thanks in advance for the education.

So this past weekend I brewed my first BIAB brand new kettle. So I was tossing a lot of hop pellets straight in and I totally clogged the bazooka filter. whoops. The end result being I used my syphon and a lot of the hop residue made it into the primary (like an inch and a half has dropped out...

does anyone know of any online suppliers that ship to an FPO? I just looked at MoreBeer.com, I was just looking at 20lbs of grain and don't really want to pay $70 in shipping.

I have been brewing 3 gallon extract batches in a mr beer and it just wasn't enough beer to share. So I just ordered the Bayou Clasic 800-416 the 16 gallon kettle. I want to do a 10 gallon batch. Not sure about how the efficiency will be but I'm going to assume 70%. aiming for 6% around...