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I plan to brew my first cider and wanted to get input from others on my plan. I want to brew a semi-sweet to sweet cider similar to Downeast. Plan to get raw pasteurized apple cider (or unpasteurized and pasteurize myself) from most likely Trader Joes or Wholefoods. I live in Boston so I'm sure...

In the past Ive added coarse ground beans to the fermenter in a mesh bag with great results. However this requires opening up the fermenter multiple times and dirtying a bag. I do pressurized fermentation in corny kegs which is one reason it's not desired. It sounds like making a concentrated...

Brewing with honey for the first time in a 5 gal batch of a DIPA. I've got about 8 oz of raw honey that was given to me about 6 months ago by a friend that is a beekeeper. I realize this amount of honey probably won't have much of an impact, but I'm only looking for a subtle honey note in the...

TLDR: When to add fermcap, oxygen, and yeast to prevent mixing of Fermcap with yeast? I have recently begun to ferment in corny kegs and due to messy blowoff of 5 gal batches I decided to use Kerry Fermcap S in my last batch. I added the Fermcap immediately after transferring cool wort (~80F)...

Been researching electric brewing for a month or so now and starting to piece together my build. I figured I'd start a thread here to document the build and get feedback. Initially I planned to post once I got everything planned out, but yesterday I came across what appears to be a steal on some...

Sorry if this has been discussed before, but I didn't have any luck with a search of the forums. Unfortunately in the near future my brew buds and I will all be separated due to work relocation. Right now we have a 10 gal traditional 3 vessel system using propane. Given that shortly down the...