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Hi, I brewed a pale ale with a 10lb grain bill of 9lbs 2 row, 1/2lb carapils and 1/2lb crystal 20l. This was done in a Brewzilla with 24qts of strike water and accounting for 5 qts grain abortion and 3qts boil off, I sparged with 6qts or so and have 5.5 gallons in my primary fermenter. When...

Hi guys, I was thinking of making a small batch of pineapple cider. I'm going to use real fruit(cubed from pineapples) in a 2 gallon fermenter. I was hoping to make this pineapple cider have an abv around 5 to 8 percent. So do you cider makers have a suggestion for yeast to use to have a lower...

We put together a simple honey mead and added orange slices and raisins for yeast nutrient(about the size of small raisin box per gallon jug) and the added Mangrove Jack Mead yeast. After 3 weeks with little airlock action the mead was set up to be racked to new clean 1 gallon jugs(2 jugs...

I am new to brewing and am ready to brew my first kit beer this weekend. When transferring from my 5 gal brew machine to my fermenter, should I let it pour out of the tap with as little agitation as possible? I have seen some guys stir there yeast into there wort saying the oxygen helps the...

Hi, I'm new to brewing and have seen a few brewers recommending bottled water, mineral water, distilled water and others using municipal water. My town pulls water from Lake Ontario and the PH is between 7.02 and 7.38. There is a residual chlorine amount too. Would using town water to brew...