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I have a christmas ale in a secondary fermentor, glass carboy. There is an off white foam that has been slowly forming at the top of the liquid over the last couple days. I added 2 tsp of cinnamon to the secondary before I racked the beer into it the carboy. I plan to bottle in 3 days. Is...

I'm trying to make a 5 gallon batch of hard apple cider that will be ready in spring for my fiance. We both enjoy woodchuck and I have read a bunch of recipes but haven't found one that is complete. Here is what I'm thinking and my questions will follow. 4 or 5 gallons of apple juice, no...

I am brewing a Christmas Ale and a friend who is a home brewer suggested that I add some raspberries (about 15 muddled in vodka) to a secondary fermentation. I am fermenting in the primary for around 4 weeks but was thinking about doing the secondary for the last week or two with the...

I am brewing a christmas ale. I put my dry yeast into a sanitized tuper ware with an energizer about 4 hours prior to the brew. After aerating the wort and adding the yeast, fermentation seemed to take off very quickly (around 1 hour). 48 hours passed. Now, there are only residual bubbles in...

I recently started home brewing. I brewed a batch of winter ale and made a mistake. After pour the wort into the primary I added "Pearle" yeast which I had given an energizer pack. I put the lid on the bucket but forget the airlock. I put the airlock on causing the rubber o-ring to shoot...