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Does anybody live in the Westfield NJ area who has a capper that I can borrow for a few hours at the moment?

I am looking forward to doing my first wine kit. I have been brewing beer for a few years now. To ensure a clean and not contaminated wine should I boil some water and use that for my top off water (cooled of course). Is this necessary? It seems like most people just use tap water or...

I've been homebrewing for about a year and a half now and would like to try out wine. My question is what do you think I would need to buy equipment-wise considering that I have all of my homebrewing equipment on hand. Doing a little bit of research, this is what I came up with: 8 gallon...

So I'm currently mashing a thrown together amberish ale recipe because I was bored and wanted to brew. But, I got no yeast! I figured I'll try some spontaneous fermentation and the just let it cool by the screen door tonight and see what happens. Am I crazy? Probably...do I care...Nope!

I want to make an eggnog flavored beer for the holidays. I want it to be a fairly high gravity ale (around 1.075). My favorite eggnog recipe is Alton brown which has eggs (of course), sugar, dairy, bourbon, and nutmeg. I also want to add this eggnog tea that bigelow makes. My beer...

I am planning on making a one gallon batch of cider this week. I will be using dry yeast. Could I hydrate the whole package then use 1/5 of that "starter" and then keep the rest in the fridge for the future? If so, how long will those yeast stay viable?

I was just thinking about doing a single hopped IPA. Let me know what you think. 11 lbs American 2-row 1 lb Crystal 40 3.5 oz Amarillo (8.5AA) for the boil (0.25 ounces every 5 minutes from 65min-0min) 1056 Yeast 1.5 oz dry hopped OG: 1.065 IBU: 70 I was wondering if anybody had tried...

Let me know what you think: It'll be a brew a bag with a 60 min mash @153F and a 170F mash out 6.5 lbs 2-row 1 lb oats 1 lb wheat malt 1/2 lb roasted barley 1/2 lb chocolate malt 1/2 lb dark crystal 2 oz kent goldings wyeast irish ale Should have an OG of 1.055 The wheat is for more body...

Has anybody ever tried brewing Northern Brewer's ReyPA partial mash recipe? If so, how did it turn out? Thanks!

I tweaked this around a bit with some help. This is what I am looking at now. A partial mash (5 gal) brew: 2 lbs 2-row .5 lbs Biscuit .5 lbs Coffee .5 lbs Flaked Oats .5 lbs 1 lb Crystal 120 5 lbs LME 1.5 oz Fuggles @ 60 min Nottingham Ale Yeast Adding 2 oz of maple wood chips 1 week...

This is my first attempt to building my own recipe. I will be doing a partial mash brown ale. Comment please. 1 lb Dark Brown Sugar 1 lb Real Maple Syrup 3 lbs Gold Malt Extract 3 lbs Simpsons Golden Promise 4 oz. Biscuit Malt 4 oz. Coffee Malt 4 oz. Caramel 60L 1 oz. Perle 1 oz...