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I will be making my first all grain beer (BIAB) hopefully this weekend and figured that instead of using a kit I would just make up my own beer. I think I have it worked out but would still like some input and opinions on just about every aspect. The recipe is as follows: Fermentables...

Can anyone explain the difference in taste when backsweetening with Apple Juice, Apple Juice Concentrate, Spelnda, and Lactose? Or if people have used other ingredients to do it. I have to bottle as I do not have a kegging system and I am familiar with the stovetop pasteurization process.

So when I was bottling my most recent beer I decided to split the batch, 3 gallons in bottles and the other 2 split between two one gallons jugs for experimentation purposes. So I measured out the sugar into equal 1/5ths and boiled a bit of water and 3/5ths of the sugar. This is where I messed...

So later today I will be making a Belgian White. The recipe calls for some specialty grains to steep for 30mins the add the extract and hops etc. However after reviewed my supplies I realized that I have no bags to hold the hops or grains in. What is the best way to go about doing this? Oh...

So I bottled my first beer last week (sunday). I know most, if not everyone on the forums say to wait three weeks minimum before opening your first beer and drinking it. I decided to open one after a week. I want to open and drink one once a week so I can see how it changes over time. I...

This Christmas my brother and sister got me everything I needed to make my very first beer. This is something that I have been wanting to do for the past year, however the significant other was reluctant to allow me to. But alas she no longer had a choice as I now had everything. After...

The instructions that I received say to add hops at flameout. I understand that once I move to wort off the burner to add the hops then. My question is what is the general preference of the members of the board when it comes to either filtering them out before primary or leaving them in...