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I have a 5 gallon batch of cider that is almost finished fermenting and I would like to add some lavender flowers to it before I keg it. My question is, how much lavender should I use in a 5 gallon batch. I really don't want to use too much. I was also thinking about adding a cinnamon stick...

I recently brewed a Golden Ale using an American Ale yeast. It was brewed 2 1/2 weeks ago and the krausen has not completely dropped yet. It looks really strange, all lumpy as you can see in the picture. Is this normal? I took a gravity reading and it read 1.010 which should mean it's done...

I am preparing to brew a saison ale and the recipe is a bit confusing when it comes to the hops. It reads as so: 5.64AAU Hallertau hops (1.41 oz/40 g at 4% alpha acids) 3.36 AAU Hallertau hops (0.84 oz/24g at 4% alpha acids) What exactly does all of this mean?

I am going to recreate the Chocolate Cherry Stout I brewed a few months ago. However, this time I plan to add cocoa powder to the boil rather than cocoa nibs in the secondary. How much cocoa powder would I use for a three gallon batch?

This is my problem, I have been brewing 1 gallon all-grain batches. I have been using a 12 qt. stock pot to boil my wort. I now want to make a five gallon batch and I'd like to know if I can do my mash and then do my boil with just 2 gallons of water. I would then add 3 gallons of additional...

I am planning on getting a 5 gallon corny keg. If I only brew 3 gallons.... Can I still put it in the 5 gallon keg and what if any special measures would I need to take?

Okay, so today I tasted the fruits of my labor, my first all grain batch. It's an Abby Dubbel, brewed 6 weeks ago. It spent 2 weeks in the primary, 2 weeks in the secondary and 2 weeks in the bottle. It was a 1 gallon batch and it was bottled with 24 grams of corn sugar which I had boiled in a...

So I'm planning do so a chocolate cherry stout this weekend and I have a few questions. The recipe I'm using calls for adding the cherries to the primary and the chocolate nibs to the secondary. Do I add the cherries at the end of the boil or after it is cooled and in the primary? If I add them...

So I'm planning to so a chocolate cherry stout this weekend and I have a few questions. The recipe I'm using calls for adding the cherries to the primary and the chocolate nibs to the secondary. Do I add the cherries at the end of the boil or after it is cooled and in the primary? If I add...

I'm on my second batch of beer and I have a question about the fermentation. It's an all grain Abbey Triple and after sitting in the primary for 11 days it appears to be done fermenting. When I lifted the lid from my bucket most if the klausen had sunk to the bottom but there were a few...

Would like to do a one gallon test batch and I am wondering if I can do 1gallon batch in a 5 gallon fermenter? Will the excess headspace effect the process?

Hello fellow brewers. I am new to brewing and this forum. I brewed my first batch of home-brew yesterday, it's an abbey ale. I tasted a small sample of it before it went into the fermenter. It seemed really hoppy. My question is, does the taste change much from the time it goes into the...