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My cider has been in the primary for over 3 weeks. It is still actively bubbling and the airlock pops about once every 30 seconds (down from once every 20 seconds a few days ago). My specific gravity reading is nearing 1.000. It's gotta be around 1.004 right now. Fermentation still seems...

I've decided to try a cider for my christmas gift brew this year, but have had some confusion when reading the posted recipes. I guess my questions would be: 1. What's the easiest recipe? 2. Should I boil or not boil the apple cider I use? 3. Can I use cloudy cider, or should I use...

I came up with this idea the other day. Anyone tried such a thing? Obvious concerns are that real cranberrys are extremely tart. My store sells some concentrated syrups, but I'd imagine those might not be great. thoughts?

I'm working on a Christmas Ale and the recipe called for Saaz aroma hops, however, it didn't say for how long to leave them in. It did state to put them in after the boil was all done with, which I did. I'd say I left them in for about 5 minutes. Is that too long, too short? do aroma hops...

I've been researching adding coffee ad nauseum and haven't found any definitive strategies. I'm thinking of just adding some brewed coffee to my bottling bucket, as I don't use a 2ndary fermenter. Does anyone know if that will fail? I've heard suggestions to steep the grounds in cool water...

I know we've discussed this before, but does anyone have suggestions on how to add coffee to a stout/porter? can you just pour some brewed coffee into the wort?

I really want to make a nice winter ale. any suggestions on ingredients/base recipes?

I just pitched the yeast into a Double Chocolate Stout recipe I got from my local store, and the yeast was definitely mega-active (looked like a bubble fountain), but there really wasn't any noticeable Kraeusen developing on top. The yeast has settled down, and still no Kraeusen. This...

I am finishing up drinking my first batch of oatmeal stout and despite it being absolutely delicious, i'm kinda bummed that much of my mash ingredients fell out of solution during fermentation and resulted in quite a bit of sediment at the bottom of the carboy. I was only able to bottle 36...

I just bought a recipe for a Chocolate Stout. I want to make it a DOUBLE chocolate stout, but don't want to ruin 50 bucks worth of ingredients. My beer store guy recommended using semi sweet morsels, melting them down in a separate pot, and adding them to the wert right after boiling is...

I'm brewing my 2nd batch of beer (while not having tasted the first one yet) and haven't seen much signs of fermentation. here's the deal Chilled wort in a bucket of cold water to 75* Pitched yeast and swirled the carboy Upon swirling, noted that the temperature dropped rapidly to...