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Hey, I want to run something by you folks before I make an expensive mistake. I've got a three gallon cherry vanilla mead going right now. Started it in a six gallon bucket. After a couple of weeks I moved it to a 3 gallon carboy. A month later and it's still bubbling, albeit quite slowly. The...

Newbie question: I have been making cider and wine for years but this is my first beer. According to the recipe it is time to bottle. The color of the ale seems cloudier in the lower half of the carboy. is this normal? Is it okay to bottle it or does it need to clear first? I don't mind if...

Is it just me, or has anyone else brewed something so delicious that you just had to top the bottling bucket back to drink the last quarter inch at the bottom strait from the bucket? In my case I stepped into the bathroom and kicked the door closed: my wife wouldn't have understood. BTW, it was...

I have brewed 2 ciders, 1 pear, a JOAM, and a skeeter pee. Now I'm ready to get a little more adventurous. I want to do a cider with cranberry added in the secondary. The question is: at what stage of yeast activity in the primary do I switch to secondary? Vigorous activity? Wait till it's done?