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I like sweet meads, but don't like the high alcohol. I like low alcohol meads, but don't like the dryness. What to do?!?!?! Experiment!!!!! Today I'm starting a mead which should end at 5.8%ABV and a final gravity of 1.02. 2 liter batch: 10oz clover honey 3oz honey malt 6oz...

I'm making a peach/apple/white grape wine. I need to get it up over 20%. I was planning on using K1-V1116 because it accentuates the aroma of peach do well. But then I read it is a 'killer yeast' strain and will kill any other yeast in the must. Will the killer protein remain after the...

Is 24 days a possible time frame to get a session stout from grain to glass? Including bottle carbing? I know I should have started it earlier, but if I'm doing it it needs to be done by 11/20

I was gifted a scoby a few days ago. It is in a sealed mason jar. I can not start a batch with it for two months. How do I keep my scoby happy and healthy until then?

I have a mead going, that I started about two months ago. Starting gravity was 1.110 Three pounds of wildflower honey for a one gallon batch. I will be adding 500grams (like 17 1/2 oz) of Linden honey. Hoping that the flavor and aroma of the added honey will shine as the "honey-ness" of...

Homebrew for trade for critique It's good, but very wierd. Sour (like a lemon, not vinegar), smooth, refreshing

I just got some serebrianka hops, and want to do a SMASH to highlight the hops. Hop profile: Alpha Acid: 2.3% Aroma hop with a light perfume, mellow, elegant, subtle, gentle, almost tobacco like smell I'm looking for a OG around 1.04 ABV% around 4% Grain to glass in 6 weeks (bottle...

I live on the west coast, and apparently they are only grown in the north east. I'm looking for fresh picked, unwashed, frozen black currants. I want to make a wine starter and attempt to culture the yeast from the currants. The cheapest I've found on line is $46 including delivery.

Just picked up the malt and yeast last night, will be brewing this on Saturday. Recipe Type: All Grain – Brew in a Bag Yeast: US-05 Yeast Starter: No Batch Size (Gallons): 1 Original Gravity (expected): 1.057 Final Gravity (expected): 1.014 IBU: 0 Boil Time (Minutes): 60 Color...

Because I'm a mad scientist, and my brew club has categories for "things". I am trying to get a weiss beer to go flat, so I can infuse it with spices, then re-prime it and let it battle carb. It is not easy to get a beer to go flat, when you're trying to keep it from oxidizing at the same time!

We use Splenda to sweeten our iced tea at home. So I decided to use it to sweeten some ginger ale. Recipe: 3 small hands ginger, peeled and chopped small 3 cinammon sticks broke into one inch pieces 1 nutmeg nut, quartered. All simmered in one gallon water for 30 minutes. Topped...

I'm hoping someone has the November/ December 2008 issue of Zymurgy they can loan me. Anyone?

Recipe (one gallon): 1 lb Golden Promise (assuming I can get it, if not then Marris Otter, if not then Vienna) 4 oz Crystal 60 0.2 oz Fuggles (5%) 20 minutes Anticipated stats: OG 1.034 FG 1.010 IBU 13.3 It may be a touch sweet with 20% Crystal 60, and the hop nose may be a little...

Recipe (one gallon): 1 lb Golden Promise (assuming I can get it, if not then Marris Otter, if not then Vienna) 4 oz Crystal 60 0.2 oz Fuggles (5%) 20 minutes Anticipated stats: OG 1.034 FG 1.010 IBU 13.3 It may be a touch sweet with 20% Crystal 60, and the hop nose may be a...

I used to use Beer Calculus, but since they changed websites I can't get past the Google Chrome screen. Is there another web based/no download site to calculate everything?

Just had one of these over the weekend. It was called a Winter Brew, and said it was a double bock. For those of you who have had it before: Was it a decent representation of the style? I had two TJ beers, the Winter Brew and a Dunkelweisse. The wheat beer was way too roasty in my opinion...

If you let a commercial beer go flat and test the gravity, is that a true representation of what the FG of the beer is/was?

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With sub-par wine you make sangria, or hippocras. Is there anything similar to do with sub-par beer? Make a shandy I guess. But I'm looking for better options.

My wife and I will text, and/or say: "INY" pronounced the same as any or innie (like a belly button). It stands for I Need You. "Less than three" It is the verbal reading/extrapolating of <3 which is used to represent a heart and sign of love Do you and yours do anythig as silly or sappy?