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I have been considering on how to make a mead have a nice honey flavor without using a really large amount of honey. I’m fairly inexperienced when it comes to brewing. I’ve made a couple of extract batches and I’ve got a few gallons of cider fermenting but nothing exceptional. So I may be...

So I bottled my first batch of beer one week ago. I couldn't wait any longer and popped one open last night. (I know I know... :) anyway, after pouring and drinking (yum) I noticed some red around the neck of the bottle which led me to investigate the cap. The bottom edge of the cap around the...

So I'm getting ready to bottle soon and it just dawned on me that I'm not sure what to start the siphon with. I don't have an auto siphon. I plan on submerging the hose in starsan and siphoning some starsan through the hose to sanitize it. But once this is done, what do I do? Should I leave the...

So I'm going to be bottling my first batch in the next couple of days but I need to know how much time to budget. I read a few threads and it looks like when people get experienced it can take an hour or two. So how long do you think it will take for me a first batch newbie.

It probably would've been smarter to ask first then do but it's too late for that now... :) So I recently soaked my collection of used bottles (woodchuck and Great Lakes) in a mixture of warm water and oxyclean to remove the labels and adhesive (which worked great). When pulling the bottles out...

I am currently brewing up Midwest's Raspberry Red Ale. I am at the point where it says to add 1oz Cascade and boil for 60 minutes for optimum hop utilization. I keyed in on the word optimum. Would less time be ok? Would less time = less bitter? I know that the recipe is designed to balance the...

A few months back I bought my starter kit from Midwest through living social. I still have the app installed on my phone and it just so happens that they're running the deal again so I figured I'd share the love...

TL;DR version: I'm curious about making a beverage similar to Smirnoff Green Apple Twist which for the unfamiliar is a "malt beer". Full story: I'm just getting into brewing so I don't know a lot yet. I've been reading HBT for a couple months now so I already have a huge list of different...

I just ordered my starter kit form Midwest brewing as part of a "living social" deal. http://www.livingsocial.com/deals/481886-beer-making-starter-kit?deal_share=27288720&ref=email-jp&rpi=89775132&rui=106278211 I'm new to brewing so I hope this was a good deal. I'm open to suggestions as to how...

Greetings all! I haven't brewed anything yet but I've had an interest in brewing for most if my adult life. I'm getting pretty close to pulling the trigger in my first batch of homebrew. I originally intended to try my hand at brewing cider but after many days of reading I'm pretty sure I'm...