Search results

I'm new to beer making, and I'm having a wee bit of a problem with the siphon get-up that I got from my lhbs...How exactly does one go about creating the suction to get the beer moving from the fermenting keg to the bottle? I imagine that using one's mouth the way gas is traditionally siphoned...

That looks like a straightforward enough recipe to try the technique with...I'm going to give it a shot on my next batch. Thanks!

There's so much discussion on here about adding sugar to one's beer, but it seems like that discussion inevitably becomes preoccupied with the argument over what type of sugar to use. I'm not to concerned with that particular argument, both sides seem to have pros and cons, but rather I'm trying...

Will I need to add more yeast initially to add the extra malt, or will the same amount of yeast do the trick? I've got two of their "Mexican Cerveza" style and and one "Bohemian Czech" pilsner HME products. I'll probably use the Mexican Cerveza HME first.

Alright, so on their website then, it says that the booster is used to increase the ABV from around 3.7 to around 5.2. But instead of doing that, can I just add more of the malt to the 2-gallon mixture without any of the negative consequences that seem to have so many flustered? Or, more clearly...

What I'm getting from most of these posts is that the major issue with the Mr. Beer brewing system is the ingredients...they just aren't that great. I'm a college student living in a relatively small apartment, and I really want to get into brewing, but certainly don't have the room for a big...