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Ok guys. I've been brewing from extract on and off for about 3 years and generally have good results. However the last tree batches I have made have gone, for lack of a better term, sour. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I've been meticulous with sanitation and don't do anything to the beer...

So I've made 5gals or a coconut red ale and I'd like to fortify it with some rum. My main concern however is that I might kill off the yeast and prevent it from carbing in the bottle. Anyone have any ideas? Is there a certain ratio that would give me the rum flavor I'm looking for without...

So I've made 5gals or a coconut red ale and I'd like to fortify it with some rum. My main concern however is that I might kill off the yeast and prevent it from carbing in the bottle. Anyone have any ideas? Is there a certain ratio that would give me the rum flavor I'm looking for without...

I'm looking to brew a beer with rum and coconut. Kind of a play on a Caribbean theme. I know I want to use an red ale extract recipe as a base and use some molasses as some of the fermentables. I'm thinking about adding 2 or more lbs of toasted unsweetened coconut in the secondary. At some point...

I'm looking to brew a beer with rum and coconut. Kind of a play on a tropical theme. I know I want to use an extract recipe as a base and use some molasses as some of the fermentables. What I'm not sure of is how I want to incorporate the coconut or what to use as a base. Any ideas?

Is $60 a good price for two 6gall conical fermentors?

just topped off of wine that I had racked into my secondary with some extra concentrate that I had to eliminate that airspace between the airlock and the wine. The OG was 1.098 and had gotten down to an SG of 1.012 before racking. After adding more concentrate to eliminate the airspace the SG...

Alright, I'm working on an oatmeal stout that had an OG of 1.046. Right now it's sitting at a SG of 1.023 and it's been there for the past four days. I originally pitched safeale US-05 by just sprinkling on top. Should I pitch some more yeasty sing a starter? The only two yeast I happen to have...

I started a couple of 1 gallon batches of hard cider on the second. I tasted a little of each after checking the SG and they don't really resemble the juice they are made of and have a harsh alcohol taste and very little sweetness. Here's what I did: Apple Cider: 3.5 11.5 ounce cans of apple...

I have about 1.5 gallons of muscadine juice and enough muscadines to make that up to two gallons. I need a little help turning that into wine. I know the basics of making wine, however I've never done a small batch from fresh juice like this before. Do I need a smaller primary fermentor? I have...

How critical is sanitation when racking wine from a primary to secondary or when racking it off sediment? In the past I have used my thumb to plug the bottom of the hose when priming it and I have heard of people suck priming their hoses. Is its offered some protection from the alcohol in it?

I'm looking for a few recipes for mead. Me and my brother wanna make three one gallon batches of mead, a spiced one, a plain one, and a fruit one. Anyone have a suggestion?

How long should I wait before adding my yeast after adding campden tabs?

How To Make Strawberry Wine By Damian Perrin Makes a 6 gallon Batch Ingredients 15 lbs Strawberries 7.8 gallon Fermenting Pale 6.5-gallon Carboy Airlock 1.5 TSP Wine Tannin 6 TSP Acid Blend 1.25 TSP Pectic Enzyme 6 Camden Tablets (Potassium Metabisulphite) 18 lbs. Corn Sugar (...

Me and my buddy made a batch if home brew a few weeks ago and after we filled the bottles we split em up and he took his home to wait for them to carb. Mine did fine, but he put his straight into the fridge. I'm assuming this made the yeast go dormant before the beer carbed. If we took em out...

What is the purpose of a secondary fermentation? And can it be done in a pale, or does it need to be a carboy?

I'm still fairly new to homebrewing as this is my second batch from a kit. I seem to keep running into the same problem. I just got this batch into the primary three days ago. The day after I brewed I had a lot of activity in the airlock, but the next day, nothing. The same thing happened with...