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Hi folks, I'm working a Belgian Quad. I've got 7 pounds of pale 2-row, 8 pounds of Pilsner, 3 Pounds of Munich, 1oz of Saaz, 1oz of Tettenger and 2 pounds of Candi Sugar. This equals out to around 13% ABV at 75% Efficiency. I'm planning on adding the Candi sugar mid-fermentation. I...

Hey folks, I've recently come across 10 cornies from a home brewer that was going out of business. They all work and I am wondering the following: If I brew a batch of beer (let's say an American Pale Ale at 4.5% ABV, 40IBUs), ferment all the way out and carb it, then leave it in my cellar at...

Hi folks, I recently received a keg kit from Keg Connection. The regulator I received tops out at 20PSI. I've tried tightening the pressure screw and it is at the point where it will no longer budge. Is this normal? Or is there anything I might be doing wrong?

Hi folks. I'm looking at purchasing a couple of keg kits. I plan on purchasing a 2-keg kit that will be used to haul and dispense beer at a beer festival using what I consider to look like 'seltzer-water' taps/dispenser, that almost look like a water hose. However, during the non-festival...

@smizak - Haha, oh yes, the beer is done. Hydrometer hasn't moved for a week and a half. If the finings keep going in the bottle, will the junk gel together in the bottom or be all lose in the bottom? Haven't really used finings before, and I can't seem to sink these darn hop particles...

Hi folks, I'm getting ready to bottle a nice IPA using Super-KLEER finings. Plan on mixing the finings in tonight then bottling tomorrow night. The dude at the shop said this was fine, but looking at the package it says 12 - 48 hours. If I do go ahead and mix it in, and it's not 100%...

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Thanks for the help but sorry about the confusion. The can doesn't say to use 5 pounds of dextrose, but I think 2kg. I bought extra sugar for priming and what not, haha. As for hops and yeast and specialty grains, the extract is pre-hopped and comes with yeast. This is my first beer and I plan...

gratus fermentatio- Thanks for the info. I'm looking to give all sorts of stuff a try, this might be one of those things. homebrewer_99- I would heavily recommend staying away from turbo yeast. I've tried it in the past and you'll end up with a much better tasting drink (if you can get past...

If I was to replace most of my sugar with honey, would I use pound for pound? Always looking for ways to improve my recipe.

I guess it really depends on what you like. Some people think that the flavor of hops are bad. Some people do not like the kick of straight vodka and think it's bad. Would you say the same about a 25% ABV beer like Sam Adams Utopias which has always been well received by reviewers and critiques...

Thanks much for the info. I'm looking to drink this beer in-between anywhere between a month and a half to a year.

Haha. I generally try to get a good estimate so I use my potential alcohol scale on my meter. My apple juice started out at 8 percent, so with half the sugar it came out to like 12.5 percent. After fermented out, at 0-1 percent left, I plugged in the rest of the sugar, another 4.5 percent worth...

Hey, I'm looking to start on beers that are going to last for six months or more and still be yummy. I know that most beers, like imperial stouts or IPAs, are hoppier or higher in alcohol, but I'm more of a numbers person and am wondering at what percentage ABV my beers should be and what...

I've had a batch, stored in 5 1 gallon carboys setting since summer of last year in my cellar (at about 65 degrees year round). I tried some in January, and it was rough, but getting better. It still has a heck of an alcoholic bite to it, that probably won't ever go away, but I like my vodka...

Sounds yummy... Enjoy.

I've made a heavier version of this cider, although with Champagne yeast. Careful when drinking it though, as it'll hurt worse than shooting four 40s of Old English if you over do it. Would heavily recommend to let it set for a very, very long time as it packs a mighty, burning punch. Required...

Thanks for the tips. I was hoping otherwise (my wife said no more brewing equipment for another two months plus I'm broke right now) but was worth a check. Any other lesser expensive storage methods that might work? 1 gallon glass carboy/jugs have went up to around 9 dollars at my local brew store.

Hey folks, I've started my first few batches of cider in 1 gallon glass carboys and am going to rack them to a few different containers now for clearing and mellowing now that fermentation is way over with. I saved the bottles that I received the juice in. I have thick plastic 64 ounce...

Hi folks, I've got a wheat beer that has been setting in primary now for about 5 weeks at about 68 degrees. It was brewed all grain with Danstor Windsor Ale yeast. I was going to rack it to secondary at three weeks but tasted the dreaded popcorn butter flavor of diacetyl. I decided to go...