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So, im doing a sort of southern tier pumking clone and read in many places to add 2 oz of vanilla extract to the bottling bucket, as that is their "secret ingredient". Does this sound like too much vanilla for 5 gallons, and will that change the amount of sugar i will use like i normally bottle...

So i made a maple dunkelweizen using maple sap in place of water, as well as a pint of syrup at flameout. Gravity was high, 1.079. Fermentation was slow to start, like 2 days. After a week in primary, i checked it at 1.060 (still way high) and put it in secondary. Fermenration renewed, and it...

Im doing my second beer (strawberry cream ale) and plan to add the frozen strawberries to the secondary. How much flavor would i get from 5 pounds? Looking for a noticeable strawberry zing/aroma to it. Should rack on them while they are still frozen or thaw them or cut them up at all? Also will...

I was not sure what section to ask about this, but in a month or two the maple sap will be running. I really want to make a maple beer for spring. We have 5acres filled with sugar maples but its 3 hours away. A little less convienient unless i feel like sledding 5 gallon if sap out of the woods...

Hello everyone. Let me start off by saying this is my first post and i just brewed my first beer, so read the theory but i am a beginner. went a little crazy and wife and i have a chocolate mint milk stout ready to go in secondary. Son was sad he missed out so soon ill start the next batch, lots...