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I have a couple of questions about buckwheat honey First, the background of what I made: 1 GALLON RECIPE 1lb Buckwheat Honey 2lbs Wildflower honey 1/8tsp energizer 1/2tsp nutrient Lalvin D-47 Yeast Now the questions: 1. I was thinking of secondary-ing this over some frozen...

So I have my first large batch of mead bulk aging in the carboy (1.098OG, 1.008FG) having recently been bit wth the mead making bug... In order to keep things separate, and also allow for longer aging, I am planning on using wine bottles for all of my mead batches (greater than 1 gallon) from...

Background: I recently bottled my first mead (Joe's Ancient Orange Mead), so my 1 gallon jug is open. :eek: I was at my LHBS yesterday, and got some honey but I can't find a recipe that I have a majority of the ingredients for, so I was thinking I would create my own. This is where I need...

SO I was browsing my local Target today (to replace the microwave that took a crap on me yesterday), and I saw that they sold these LINK - Click me!. They were empty, and had a price tag of $13.99. Not to sound too cheap (which I really am, what do I care?), but that's $10 less than a 5 gallon...

I tried searching, but couldn't come up with anything, really... I was at the store the other day with my brother, getting beer for a shindig, and he wanted to get something with pry-off tops for me (knowing I would re-use them for home brewing). After much deliberation, he got a 12 pack of...

So after patiently waiting for 3 weeks for my first batch to bottle condition, I put some in the fridge for a couple of days to let them chill. After those two days, I was ready for my first beer. Grabbed a glass, bottle of beer, and bottle opener, proceeded to open my first triumph (or...

I made an extract version of https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f62/jamils-blonde-ale-35824/ yesterday, and as I was pouring it into my fermenting bucket, it looked really dark. Did I do something wrong? I can't help but think that maybe I bought the wrong DME, or too much Crystal.... The Tasty...

I'm pondering my next batch, and one thought is to make a Boddington's clone (or as close as I can get without nitrogen)... so I took a recipe that I found, and adjusted it to easier quantities. Let me know what you think. I need a suggestion on yeast... I'm thinking Wyeast London Ale, or an...

So I cooked up my second batch yesterday afternoon, and everything seemed to be going fine. Checked on it this morning, no fermentation, no biggie (24-72 hours) Checked on it after work today, and its fermenting away... But I looked closer, and it appeared that some beer was spilling...

6lbs Wheat Malt Extract (Dry) 8oz Flaked Wheat 8oz Flaked Oats 1oz Tettanag Hops (4.2% AAU) Wyeast Wheat yeast. Steep grains for 10-15 min @ 160F Add Malt Extract and Hops, boil for 60 min. The intent I have is to add raspberry flavoring when bottling (its a beer for SWMBO). But...

Background: First Batch! I just bought an equipment kit, which came with a free beer kit also. Sunday night I followed the instructions that came with the kit and got everything into the primary to start fermenting. I took a gravity reading, and it was on the low side... It was late, I was...

Hi everybody. Totally new to home brewing, but I like beer, and since I'm trying to save for a wedding, home brewing makes more sense than shelling out as much as I do for beer. :) Hope to listen, learn, and hopefully share my $0.02 where I can. :mug: