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Hey all, I've been saving/freezing tons of berries and random fruit that the kids weren't going to finish before it went bad over the course of spring and summer. Mostly blueberry and strawberry with about a pound maybe two of grapes. Getting ready to start a wine with it. I don't want to...

Greetings, I am getting ready for my 5th beer this weekend. I am going to use liquid yeast for the first time. I have my game plan for a starter but what I am curious about is my room for fermentation is between 50-55 degrees right now. I am going to do an english brown ale but know that ale...

This summer I started brewing mead and beer. Now my wife loves white wine so I started saving some grapes as the kids didn't eat them all and have about 3lbs frozen. I was looking to use white grape juice and the grapes for making a simple gallon of a sweat white wine for my wife. besides...

Brewed my second beer today. Brewers best honey brown kit. What I was able to do better - Better management of boulder temps and cooling. Better understanding of hops and timing of them into the recipe. I made one small mistake and didnt add Irish moss to the boil. Not a game changer just...

Did a quick search of the recipe forum but was busy at work. I am just curious as to what are common specialty grains for a wheat beer recipe. Going to be making a wheat beer in June for a family vacation to the beach and plan on making it my first recipe so starting to look at different...

I've found a lot of podcasts that tall about doing all grain brewing anyone know of any that focus on extract brewing specifically or just not an audience for one?

Well close enough at least. Made my first brew 3 weeks ago. Bottled last week since had some carbonation I couldnt wait any longer to try it. Nice and smooth amber ale. Used the brewers best kit for this one. Going to let the rest carb up some more before tossing it in the fridge but its...

Just tasted a Cherry Mead I made for the first time. this was the recipe for a 2 gallon batch 3 lbs of honey 3 lbs of frozen sweet cherry 45 organic raisins 1 US-05 yeast pack 2 tsp yeast nutrient 1 tsp yeast energizer Everything worked out well enough and it has been bottled for a...

So I am very green with brewing beer. Bottling my first batch this weekend green. I used a brewers best amber ale kit, I was looking at the different kits on Brewers Best website trying to decide which stout I wanted to try as my second batch. I noticed they had each recipe available for...

I have read a couple of books on the overall process of making beer. I have one on Hops currently, what I am looking for is a read like "For the Love of Hops" on Malts for the brewing process. thanks in advance for any help Ron

Greetings, I just started brewing my own mead about 6 months back. This weekend I am doing my First batch of beer. doing the 5 gallon Brewers Best Red Ale kit. looking forward to learning and the adventure that is in its infant stages. I'm a father of three, husband part time student and...