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hello there i have a problem which i hope you guys can help me out with to decide how to fix something. i brewed a batch of coopers irish stout can kit on october 4th. what i did was make a 2 gallon pearle hop tea, then i added my fermentables such as the coopers can, 454 grams of dark dme...

hello there i have a problem which i hope you guys can help me out with to decide how to fix something. i brewed a batch of coopers irish stout can kit on october 4th. what i did was make a 2 gallon pearle hop tea, then i added my fermentables such as the coopers can, 454 grams of dark dme...

Hello there I had to take a break from brewing beer and havent been on here for a while. I am planning on starting back up and wanted to make a Scottish type ale mini mash beer. I would like to get your guys and girls opinions before i get all the ingredients together n pull the trigger. I...

hello there i just started a 2 gallon batch of cyser mead and worried that i have to re pitch the yeast. I have 4 pounds of honey to two gallons of cider and got it to about what i thought was 60 degrees which felt a little warm and pitched the yeast and superfermt for nutrient. It had a little...

I am trying to clean my better bottle carboy which is 6 gallons to make mead and it has **** stuck on the bottom on it it looks likes brown grains of something but can't tell what it is I have used oxiclean to clean bottle then followed that up with easy clean but they r still stick to the...

Hello there I have a few questions about making a cyser first time I ve ever made one I made a traditional mead like two yrs ago but It was a 6 gallon batch w a gallon of honey this time I decided on a one to two gallon batch of mead cyser type I have three pounds of red bamboo honey and yeast...

Hello there im making a new batch of beer soon and was curious about this list of ingreients would they be to much for the batch of beer. I mostly make only dark beers such as stouts porters or bocks and they usually are about 6.5 abv or higher. My batch consists of 3 lbs of golden promise...

hello there im going to be taking a upright freezer and converting it into a kegerator. The freezer im going to be using is 26.5 deep 68.25 high 32 wide so its big enough to house a full size keg or some corny kegs if a full keg is not being used. I was going to be using a chest freezer but...

hello there i have a question should i wait till 4 weeks then bottle my beer or bottle it now? Its a coopers irish stout kit i added raw sugar dark dry malt and black treacle. The og was 1.073 im pretty sure its done since there is no activity in the air lock and the last reading i did was at...

Hello there i have a question about racking my beer to the secondary carboy. I have clean and santized all my equipment including the secondary but it still has like some seeds in the bottom of the carboy and some fluid from the last batch stuck on the inside of the carboy and the seeds stuck to...

Hello there i was wondering if you could help me out, i was wondering if my beer is done fermenting or can i rack it to a secondary carboy. My beer is a irish stout type from coopers. i started the batch on friday the 16th with a OG of 1.072 at 70 degrees. Its now sunday the 24th, all the...

Hello there i am making a six gallon batch of stout beer and currently have slow to none activity in the fermentor which iam seeing through the airlock. The temp stick on the side of the fermentor is reading between 70 and 74 degrees but the fermentor is cold to touch. Is there anything to...

hello there i just made a batch of coopers irish stout beer and pitched the yeast for it to start the fermentation process and before i pitched the yeast i thought the temp was 70 degrees because i was taking a hydrometer reading for OG and it was 70 degrees now its showing 68 degrees. Is that...

Hello there im going to be making a batch of a irish stout beer soon and was wondering if any one had a ideal how this might come out or taste. It consists of a irish stout can extract combined with 4ibs of dark malt, a pound of raw cane sugar, and a pound of honey. The other things i...

Hello there i am wanting to invest in a conical fermenter but am not sure which kind to buy either the plastic or stainless steel style conical fermenter. Can you guys help me out? I plan on getting the one that allows you to make 10 gallons of beer. Plastic is cheaper but i want to go with...

Hello there i am thinking about making a wildflower mead soon and was wondering is that kind of honey good for making mead? The batch i was thinkin of is a 6 gallon batch with 12lbs of wildflower mead, some heather tips and some rose hips in cherry juice. mixed together, what you people think?

hello there i know most people use conical fermentors for brewing large batches of beer, but couldnt one use them for making mead in as well?

Hello there i was thinking of making a mead with dark dried malt next time around. Has anyone made a batch of mead with malt before and how did it come out? Along with it would be 12 lbs of honey 6 wildflower and 6 orange honey and some heather tips.

Hello there i am wondering do you have to have a stir plate to make good beer or alcohol? Or can you just use the yeast you get in tubes for beeer or alcohol?

Hello there i just got done brewing a batch of irish stout beer from coopers and it turn out really good but theres no or little head on the beer. What are some things that people use to get good head on a beer? Because on my next batch of beer i would like to have some head on it instead of none.