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A few years ago a co-worker of mine brought his scratter and press over to my house to make cider from the 3 apple trees in my yard. Since then I've wanted to have my own press, but at $300-$400 for a press and scratter, I knew I had to go DIY. My vision was to build one of the DIY plans...

My brother is moving to Denver the end of this week and my mom is driving him out there so I need to come up wiht a shopping list. What CO beers does everyone recommend? Obviously I'm looking for ones that aren't distributed nationally. I'm not a big fan of Imperials or IPAs. I typically...

Somehow I managed to lose track of which carboy contains Orfy's Mild Mannered Ale and which contains Northern Brewer's Irish Draught Ale and they both are of similar dark brown color. Unfortunately I am not familiar with the flavors of either one. Any idea on what flavor characteristics would...

This will be my 12th brew and my 7th all grain. I've been brewing for just over a year now and want to give it a go at my own recipe. I'm going for a dry stout with a relatively heavy/oily mouth feel with hints of chocolate and coffee. Let me know what you think or how it could be improved...

My first brew was a robust porter. I made the mistake of fermenting too warm, by using a heating pad to keep the temps up. My thoughts were warmer equals better yeast activity, but I've since learned the error of my ways. I don't know what the actual temperature was at. It spent 7 days...

I'm on my third brew and the last two have finished fermenting in three days(first one got stuck after day 3 and re-started by shaking to oxygenate). From what I've been reading it sounds like most people's fermentations take a full week. I'm not too concerned about it, but am wondering if I...

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I'm planning to do my first AG brew using a cooler MLT and batch sparge. I only have soft water in my house, the only un-softened water taps are on the outside of the house and it's winter here is Wisconsin. Aside from that, our city's water report really doesn't have all the necessary...

I know a lot of beer snobs didn't like this beer, but I liked it a lot and want to re-create it since it isn't available anymore. I have never made my own recipe so I wouldn't even know where to start with this. As I recall the flavor was dominated by apple and spice flavors which overpowered...

Hi, I'm new to brewing and am starting with a hard cider. I put in the campden tablets today to kill off the wild yeast, but i didn't crush them first. Is it ok to just leave them in or should I try to fish them out and crush them?