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So I have been a home brewer (beer) for over a year, and I am about to try making cider. I just picked up 4 gallons of fresh cider (no additives, not pasteurized) and I have the Wyeast Cider yeast. Is it is easy as just adding it to the carboy? Can I add brown sugar or cinnamon to give it...

I am doing an all grain Belgian Pale Ale as we speak. I have 1 pack of 3522 to use. I do not have a lot of control over fermentation temps. I was thinking of putting it in my basement (around 65-68 degrees) for 2 days, then moving it to my garage overnight where temps will be higher...

At our brewery we have had trouble carbonating our firkin kegs lately. We have been putting in about 1/2 cup of dissolved table sugar in each 10 gallon keg. We have gotten little to no carbonation for the majority of them. We have let the kegs sit for several weeks at room temperature prior...

So I just transferred my first all grain (American IPA) into the secondary with 1 oz Centennial and .5 oz Chinook for dry hopping. After I finished the boil and cooled the wort, I hit my target SG of 1.068 perfectly. It was supposed to finish at 1.018, but ended up finishing at 1.014 (thank...

Okay so I am going to do my first all grain this summer, but I am planning the recipe now out of boredom, here it is: 11 lb Pale US 2-row 1 lb Crystal 30L .5 lb Carafoam 1 oz Chinook (60min) 1.5 oz Centennial (10min) 1.5 oz Chinook (5min) 3 oz Centennial (1min) 1.5oz Chinook dry hop...

Okay so I am preparing to go all grain (not for till summer though). I know I need to get a new brew kettle, and a mash tun (cooler conversion. I will use a cheap kettle from foodservicewarehouse.com for a hot liquor tank probably. I do not want to get complex with using a pump, and I am...

Recipe Type: Extract Yeast: Wyeast 1272 Yeast Starter: none Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter: none Batch Size (Gallons): 5 Original Gravity: 1.054 Final Gravity: 1.013 IBU: 24 Boiling Time (Minutes): 60 Color: 17.1 Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 7 @ 68 Additional...