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I know the recommended ratio of corn sugar is 3/4 cup to 5 gal wort. If only table sugar is available, what is its ratio?

I have heard of this before but I am curious how to go about it. I have a one gallon batch that I want to bottle so I dont need very much. Does anyone know how to calculate how much? And also, should I boil some in water or can it be added dry to individual bottles?

I brewed a 1 gal batch of pale ale a week and a half ago. Pulled a gravity today and it was 1.012. OG was 1.054. Tasted great. I have an amber wine jug thats a little under a gallon which would be great to secondary. It would fit in the fridge nicely for cold crashing too. Is it too late...

My local shop only carries dry sodium metabisulfite which I understand is not the greatest sanitizer. Would a dilute bleach solution work ok if not rinsed. I can get some reagent grade iodine. Could I make iodofor?

I read that a very dilute solution of hydrogen peroxide may be used as a no rinse sanitizer. Anyone tried this? I would assume that in a no rinse condition that anything in contact with the peroxide must completely dry. If not could the leftover peroxide oxidize the beer? The nearest brew...

So what is the temp range for cold crashing and how long should it take?

Yes I would like it to be a little cloudy, but this is really cloudy. I know it will settle some in the bottle but will cold crashing help. Also the beer tastes ok but the aroma sucks. It has that cardboard kinda odor....will it subside any with age?

I know this topic has been discussed a lot recently. Cold crashing is a way to speed up settling, right? I am curious because at a lower temp the density should increase. I understand the principle of density but shouldnt the solids stay suspended longer in colder water? However, when I...

My gravity on my weizenbeir is 1.015 from an OG of 1.050. The airlock is still bubbling every few minutes. I have seen a lot of recent discussion about cold crashing and I thought maybe of trying this. It is very cloudy and there is still some trash floating on top so I dont think that I need...

I'm on the 17th day in the primary on a batch of weizenbeir from a kit. The OG was around 1.050. I posted another thread about how slow the yeast got started and got some good replies but now I have some different concerns. A week ago the gravity was 1.030. Today the gravity was 1.018. I...

Thanks Storunner. That really makes sense and I will try that on my next small batch. The pale ale that I brewed a few days ago may be less bitter then because of the full amount of the DME in the beginning. I'm always learning something new.

Thanks for the relpies. This is not a kit. Im just using DME and leaf hops. I'm plugging the volume, hop amounts and boil time in the beer calculus to get OG, IBU and color. I also have QBrew software downloaded and am comparing it to beer calculus. So I'm sort of making my own recipes.

I brewed a small 1 gal batch of pale ale a few days ago and I added all of the DME at the beginning of the boil. The last kit that I brewed split the LME at the beginning and at the last 15 min. Should I have split the DME? Since it was a small batch I only boiled for 35 min. BTW I really...

I brewed a 1 gallon batch of pale ale yesterday. Just experiementing with some dry malt extract and leaf hops. I have a five gallon batch of weizenbier going and my method of getting a gravity involves a sanitised turkey baster and a 250 mL graduated cylinder. If I take that from my little...

Not planning on adding anything. Even after straining the wort I still had a lot of sediment from the hop pellets and I didnt add any fining agents. I thought maybe racking would help get rid of some sediment. There seems to be a split of those who use secondary and only primary. My...

I'm planning to rack to a secondary in about a week or so. This will be my first time to secondary. Could I use a brand new bucket from a hardware store if it is cleaned and sanitised well?

The kit does recommend secondary. Not sure what I will do yet. I will get another gravity when the bubbling slows down more and I will base my decision on that. How long was your hefe in the primary?

This kit was all LME with a dry yeast packet. I followed the directions. I dont think that I scorched the wort but I guess there is no way to tell. The darker color may add a different flavor. Could be good I guess....I think part of the problem with the slow start is that I didnt aerate...

This is a weizenbeir kit from Brewers Best. Been in the fermenter for 11 days. Didnt show visible signs of fermentation until 4 days after yeast was pitched. The OG was 1.048. After 5 days the gravity was 1.044. The airlock is still bubbling approx every 7-8 seconds. Out of curiousity I...

Is it ok to split a kit in half if there is two can of extract?