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Over the last year I have slowly moved to making 1-gallon batches of fruit wine and mead. Over a year ago I bought a 2-gallon primary fermentation bucket at a local store and have been using it ever since. I am ready to invest in 3-4 more, but the store no longer carries them. Anyway, has...

I recently made a 5 gallon batch of coffee porter that came out amazing. I cold extracted one pound of coarsely ground Colombian blend overnight in 3 pints of water.

Hi everybody - This is my 9th brew and I've never come across this problem before. I just transferred an Imperial IPA from primary fermentor to a secondary (plastic 5 gallon carboy) to dry hop. Anyway, I lost way too much liquid to hop material and now the secondary has a lot of head space in...

I just brewed my first mead. I have only made beer in the past, so my experience using fruit has been limited. For this wine, I followed the recipe found on page 121 of the Joy of Home Winemaking. This was a recipe for 1 gallon of strawberry mead. I used/8 2 gallons of clove honey, and 4...

I just brewed my first mead. I have only made beer in the past, so my experience using fruit has been limited. For this wine, I followed the recipe found on page 121 of the Joy of Home Winemaking. This was a recipe for 1 gallon of strawberry mead. I used/8 2 gallons of clove honey, and 4...

Thanks brazedowl, that certainly answers a number of my questions. Oxygen is a big concern with beer, but I've never topped anything off. I usually just assume that the fermentation gas pushes all the oxygen out, and since an airlock is on no oxygen can get back in. Even when I use a...

I've been making beer for a little over a year now and feel pretty comfortable with all stages, including mashing. Always looking to try something new, I've recently become interested in making some fruit wines. I purchased the Joy of Home Winemaking and have some questions. First, is this...

I recently brewed my 8th batch of beer (2nd all grain). This was my first time crushing my own barley, and also my first time using a yeast starter. I used a yeast starter because I wanted to make a high-alcohol espresso porter. Based on calculations in Palmer's book, I think I pitched...

I actually had the exact same problem today. Your autosiphon isn't broken, you just have to get that little black piece to snap back into place. It can be really difficult. I used a piece of tubing with tape on it, stuck the black piece on and snaked it back into place. As someone else said...

I currently have a strong wheat beer fermenting in my primary. After the fact, I've decided it should be a pumpkin wheat. Now I am wishing I had used actual pumpkin in the boil, but will have to try in the secondary. I've searched the forums, but can't seem to find anybody who has actually...

I recently brewed my first batch. I used the Brewer's Best Holiday Ale kit, the recipe is here: http://www.brewersbestkits.com/pdf/1049_Holiday_Ale.pdf I left it in the fermenter for two weeks before bottling. I tried one of the bottles two weeks later (yesterday). It tasted pretty good...