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I don't know how I have missed this thread up until this point. Saw some work being done on the building today as my wife and I walked away from the farmers market. Almost **** a brick when I saw it was going to be a brewery. I wanted to walk up and talk to whoever was in there, but my wife...

The owner of my local homebrew store recommended to me that I don't change anything with my current set-up while I try to make this: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0064OG9DS/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 for the first time. He said I could carb just like my beer ( I usually force carb at 32...

I actually just used an extract kit from northern brewer for that one: http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/dead-ringer-ipa-extract-kit.html They had to change the name due to legal reasons, but it's a 2 hearted clone. It is damn near identical. I've tried some other all grain recipes that...

Just going to be a 5 gallon keg and probably won't be around too long knowing my family ;). First crack at soda.

My LHBS owner, who has always been quite knowledgeable, told me that he uses SaniClean on his kegs/tap lines after using them for rootbeer and it removes the flavors. I've read multiple places that you pretty much need to have a separate keg and tap lines for root beer because you can never get...

I have tried a few different kinds of yeast. Nottingham, champagne, and a couple of ales actually. Everyone agrees that the Lalvin wine yeast is the best tasting. Gives a nice crisp start and a clean finish.

This is an incredibly cheap, fast, and easy cider recipe. I have used it 4-5 times and everyone I know loves it. It's obviously not something you would make as your sole cider, but if you need something to put together in a pinch this works great. I've seen a few recipes similar to this, but...

Thanks for the insight everyone!

I know it doesn't work well with beer, but is it possible to force carb an extract soda in my kegging equipment and then bottle and cap? Will it hold its carbonation? I'm having an event coming up where I would like to bring some bottles of my Sprecher extract root beer. It doesn't allow for...

Wow thanks so much for that!

Setting up my first keezer and am struggling to figure out whats the best sized chest freezer to get. I'm probably down to a 5 cu ft and a 7 cu ft. How much more will I gain. How much can a 5 vs a 7 hold. I'm going to have a 5lb CO2 tank and I'd like to have a minimum of (3) 5 gallon...

It tastes great actually. Tested it 3 days in a row. Stuck at 1.018 every time. It's actually been fermenting a little high since I was actually going for a little ester action possibly since it's going to be an Apricot Amber. It's been fermenting around 74 degrees. It fermented like crazy...

It's just a simple all malt extract kit from True Brew. It's made with muntons malt. It fermented heavily for the first two days, but slowed afterwards. It has been in primary for about 10 days now... No movement of the airlock for the past 2 days to my knowledge. I was just looking to make...

I currently have an amber in primary. It has stalled out at 1.018 with an OG of 1.042. I was shooting for around a 1.012, but it doesn't seem like its going to get there, I tried swirling the carboy to get a little more out of the yeast, but I think it's spent. Any problem with bottle...

That I did not know. How much cane sugar should I use for a 5 gallon batch? And for clarification you are talking about simple white table sugar?

Thanks for the help! I realize priming sugar is cheap, but I live nowhere near a HB store and I am out. I figured I could save it since it's just sugar water.

I, like an incompetent idiot, started my priming sugar before checking my FG. I started my priming sugar in about 1 1/2 of water got it boiled and everything and then checked my FG only to see that it was at 1.020... I'm shooting for 1.012 ish. Should I dump out this priming solution and start...

Do you always use the full amount of priming sugar given in extract kits or does it depend on the type of beer you are making? It seems like they always come with 5 oz. of "priming sugar". Is this dextrose? I've always just used the full amount and have had good success... just making sure...

Hard to see past the krausen residue, but it almost looks like someone spit in my carboy. White circular dots on top about the size of a mini-marshmallow only flat. Normal? Wort smells fine.

my only concern is it is in secondary and I don't want to have to slosh it around getting it to my basement now. I know oxygen in secondary is not a good thing.