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Hey guys, I just had a great pumpkin cider from Aldi's. It is NA and comes in a flip top bottle (looks great for reuse). Anyway, does anyone have a sparkling NA pumpkin cider recipe? I have a press we use to make apple cider. I figured I'd roast some fresh pumpkin, and press it out...

Back on NYE, I made the King's Nutz Maple nut brown. After a month in primary, I'm ready for it to move on. I'm planning on bottling a 12 pack to age. So far, I've only kegged. I have an idea how to bottle, but I have no idea how much priming sugar I should use. I've kegged in the past...

Has anyone used a meat grinder as a grain mill for a kitchen aid mixer? Amazon shows a grain mill also. It looks to be a corona style and has some really bad reviews. Granted, these people were grounding for flour, which would be significantly finer than for brewing.

Last night I brewed up some pumpkin ale. 7lbs of DME eventually overwhelmed my pot and went all over my stove. :mad: Besides the obvious sticky mess will this cause any other problems? I noticed my OG was a little lower than I expected (1.040 rather than 1.069). But, it tasted great, and...

I'm looking for a source for some high end digital refractometers. I'll need about 4 (shipping to different locations.) The company I used (kohler) no longer carries the refractometer that we were using. My only regret is that these won't be used for beer/wine making. They will be used in a...

I've had a request to come up with some dago red. I checked on Jack Keller's site and he has a 5 gallon batch. Does anyone have a 1 gallon batch (or suggestions to reduce his recipe)? I think coming up with 70 lbs of grapes is going to be a little cost prohibitive.

I'm on the corner of extract and PM. I've read some of the recipes and tried to search for answers, but I seem to get more confused. What gets steeped and what gets mashed? It seems like there are grains that are steeped (for flavor/color) and grains that are mashed (for starches). The...

Tomorrow I'm getting my first batch of wet yeast. I'm planning on using it for my Pumpkin Ale...which I wasn't going to brew for a few more weeks. Since I haven't used wet yeast yet, any words of wisdom on how to keep it until i'm ready?

We are going to a party for Labor day. Most of my family who will be there are BMC Light drinkers. I had an american amber on tap, and they can't/won't drink it because it is too dark. Does anyone have any recommendations of a kit to try that the BMC drinkers will like? I saw an Aussie Light...

I finally got my keezer set up and have cream soda on tap. (the beer wasn't quite ready yet). It seems like it's taken a long time to carb. The temp is about 37*, 4 gallons of water/soda mix. The gas has been on for about 4 days at 20psi. I thought it would have carbed much faster, but I'm...

Go big or go home right? We are not only brewing our first batch, but building a keezer at the same time. Our intention is to have 5 kegs at once (maybe a year from now) with 3 beer, 1 wine and 1 soda. While our first brew is fermenting, we would like to start the cream soda/root beer as...

We discovered homebrew when visiting a long time friend in Florida. After we returned to Pittsburgh, we got a kit and started brewing American Amber. We also have a keezer project going, which has been significantly helped along through all the DIY threads. This forum has been a great...