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My mead has a lower ABV than I hoped
I'm brewing a solera mead experiment at home. It's on a six month rotation, so every six months I make a new batch, let that sit for a month, and them go down the line bottling the oldest and ...
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Sour/musty tasting mead
My son and I tried our hand at mead for the first time... I didn't notice a lot of bubbling I thought that it wasn't fermenting correctly but my son thought differently, he's 17. Lol
But when we went ...
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Best yeast to make a sweeter mead
I've just about finished my first attempt at mead. I'm now thinking about my second batch.
The yeast I have used is pretty aggressive, Bulldog mead yeast, so was wondering if anyone has some better ...
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Expired seamoss, need answers
Will expired seamoss harm you? Is it harmful to use?? The gel still looks like when i bought it, and shows no
Signs of decay. But it’s about a week past the expiration date. Just wondering is it bad ...
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Regulator not fitting CO2 tank
I recently started gathering equipment for home water carbonation and collected my CO2 tank today to find the regulator I purchased does not fit it.
I am based in Ireland, here is the regulator I ...
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Airlock Blow now no bubbles
Hi i am doing my first home brew.
after less than 24 hours the beer was coming through the water in the air lock.
i looked online and it said to change the airlock and put it back on i did this ...
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Home made Cider Over Carbonated what should i do with the other Bottles?
I have been brewing some home made cider and decided last weekend to crack it open! (has been in bottles for about 6 months) when a friend opened the bottle it basically exploded and send the swing ...
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carbonating with beer gas or c02 [duplicate]
Question can you carbonate a stout with c02 and then pour it on beer gas(nitrogen) and have the same cascading effect? Or do I have to carbonate with the beer has only
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I used too much malt. What should I do? Suggestions how to salvage?
So, I need advice how to salvage my beer. I intended to make 5 gallon batch of IPA. I had ingredients for two batches of beer on hand and I accidentally added 3 extra pounds of dry malt extract to my ...
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What size brew kettle should I get?
I am new to the home brewing game and am looking to get a little info before I start buying equipment. How large of a brew kettle do I need if I am brewing 10 gallon batches?
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Has My mead gone south?
This is rather my first time doing a mead. It has been a month since i put it up for fermentation. Its been locked in a relatively stable temperature and totally dark enviroment.
Today, after a full ...
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14 hours after pitching, little to no activity. Is it ruined?
This is my first homebrew, so I'm totally in the dark as to what to expect. However, I was told by my LHS that I should see a lot of fermentation activity after around 4-12 hours. The brew itself is ...
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Making Hard Cider in a Dorm
So I am attempting to make my own hard cider. At my school, there is a farmers market every Thursday and at this market they sell flash pasteurized cider; the process is stopped partway through so it ...
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Bottling from secondary (keg). Wait two weeks and prime or now?
I'm brewing my 1st kit which my gf got from a local hardware store (ironically there's a home brew store not 5 mins away sigh) but wasn't a cheap one.
http://www.wilko.com/cider+beer-brewing/wilko-...
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what are my legal obligations in owning a distillery [closed]
I am interested in distilling whiskey and vodka. Im not sure of what the legal ramifications are but I want to one) do it legally and two) do it economically. Is this possible and what are the average ...
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Knocking out the barrier between fridge and freezer?
I have a fridge freezer combo that I am going to convert to a serving fridge. I have done this with an old fridge before but decided to upgrade when I moved because it was really old and crapping out.
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