Just finished planting my fall garden: flat leaf lettuce, chervil, radish, carrots, cilantro, oregano, and snap beans. We have very mild winters in south Louisiana and extremely hot and humid summers. I've given up gardening during the extreme heat. Between now and the beginning of May is the...

Tried cider for first time w/ champagne yeast and it came out very dry. Won't win awards for it but I liked it. Have a cyser in bottles should be ready to drink soon. Dry hopped 3 different batches, two with beer yeast and one with champagne. Bottle one last night, the other two in the next few...

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I started out with a hand help bottle capper. Hated it. From broken bottles to difficulty getting a good seal. I graduated to this: https://www.williamsbrewing.com/FERRARI-ADJUSTABLE-BENCH-CAPPER-P3745.aspx?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIg5PZ7_aD1gIVAgdpCh2JRgt8EAQYASABEgJPAfD_BwE Best $40.00 I ever...

My advise. Have many things in various states of fermenting and being ready to drink that way you don't obsess on the one thing you are working on. You eventually find out that sometimes just leaving things alone for awhile is the answer. But to answer your question directly: 1. It was a...

I have been brewing for just over a year and can tell you opinions vary on that. I'm sure there are more experienced brewers here who will correct or clarify what I present. But since I have received helpful advise here, I figured I'd put my $00.02 in to get this started and hopefully useful...

I boil 2 gallon batches and begin with 3 gallons of wort which I boil down to 2 gallons over an hour. Lid off, everything I've read suggests the leaving the lid on will prevent Dimethyl Sulfides from escaping. I've never left the lid on during the boil so I haven't tested the theory but I've...

That would have been so easy to do!

Successfully made my first gallon of hard sparkling cider. Came out very dry with a hint of apple flavor. I liked it. Next fermented and bottled a honey-apple cider that I will also bottle condition. The ABV in almost 8% so it will pack a nice punch. Decided I'd dry hop some cider as I have...

Bon jour from a French-Acadian (Cajun) in south Louisiana.

UPDATE: Cracked open a bottle just now and it is VERY peppery and bitter. Might need much more time in the bottle to mellow hopefully. Might need to tone down the ginger and maybe use a more mellow hops as opposed to mugwort. Have three different 1 gallon jugs of ciders going, used 2 beer...

Happy you "hopped" on board. :)

I have been brewing for just under a year and brew 2 gallons at a time. Chose small batch brewing to learn the process and to try more styles of beer. Here is what I use for my mash tun http://www.homebrewstuff.com/2-gallon-mash-tun.html but I'm sure you can make your own. I converted a 2...

My "brewery" is a closet under our stairs LOL. Welcome.

Racked the Skeeter Tea to secondary today. Gravity is down from 1.055 to 1.015. Hope it comes down some more. One thing I struggle with is getting the gravity down to 1.0

The Skeeter Tea name is a take on "Skeeter Pee" a lemon wine many people make. The color of the first batch I made was the color of tea so that's how it got the name. Here is the "base" recipe: https://www.growforagecookferment.com/mugwort-lemon-beer/ Since its not brewed with grains I'm not...

I live in south Louisiana and have been brewing beer for just under a year so I am still learning about EVERYTHING! Currently brew small batches usually 2 gallons at a time using the all grain method. I have two 2 gallon water coolers that have been converted to a hot liquor tank and a mash tun...