I'd like to try adding a bit of cider spice to a few bottles of Blond ale that I will be bottling in a few days. I thought I could dissolve the spices in boiling water and add a few ml of the concentrate to each bottle before filling. Any thoughts or better suggestions? I only want to do 12...

Thanks for the help Nosybear.

I'm brewing an extract blond ale and thought I'd like to add the 7# of LME with around 20 minutes to go in the 60 minute boil. I have steeped 1/2 # of crystal 15 and will add the 1 oz of hops at the beginning of the boil. My question is will I get the expected ibu's from the hops if the LME...

Brian, I had already bottled it before I read your post. Thanks for replying. Your information gives me confidence i did the right thing in steeping at 165 degrees. Thanks also for offering to talk with me. I'll keep that in mind for future inquiries. t.c.

Thanks all for taking time to reply. I'm going to bottle it in plastic soda bottles and store it away from light and see what happens. I'm thinking the plastic bottles are less hazardous than glass if explosions do occur. I'm anxious to move on and try another batch. t.c.

sbaclimber, I don't know what you mean by hot. I understand the idea of unfermentables, but thought this was a pretty generic recipe. I just checked the gravity again and its only gone down from 1.032 to 1. 031 since Friday. Do you think I should dump the batch and start over with a...

Extract, 3.3# LME, 3# DME, 1# crystal 15L, 60Min boil, Boil volume 3 gal at start of boil, after 60 min poured hot wort into fermenter containing 2 gal of cold water cooled in ice water bath to 70 degrees then agitated it to add oxygen and and pitched yeast. Steeped crystal for 30 min at...

I pitched a fresh packet of Safale US 05 on Friday and no noticeable increase in activity. I'll take a hydrometer reading Monday and hope its going down. If not what should I do? It seems if I would bottle it the bottles might burst if the sugar content is still high. How long can I let it...

Thanks all. I am going to try pitching a new culture of yeast. t.c.

I understand what you are saying, but why isn't the gravity going down? How many days more should I wait before taking another reading? t.c.

Thirteen days ago I started an American pale ale. O.G was 1.056 Pitched rehydrated Nottingham at 70 degrees f. Fermentation was active within 18 hours of pitching. Vigorous bubbling for three days at 62-66 degrees f. then things slowed down. I checked the gravity yesterday (12 days) and...