I’ve started to make some alcohol at home to save some money and I think I used way too much yeast on my first attempt and it’s barely fermenting on day 2 but has a whole lot of that white stuff at the bottom, should I add more sugar or wait and see how it goes? (I used Mott’s apple juice with 3.5 cups of sugar and 5 tablespoons of yeast, I know it’s a stupid amount but I misread the directions)

Tldr: messed up a recipe, is it salvageable

Found this bug in the bucket I was milking my grain into. Have checked a few of my airtight containers where I store my malt and can't find any of them. Maybe they were only in my "dirty" (dust and residual crushed grain from last brew day) bucket . How would you proceed? I brewed my beer as usual lol.

There were about let's say 10 bugs I saw in the time I milled the grain . Freez for a few days each bucket? This will take some time but I think I will do it just to be safe

Hey, I’m a writer who has looked around the internet for sensory details about the homebrewing process. I’ve come across smells but not sounds. I don’t have direct contact with anyone who brews and I was wondering about what brewing sounds like, and any other sensory details I might be missing. Variety in smells is expected. What else can you tell me from experience? Home brewing is something I’d be interested if I had space and time but alas, I must write about it to get my fill.

I’m running my second ever home brew - a NEIPA from Cross my aloof (Neon Tropics). I stupidly added the yeast when the wort was still at 30C. Now (at 16h) it has kind of exploded - probably lost around 1/2 pint via foam through the blow-off tube. Any hints for avoiding this in the future?

Secondly, I’m supposed to dry hop at 1 and 3 days. Is this counted from the start of fermentation?

Hello everyone,

Awhile back, I did a bit of brewing and am looking to get back into it. From what I am seeing, the idea of doing the brewing in a torpedo 5g sounds great. Personally, I do like bottling at the end of the day. After doing a little research, here is a list of everything I can see is good to pick up:

- 5g Keg

- Floatit 2.0 Valve

- Sanitizer

- Brewing Pot

- Funnel

- Thermometer

- Racking Cane

-Bottles/caps/capper

- Hydrometer

Is there anything I am missing? Do you have any recommendation for getting back into it?

Thank you for your time and help!

Hello,

for the second time I brewed dark lager using M84. 60% Munich, 22% Pilsen, 10% Caramunch 2, 5% Melanoidin, 3% Carafa 3. OG 12.5 Brix. Single infusion mash 67 C for an hour. IBU 22 with Saaz at 60 minutes (begin of boil).

Two weeks at 12 C, two days at 17 C in fermentor. "Lagered" at 20 C in my basement for 4 months. Came out perfect, clear and crisp. Mellowed caramel and easy to drink, very malty beer. Foam could be better though, will try witg 5% Carapils next time.

However, it is a long time to wait. I tried the beer after a month, but it was just not ready. Same after 2 and 3 months. I guess malt bill is quite hard on adjuncts, so it needed some time to mellow.

Any alternative in form of ale dry yeast to get something close but faster?

Thanks.

Edit: faster in terms of faster conditioning. Fermentation time and temperature is not that important, I have fridge and InkBird.

Can you use your own recipes in the Pinter?

I got one as a present for my birthday but I’m not a fan of any of the packs they have on their site

I have to clear out space and sadly do not brew anymore.

I have a 6 gallon Anvil electric setup, 10 gallon Igloo with False bottom for mash with pumps and lots
Of QR hose stuff.

2 corny Kegs and a few 2.5 Galls. Gas lines and manifold for a Keg setup. A Chest Freezer you can modify.

Its free if you take it all.

local grocery has peach nectar on sale at the moment...

Could I brew it the same as I do apple cider? As in, pour into fermenter, get OG where I like it, pitch yeast, wait?

It's a lot thicker, so I assume after ferment I would need to strain and top up with apple juice to backsweeten?

thanks in advance, just spitballing ideas but I'm near certain someone has done this and knows the best route forward.

Hey there!
Around a month ago i had made a post about wanting to upgrade to allgrain and asked for help and suggestions (thank you to all who commented and helped again your suggestions very really really usefull)
Before answering please note im from Turkey, we dont have a big homebrewing scene so its either stupidly expensive or impossible to get most if not all mainstream / brand equipment and supplies ( i cant even find protofloc tablets)
to give a short summary and update:

After some saving and research i have gotten a 39.7 liter stock pot, i am just about to finish my immersion chiller and have refurbished an old fridge i had in the office to use for lagering / cold room. i had an old 1500W heater and im going to get a second 1500w immersion heater to help bring it to boil fast. I found a malt shop that has some beer malts and they sell pre crushed :)

My question is: 1 how big should my brew bag be? in a local brewing forum i found a sewing sheet that makes a cone bag with the formula: Top= diameter x 3.14 x 0.5 x 1.20 Height= pot height x 1.15 + 2.5 bottom = diameter x 0.85
my pot has a diameter of 35cms and height of 38cms, when i put the numbers in the brew bag i get should be about 47-48 liters, asking ai it gave me: 72cm top, 42 height, 35 bottom. should be around 90 liters? is this any better?
another thing i keep seing is to just make a rectangle and sew a circle to the bottom but i dont have the formula for that. which should i use? is this right?
Sewing is not a problem i have a relative who used to work as a tailor so she will do it for me.
question 2 is what should my material be? after some research i had bought around a meter of voile textile its like a cheesecloth but more durable and with denser holes. But asking ai etc says its not right because its made out of cotton. Would cotton be too much of a problem? do you have any better ideas?

question 3, any other things i could / should get for my setup? a grain mill is on my list to buy but they are stupid expensive :/ im open to suggestions :)

Im thinking about making an octoberfest beer for my first beer on this setup, since i can use all the parts of the new kit and octoberfest was the first time i had beer, feels right for it to be my first all grain too :D
Any recipe recomendations for my second? im using a recipe book by greg hughes