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I was recently told that crushing a multivitamin tablet and adding it to my wine would help the health of the yeast. I only make small 5L batches but is this true? I already add a little DAP Ta

I have just made my first batch of ginger beer. Using the Brewers Friend website ABV calculator I entered my initial sg reading and my intended final sg. The calculator has a field called: Apparent Attenuation and the value is a percentage. How does this number relate to the final...

Hi, I'm new to this brewing lark and live in a part of the world where brewing equipment, supplies, and environment are really stacked against me. I want to make some alcoholic ginger beer, probably around 5% and not too sweet, but not dry. I want to use as simple a recipe as possible, ie...

I've seen youtube videos about wow and one thing seems to be apparent. Wow seems to create a big frothy head during the early stages of fermentation and tends to 'flood out' of the airlock. I had a thought but I don't know if it's a good idea. If I add all of the ingredients but only half the...

Can anyone tell what tannin brings to the party and can you taste the difference? Thanks

Hi everyone, I wanted to try a lazy man's ginger wine. I thought I could save a lot of time and mess by using Ginger paste. I duly bought myself a jar of authentic Indian Ginger paste from the local spice Indian shop and hurried home excitedly. My excitement was short lived after...

Hi everyone, I'm quite new to this brewing fun and wonderered if anyone can help me with a puzzle. I put: 250g root ginger (well scrubbed and washed). 3 shinny, big lemons (also scrubbed and washed. Hopefully this removed any wax) Into a blender and zapped them to a pulp. I also...

Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me? Many years ago, i remember seeing a TV news article about someone setting up a facility that was fully equipped to make beer and wine. Ordinary people could come to the facility and hire the necessary equipment and work space to brew their own beer...

Did you giys ever get your corny kegs from eastern europe..?

What's the maximum litres of inmate brew can I safely put into a 25 litre plastic fermentation bucket without the krausen spewing out of the air lock..? 22, 23, 24 maybe..? What would be the recommendation..?

Prison brew on the go! All made with pure fruit juice, sugar and bread yeast...

I have been trying to find Bentonite clay to use as a fining agent. I've heard that cat litter is just pure Bentonite and if I used a mortar and pestle to crush it, this would be ok. I went to the pet store to check the ingredients but it was all in Chinese :-( Anybody have any comments on...

Has anyone had any experience of brewing beer using 'naked barley'..? It's all that's available in my neck of the woods. Can it be malted and brewed..? If it can, recepie ideas please! :-)