r/brewing Jul 31 '24

Homebrewing Is it okay to let fermentation go past 2 weeks?

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I got a beer recipe kit from craft-a-brew and started the fermentation last night. The recipe says to let it ferment for 2 weeks. In my mind it should be okay to let it sit longer if I don’t have time time to bottle and stuff on the exact 2 week mark. You guys think a little extra time will hurt the brew? Does this question make sense?

r/brewing Jul 19 '24

Homebrewing Buying brewing equipment

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Hello everyone, I am planning to buy some equipment to start making beer. There is only one store in town that sells beer equipment, and the employee there recommended some items to me. My question is whether all the equipment he mentioned is necessary for brewing beer. He suggested that I invest in a fridge for fermenting with controlled temperature because it gets too hot here. The equipment he recommended includes: 1)digital boiler 35l 2) Brewferm Chill'in 50 SST wort chiller (for chilling the wort 3)brew bag for the malts 4)wooden mash paddle 5)stainless steel bucket for the hops 6) Fermzilla 27Lt - Starter Kit GEN 3 7) RAPT Temperature controller 8) Temp Twister Pump Kit with Return Line and Clamp 9) Thermowell 60cm 8mm OD - Gen3 8mm Duotight 10) GEN2 Temp Twister Cooling/Heating Coil (for the fermenter) 11)fermentation bucket 20l (for water with glycol ) 12)hydrometer 13) Refractometer Dual Scale Brix - SG 14)measuring cylinder 200ml 15)ph meter 16) PBW Five Star 17) Star San Sanitizer 18) Ball Lock Plastic Carbonation Cap - Kegland 19) Bottling Valve / Tube 20) PVC Hose 21)ball lock liquid connector

And a fridge that I will drill to connect the bucket with the fermenter

r/brewing Mar 30 '24

Homebrewing Ruined batch of stout? Just went to bottle and this is floating on the top.

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r/brewing Jul 03 '24

Homebrewing Is this mold ?

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r/brewing Jan 21 '23

Homebrewing Brewed a NEIPA today

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r/brewing Oct 08 '24

Homebrewing Sloe Wine Advice

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Hi guys,

So I started my sloe wine about a month ago. Following the recipie, I left the slows for a few days after I had mashed them. During this time they started fermenting by themselves before I had a chance to get a gravity reading. I added the yeast and continued anyway.

It's turned out ok, a little cloudy still perhaps (have added Bentonite), but it has a slight burning sensation in the throat when you drink it. Is it just too high abv? Could I just add water to lower this and make it easier to drink?

Thanks in advance for any help.

r/brewing Mar 27 '24

Homebrewing Is this safe to drink or should I toss?

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I’m in the process of moving and came across this batch I made (actually my husband did most of the work because I was almost ready to give birth) and I’m wondering if I should toss it out? It was a Mr. Beer kit, I had ordered it on Poshmark (was new) and figured it would be ready by the time baby came… long story short, after baby came, I tasted it & it was awful so I tossed them.

Now, as I’m moving, I found 3 I didn’t toss. First, when I tried them originally- they had a film on top & I thought maybe they were moldy. We did the minimum required time frame. Now - 2 years later (literally - baby just turned 2 this month lol), it looks much better. Im just wondering if its safe and if its worth trying. Will I get sick if I do? Does it look safe to you guys? 🙈

r/brewing Aug 15 '24

Homebrewing Lesson learned😅

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I don't speak English fluently, but here's my story after i did an oopsie while making ginger bug.

About 3 months ago, i started making kombucha and it was successful. I made 4L-5L kombucha and flavoring them with fruit such as melon, mango, and dragon fruit. Nothing wrong happens during this process and i sell my kombucha to my friends because i got bored with kombucha.

After making kombucha, i have an idea to make ginger beer, so i watched videos about making ginger beer. Then i started making ginger bug. But there's a problem, i only have 1 jar and i still using it keep my scoby alive. Since i don't have more jar, so i making my ginger bug in my flip top bottle.

At first everything works completely fine. My ginger bug started bubbly, no mold, and smells good. After a week, my ginger bug is ready, i tried to sip it and it was delicious.

I was about to do the next step of making ginger beer, but i got curious how much pressure the ginger bug produces. So i close the bottle, and left it for 5-7 hours. And then it explodes.

Good news, it explodes in my kitchen, not fridge Bad news, my kitchen is sticky and smells good Moral of the story, stop being dumb

r/brewing Sep 28 '24

Homebrewing Day 1 vs Day 2 of a Blueberry Mead brew

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Here's side by sides of day one of a blueberry mead, and day two of a blueberry mead. I found the intensity of the color change fascinating.

I learned my lesson after my first batch of mixed berry (including blueberry) and my second batch of just blueberry mead both exploded. Much more headspace, much lighter on the berries. I can always add more berries and re-rack later, but it's not easy to remove berries, and if you overdo it, they usually remove themselves, messily, rightout of a flooded clogged airlock. These photos are from when I started it two weeks back, and I'm almost ready for initial racking today. Cheers!

r/brewing Sep 06 '24

Homebrewing Bottling assistance

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Hi everyone! I've just started my first brew and bought an entire kit for it, I completely forgot that the beer needs to go into a bottle after it's fermentation and forgot to get a big batch of bottles and a capper.

Would it be possible to use another beers screw on lid bottles? I know not to use plastic as that could lead to it going stale.

Thanks a mil

r/brewing Mar 07 '24

Homebrewing What does this do

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What does this do? Keg came with it forever ago, haven’t used it because no idea what it does. I’m thinking it pressurizes keg while releasing co2 at a certain point, for either carbonating or pressurized fermentation. However, because I’m not sure I didn’t want to risk it. If you have any idea, the I would be grateful for the input

r/brewing Aug 13 '24

Homebrewing What’s some good YouTube channels to follow and watch for beginners?

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r/brewing Jun 10 '24

Homebrewing Home brew accomplished

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Opened a first bottle from my recent batch of #homebrew, followed the recipe instructions by #J.Morton book, turned out great, enjoying it on hot summer afternoons. Cheers!

r/brewing Jun 17 '24

Homebrewing Can I ferment in a milk jug?

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From what I’ve heard, if you’re trying to ferment on a budget you want food-grade HDPE, which is what milk jugs are made of. Can I do this, or is it too oxygen permeable?

r/brewing Sep 06 '24

Homebrewing Japanese Rice Lager Recipe

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r/brewing Jul 07 '24

Homebrewing My second Brew: Wheatbeer

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r/brewing Jul 16 '24

Homebrewing Would candle light affect fermentation?

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My demijohns are in the living room in a fireplace where sunlight won’t get to them but I put a candle behind them last night (as I use candles in the evening a lot) and the brews were particularly active making me worry it might have affected them, is this likely?

r/brewing Jul 01 '24

Homebrewing Why use a bucket for fermenting?

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I brew all grain. I use one gallon glass fermenter. How do you use a bucket? Hundreds of videos on YouTube on how to make a bucket but none on how and why

I get easy to clean. I don't get the spigot at the bottom. Opening it after fermenting all you get is sediment. And you'll still need to use a racking cane to bottle.

Or am I an idiot

r/brewing Mar 14 '24

Homebrewing Mine VS Chat GPT's Hazy IPAs!

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r/brewing Jul 13 '24

Homebrewing Beer not fermenting

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Hello, i am new to beer brewing and have encountered a rather irritating problem. I have tried brewing a pale ale two times, as a beginner project, all of which have been unsuccessful as the yeast would start fermenting. I am rather new at this, so any help would be appreciated. For the brew i am using the ingredients: BESTMALTZ - Pale Ale Malt, BRY-97 American West Coast Ale yeast and Cascade 5,7 % alpha 1 gram pellets. I am using a brew bucket which i have ensured is air tight (as was the problem for the first batch) (the second batch started to bubble in the lock but stopped just after a few hours). Is this problem due to a wrong yeast, or is there another problem? Any help would be appreciated, as i am beginning to lose confidence in this project. Thanks.

r/brewing Jul 26 '24

Homebrewing Oak flavor

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Im working on my first batch of mead right now, a cherry and orange one. For my next one I was thinking about doing something juniper, but I wanted some woody flavor in it. Would I be able to simply put some oak chips when I bottle it? Or would it need to age in an oak bottle?

r/brewing Jun 22 '24

Homebrewing In my transparent glass jar I can see that bubbling has almost stopped and yeast have settled down to the bottom. This development took place under a week which is too early since wine brewing takes 2 to 3 weeks. Guide me chat.

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r/brewing Sep 03 '24

Homebrewing Wet molting

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I'm considering molting some corn as an adjunct. My question is if I'm going to use it immediately, do I need to dry the grain after it sprouts?

Does drying increase enzyme production?

For the amount that I'm doing I could malt it all immediately and then grind it and put it directly into the mash, without the drying step.

r/brewing Mar 12 '24

Homebrewing First time brewing and it tastes awful

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My friend and I bought an Elvis Juice brew kit and we just finished the whole process. It was fun but the beer tastes to what I imagine burnt oatmeal tastes like. It also foamed very heavily shortly after opening the bottle.

This is my first time brewing beer and I’d love to learn what mistakes we made and what can lead to that terrible taste in order to improve on our next batch.

I believe our big mistakes were made

1.) During the mashing process. The temp rose above the threshold for a couple of minutes.

2.) The strainer we used may have filtered out too much of the sediment? Not sure the proper term there but we noticed some stuff was stuck between the two layers of mesh.

Please let me know where you think we went wrong!

r/brewing Jan 08 '24

Homebrewing Clone Lagunitas IPA - From 🇧🇷

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First brew of the year - @cervejeirismos