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Fill a fermenter with 3.5 gallons of water, pour in the honey and combine. Once fully mixed, add the berries, yeast, 4.5 grams of Fermaid-K and 2 grams of DAP. Mix carefully and ferment at 67-70° F (19-21° C)…
Back sweetened with simple syrup to 1.006, sorbated. Primary fermentation for 30 days at 55° F (13° C) in glass. Secondary fermentation for 4 months at <50° F (<10° C) in glass. Forced CO2 to…
This was a 2006 club project of the Whales Homebrew Club. The cider was pressed by Pine Hill Orchards in Colrain, Mass: 38% Jonathan Gold, 30% Northern Spy, 15% Macoun, 10% Spartan, 7% Macintosh. Primary fermentation for…
Originally published in the March/April 2009 issue of Zymurgy magazine. Recent hop shortages are debasing your homebrews and putting a dent in your wallet, so why not grow your own? Hops are easy to grow, and their requirements are simple,…
Mash at 149°F (65° C) for 60 minutes. Dilute lager after fermentation with 2L distilled water. Primary fermentation for 21 days at 50° F (10° C) in glass. Secondary fermentation for 21 days at 35° F…
Mash grains at 150° F (66° C) for 70 minutes. Primary fermentation for 14 days at 45° F (7° C) in glass. Secondary fermentation for 30 days at 45° F (7° C) in glass. Tertiary fermentation…
Mash grains at 149° F (65° C) for 75 minutes. Add black malt during sparge. Primary fermentation for 14 days at 48° F (9° C) in glass. Secondary fermentation for 14 days at 42° F (6°…
Mash grains at 150° F (66° C) for 60 minutes. Primary fermentation for 12 days at 53° F (12° C) in glass. Secondary fermentation for 31 days at 34° F (1° C) in glass. Forced…
Primary fermentation for 4 weeks at 48° F (9° C) in glass. Secondary fermentation for 6 weeks at 32° F (0° C) in steel.
Mash grains at 149° (64° C) for 60 minutes. Primary fermentation for 12 days at 64° F (18° C) in glass. Forced CO2 to carbonate.
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