Wanting to get a propane burner. Not a pricey one as I won’t be using it often and will be doing 1-5 gallons. Anyone have any recommendations on ones they use. I see a lot going anywhere from 30-100 but prefer if anyone has recommendations. Thanks!

Before investing effort and money into this homebrewing thing for real, I decided to dip my toes in the water by making cider at home. I used apple juice (homemade) and some bakers yeast, from a tutorial I saw online. It's been 6 days now, its not clear like it was in the video (probably because my juice wasn't clear when I made it), but I was wondering how I should drink it. Should I just pour it from the container to a glass and take a swig? Or are there any precautions or steps I need to do before enjoying the 'fruit' of my labour? ;)

I posted a while back and neglected to keep momentum, but we did get a new member from that so figured I'd try again in case I catch anyone.

We are the Bergen County Brew Crew, we meet the first Wednesday of each month at Plank Pizza Co in Saddle Brook, and tomorrow is our meeting!

In case anyone here is looking to join a club or just hang out at some meetings once in a while come through! We meet at 7PM (some of the guys get there earlier) and we always have a nice table and the venue is very nice for us to be able to buy a pint and maybe some apps and share our brews between the club.

Would be cool to get some more members, we have good momentum and do quarterly club internal competitions (next one is in October).

Come by :-)

Hi everyone. Firstly apologies if this has been asked before. I have checked and couldn’t find it!

I recently picked up a Brooklyn Brew 1 gallon kit. Unfortunately it didn’t come with any hops. This will be my very first time brewing and I’m excited, but they usually come pre-packaged with Brooklyn Brewing company, and they don’t have any pre-packaged ones that interest me as I’m more into lager than ale.

Could someone point me in the right direction to somewhere that can sell what I need to get started, as well as how to figure out the quantities of ingredients needed to brew one gallon of lager please?

Thanks! ☺️

How should i store them otherwise. Does 2 days matter? What are your experience with this?

Have the next best recipe since Pliny the Elder, but want reddit to check everything over one last time? Maybe your house beer recipe needs that final tweak, and you want to discuss. Well, this thread is just for that! All discussion for style and recipe formulation is welcome, along with, but not limited to:

• Ingredient incorporation effects
  
• Hops flavor / aroma / bittering profiles
  
• Odd additive effects
  
• Fermentation / Yeast discussion
  

If it's about your recipe, and what you've got planned in your head - let's hear it!

So Im brewing a pretty big beer. Pitching instructions recommended hydrating over 1.060. Brewing a barelywine over 1.100.

Do I need to rehydrate? Has anyone brewed a big beer and just sprinkled in the yeast?

I've only used liquid yeast the past 10yrs or so. Any insight appreciated. Thanks