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A full month ago I started a 5gal batch of Applejack. It has now quit "bubbling" so, it was a nice slow fermentation. But, It seems to have a very low ethanol content. The OG was 1.090, and today I took the FG and it was 1.078. Both readings were taken with a refractometer. If I did the math...

Hi y'all from Western Iowa! I just turned 64 and getting ready to do my first all grain brew soon. I have brewed beer before but that was 30 years ago, and I used a kit instead of mashing my own grains. I have aquired about 98% of what I need to bottle my first batch. But I need to build a rack...

I am going to try my hand at making 5gal of applejack moonshine for the first time next week. Being new at this, I watched a youtube video about how to make it. In the video, the guy gave a warning that drinking too much applejack will cause one of those "I wanta kill myself" hangovers because...

Hi all, and thanks for allowing me to be a part of this group. It's awesome. I have brewed my own beer in the past, but that was using a pair of 5 gal buckets and some extract. Looking back on that experience, I can say that even using extract produced better beer than I was buying at the...