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The leafs turn brown gradually until they die. All the while there is plenty of new growth coming in, even on the same bine, but the older bines with cones are browning severely. It seems like a deficiency.

2nd link doesn't work. I called my lhbs and they said they can get plastic reusable wine boxes for like 20 dollars and bladders for 15 dollars for 3. I'm not sure the us plastics cubitainers collapse as you draw off liquid, nor that they are impermeable enough to oxygen to store wine in.

2nd link doesn't work. I called my lhbs and they said they can get plastic reusable wine boxes for like 20 dollars and bladders for 15 dollars for 3. I'm not sure the us plastics cubitainers collapse as you draw off liquid, nor that they are impermeable enough to oxygen to store wine in.

Does anyone use wine boxes to package cider or wine or barleywine? I can't seem to find a place to buy new empty wine boxes. I could reuse wine boxes buy it takes me a long time to drink 5l of cheap wine.

I gave up the idea of automating a while back. I have found that the most automatic way to brew beer is to buy it. It's extremely easy, no capital cost, high quality, and tons of variety, and 100% automated. I just have to swipe my credit card and the beer is automatically malted, mashed...

Nope, chest freezer. It's easier to lift kegs over the collar with a hand on the bottom vs two hands at the top holding the handles.

It turns out that it is not that bad picking it up with one hand on the bottom. It's actually sort of easier, when lifting it up into my fermkeezer.

Unfortunately I cut the top up with a utility knife because I assumed that there were metal handles inside the rubber. I guess I could silver solder something on it but I don't know where I would get a SS handle.

The top of one of my kegs came off. I was surprised to find that the whole top is apparently just glued on. I would have expected some metal reinforcement to be welded to the keg under the rubber. I actually like the keg this way because it seems cleaner, but I can't pick it up now when it is...

Pre-chillers are pointless. For the price of copper to make a good pre chiller your could buy a pump and pump ice water which works better probably anyway.

This is brilliant. Thank you for explaining everything. I was taught by a German and usually follow recipes, but this time I was winging it. My main problem is that I looked up some stuff that the 70% was a typical number for efficiency, but that was deviant American "efficiency". I think I need...

Alcohol is totally irrelevant at this stage. I am only trying to hit original gravity of 12 degrees which is roughly 12% sugar ~1.048.

I thought I understood this by now. Tell me where I am going wrong. I want 19l of 12% beer. Suppose I get 70% efficiency. Then I need 19*0.12/0.70=3.25kg of grain. So that's what I bought, and I am mashing now, but every online calculator says that I am only going to get 1.037 rather...

So for those who roll their own, where do you get your supplies from? All the tobaccanists seem to be gone now.

I have previously heard good things about the Dunhill but never seen them for sale. I don't like the smell afterwards but cigarettes are amazing. Especially in the right moment.