Recent content by Oyarsa

I am back to trying my hand at ciders after a couple of years hiatus. I have a Keezer and have been fermenting 5 gallons of cider. I wish to "back sweeten" it but have forgotten the process. Just to be safe: I should use 1/4 tsp of potassium metabisulfite powder (by Brewcraft) and 2.5 tsp of...

My wife and I are on a budget. I would like to make a cider, but the apple juice required and for 5 gallons and yeast uses up most of my bi-weekly budget! I have yeast nutrient, potassium metabisulfite, potassium sorbate, and pectic enzyme. The packets are probably all a couple of years old...

Well, I'm not sure what cured the trickle, but I opened the keg again (my poor Zombie Dust is probably nicely oxidized now) and added washers to the floating dip tube. Now, it pours quite well.

Day_trippr, I did remove the out post and swapped it with another out post. That is when the tap started to at least allow a trickle. I tried upping the pressure to see what would happen. Now, it has changed to just spurting out gas and foam. This is now using a floating dip tube. Perhaps the...

I have a homemade keezer that has been working fine for me with 3 taps. A couple weeks ago I tapped a new keg of Zombie Dust clone. It is currently the only keg in the keezer. I applied CO2 to the beverage out to force keg at 30 PSI. Unfortunately, we left on a lengthy trip the next day and I...

I tasted the wort and it seemed OK. I haven't tasted a lot of wort, but the only thing that felt off about it was that it seemed a bit flavorless, but I imagine that's how a berliner weisse wort (what I'm basing my recipe off of) should taste. It ended up with a higher OG than expected. Guess...

Not quite. I took it out before it started boiling, but barely. It got to around 200 degrees.

I am in the process of trying to make a kiwi-strawberry sour beer. I started with 4 lbs of German Pilsner and 3 lbs of wheat. I intend to quick sour with both lacto plantarum and Voss Kveik concurrently. I am doing BIAB and overheated the water a bit. After adding grain, it was 160 degrees. At...

Thanks! I was leaning toward something like that, but wasn't sure if it would suffice.

What do you all use to cut the EVABarrier. I see that there is a cutter specifically for it, but I'd rather not wait for it to ship to me or pay the shipping for just that item. Anyone use anything else successfully?

Those are some pretty significant price differences. Guess I'll know where to look next time I need anything.

I can return the shanks. I suppose I can live with barbs on the manifold end. My regulator is MFL. So, for 3 kegs, here's my shopping list: Beer Faucet Shank (Stainless) - 4 in. | MoreBeer x 3 Duotight Push-In Fitting - 8 mm (5/16 in.) x Female Beer Thread | MoreBeer x 3 CM Becker Ball Lock...

I am in the process of building my first keezer. I purchased these items: https://www.morebeer.com/products/gas-manifold-14-aluminum.html https://www.morebeer.com/products/intertap-beer-faucet-stainless-steel-flow-control.html...

I think that sounds like good advice. My problem with my ciders has almost certainly been the "cider" component.

Man, I hate it when people abandon posts and don't post the results!!! Oh wait...that was me. Soo...I don't really remember this brew too well. I also don't take very good notes. The only note I have is that I gave it 4 out of 5 stars. Must have been at least fairly good. None of my ciders...