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Was invited over for Thanksgiving and the wife said I should take some of the five gallons (one gallon batches) with us. I used a 1L flip top and a couple .5L flip tops to take an apple cider, blackberry, and cherry along with a few large (3L I think) bottles of a German Dunkel. All were a...

Okay, I know this is one of those questions that depends on the brew being made but for those of you that are getting hops in bulk what are you keeping in the freezer that gets used the most? I'm thinking about getting a pound or two and looking through my recipes from the past nothing jumps...

So I will be heading to San Diego for work in a few weeks, I will only be there for half the month and won't have much time off, prob just Sundays. I have never been to the west coast or that area, any place a MUST see on my limited time off? It's to bad I can't get one of my motorcycle...

I have a couple of one gallon jugs of apple cider going, I pitched yeast on 10/19/14. Air lock activity has slowed and a good yeast cake has formed. Is it to early to move to secondary? I was thinking about racking it off and adding more juice to the yeast cake. Any issues with...

I have a 3 piece theif that I was going to take a sample of my cider and it doesn't fit into the neck of the jug... uggg.... So, what have you used as a theif to take a sample? I'm guessing I will need to get different theif now that I know mine won't fit but that's not going to help me...

will a Cran Raspberry ferment? It's from OceanSpray. I seem to recall something about Cranberrys not fermenting or something to that effect. and it says Fumaric acid, Sodium Citrate, Citric acid, Asorbic acid which I think is okay. Just not sure about the other stuff. Thanks in advance,

Kegged two beers yesterday after work, hit them both with 40lbs of co2 to seal kegs, check for leaks. Put them in the fermenter (chest freezer) to get down to temp and left one on the co2. Checked this morning as I left for work and the high pressure gage is almost at zero! :mad: After...

Okay, I have been searching and searching but I'm not coming up with much. Can I make an Apple Ale by adding an apple extract to a light-ish ale? or maybe frozen apple juice consintrate? prior to or as I'm kegging?

Okay, after reading other threads and thinking about what I do I'm wondering what the easiest way is to keep the stuff in my BK and out of the fermenter. I currently have a unrestricted pickup tube in my BK and use an IC with recirculation to cause a whirlpool. The issue with my setup is...

I have never made a cider but would like to. I have read a bunch of threads and most of them seem to be pretty in depth on what needs to be done. I'm not saying I wouldn't take the time to do it right but just thought it was easier to do and with my off time being pretty limited these days...

Okay, I have read through the 7-8 year old software thread a few times now and I am still up in the air about what to do here. Some years back I was using the paid version of Strangebrew and had it on my desktop and laptop. I liked the software but both systems have been replaced and database...

I am in the middle of a brutus 10 style build and have a pilot light question; right now i have a 1/2" gas manifold, two tee's and a street elbow to split it up for each burner. Off each tee and elbow (going straight up) I have another tee, solinoid valve, flex gas line to the burner. Off the...

Okay, searching for two controllers for gas valves on my stand. I see the Love EW-93520-00 is $77 each and not real thrilled to spend that amount. After much searching on here I only come up with a couple that are either the same price or not listed at the links given. I just received my...

Anyone using these 3/8" solenoid valves? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170658206900&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT just figure if it wouldn't be an issue why not save a few bucks. I am putting together a stand and was wondering if these would work. If i make one of my...

Anyone use this pump and if so what kind of set-up are you doing as far as the in/out goes? How about pump oriantation, what is the best way? Are the pump heads on the march 809's interchangable? Pulled the trigger on one of these and I know I have read about them on here but you think I...

I built a Keezer about a month ago after reading a lot of stuff on this site. Seems every time I log on here my "want" list is extended. All the GREAT idea's on here are fantastic. Anyway, I built a four keg keezer with three taps in the collar and a box fan in the forward left corner to...