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I've got about 150 Dos Equis bottles in their orignal 12 pack boxes and about 40 other miscellaneous bottles. Brewster, NY. My wife is going to recycle them next Monday morning if no one takes em!

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Heyy, could you PM/email me any pictures? Thanks! Jimmy

Hi Tom, I'm by no means an expert, but here's my 2 cents... Last year I fermented 45 gallons of cider in buckets. I left them in primary's for 2 months and then racked them (into sanitized buckets) and left them there for an additional 4 months. My cider was mainly dry with no carbonation...

Ha, party indeed. Yes, used campden tablets immediately after pressing and 24 hours prior to pitching. No clarifying agents.

bump. Still curious as to if anyone can confirm what this glob is...

Here I am at day 12 and the pear cider now looks like this: It's very clear and the gravity has dropped from an SG of 1.059 to 1.02. It's still slowly bubbling away, and there are quite a bit of bubbles coming from the glob at the bottom. The temperature is approximately 55 degrees...

I suspect at this point its not getting a good seal on the lid of the bucket as when I opened it I saw this: Unfortunately we've been out of power since last Saturday and have just gotten it back last night. As such, it's been pretty cold in the brew room. The pear juice being fermented...

H All: Earlier this week I started 7 carboys/buckets of cider, and have seen airlock activity in all of them except one. The one that seems to have no activity I had added 36 oz of Sun Maid organic raisins to 6 gallons of freshly pressed cider with a packet of Red Star Premier Cuvée yeast...

Not sure if it helps, but I've got some pictures of how a few different yeasts ferment (haven't taken any gravity readings as of yet). https://picasaweb.google.com/108470702101834445590/Cider# The album is a bit of a mess as of right now, but towards the end I labeled a couple of the...

Not this season, but always interested in it. Keep up posted!

Unfortunately, the scratter is not yet complete. The motor we were going to use ended up not working. Still in search of cheap electric motor to run the thing. We ended up running a piece of maple firewood through a lathe and the drum turned out pretty good. This will end up being put on...

Remember that it's going to be much, much heavier and more difficult to move...

Thanks for the recommendations! I had actually seen Claude's website before. It's definitely one of the better resources for a grinder build. I actually went into a Grainger Industrial Supply store near me with a picture of Claude's hardware and purchased it. They were very helpful once I...

Hi All, I'm in the process of trying to upgrade my grinding and pressing operation and was hoping for some input. First, for those of you that have made an apple scratter using a wood drum, where did you find the stainless steel shaft, and what diameter did you use? I've been looking for...