I realize this is an old thread, but I just found it and I'm converting my pot using Disintegr8or's design. What part was used on the pot to connect the thermocouple?
Pie filling? I looked at that in the store, but didn't think it would work. Thanks for that tidbit.
Sorry for the double post. Still new to the forum thing. Rookie!
Added cherry to the bottling vessel along with the corn sugar, racked the wort on to that. I am still bottling. I used a cherry flavoring bought from the local HBS. I suspect the flavoring is weak. The bottle did recommend 2 oz per 5 gallon. I used enough for 15 gallons.
I put together a recipe myself. It is basically a wheat beer, so I decided to try a cherry wheat again. The first time I used 2 oz of cherry flavoring, but tasted nothing. This time I added the balance of that bottle and another 4 oz bottle. 6 oz! Still no taste. Granted it carbed up in just 2...
I'm not sure, but I'll keep track next time. I think they were near the start. I chilled a glass bottle on day 5 and drank it on day 7. It was carbed perfectly.
I bottled an English Bitters on the 20th. Whenever I bottle with glass I include at least one PET bottle as a tester. This time there were two. I was checking on another beer and happened to notice that both testers were rock hard. That's only 4 days. How is this possible? It's always taken...
I recently built a heat only ferm chamber. My basement gets chilly in the winter. I've read that fermentation can cause excess heat, therefore I set the temp to about 65. I haven't seen an increase in temp and it's been 3 days. I'm still using mr beer LBKs. If anyone is familiar with these, they...