Recent content by Survivor

Thanks Jim, I guess I'll give it a try!

Does anyone know if Stevia is fermentable? It's natural, super sweet so it wouldn't take much. I tried lactose to back sweeten my last batch, but didn't like the flavor. But if Stevia is fermentable it won't work for sparkling cider...

Well that's a damned clever idea, with the tubing! Very McGuyverish of you...:) I might try that...

fp, that's weird. I've called them a few times in the last few days, and was told they were having a "porosity problem" with the caps and it would be WEEKS before they got the right ones in. I called today and it turns out they just don't have the thermowells in stock, so the one that are...

Thanks fpweeks, guess I'll wait it out, can't find them anywhere else.

I have another question on the threaded cap. The ONLY one I could find was on More Beer. Any ideas who else has these? More Beer has them backordered because they said the plastic on the batch they had was faulty...Midwest doesn't carry them and I've checked a few others...

I'd be happy to! Hey, I live in Parker. I may have bumped into you at the Brew Hut before?!

I've been reading occasionally, but thought it was time to jump in! I have been brewing for a little over a year, have made several beers, a mead (OK at best) and am almost done with a Hard Cider that will end up more like Apfelwien (at 12% and still going, a bit stiff for a few pints!) but is...

I think I'll just slink off somewhere else now! I flipped the cap over for the 1st time (I just opened the box a day ago!) and there's the threads!!! I still don't have the "threaded" orange carboy caps (but now I see how they would work) so I think there's plenty of room to drill a small hole...

My new 7.9 gallon one must be different than yours , fp, because the only threaded anything on the top is a 5" diameter hole. The only other opening in the lid at all is the smooth bung port. I think that's what I'll drill a hole into, the red bung...it's plenty frozen now! I'll report back w/...

I just joined today, so Hi! I just bought my Speidel a few weeks back, and was wondering if you couldn't just put a few paint sticks under the spigot side to raise it a touch to avoid the yeast pickup problem? I do that anyway as I'm racking either buckets or carboys, so why not let it do the...