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  1. Hoptimistic

    Newb Kombucha wants to keg 5 gal batches?

    +1 for both ph mention and t shirt or cotton cloth.:D i would recommend using a 1-2 gallon continuous brew method to grow you scoby nice and thick before taking on a five gallon brew. one and a half gallon glass jars work great as well if you want to stick with single batches. just remember...
  2. Hoptimistic

    IPA problem

    doing anything while measuring grains usually results in spilled grains and bad math for me
  3. Hoptimistic

    Kombucha cider???

    rhino farts are normal. i want to try it badly
  4. Hoptimistic

    AA Root Beer (Kegged)

    :ban::ban::ban: sasafras is fine :ban::ban::ban:
  5. Hoptimistic

    Double IPA Tits-Up Imperial IPA (3-Time Medalist - 2 Golds, 1 Silver)

    i can smell this recipe from my computer
  6. Hoptimistic

    Slanting yeast

    WOW just wow. crazy how simple this is. What is that yellow stuff. and where can you get it.
  7. Hoptimistic

    Brett Beer Saison Brett

    Yeah man. That actually helped a lot. I've since figured out that this was the problem and not my brewing practices. So I'm glad the beer was saved
  8. Hoptimistic

    2013's How many gal of homebrew in 2013

    lets see. i just started maybe six months ago. RYE PA 5 gallons Black IPA 5 gallons Citra IPA 5 gallon Knee Deep Simtra IPA clone 5 gallon Bucket of Brett session Saision 5 gallon + Saison Brett clone 5 gallon ----------------------------------------- 30 gallons thus far.
  9. Hoptimistic

    My 5 tap setup from the basment to kitchen.

    ive heard this too. my dog has gotten into hops before and i was really worried but he ended up[ turning out just fine. of course he has also eaten glass, so.....
  10. Hoptimistic

    Colorado Gas Manifold Slitter with tubing and connections

    if its stil for sale i would be interested as well. PM also sent.
  11. Hoptimistic

    What are my options for flat, bottled beer?

    if you do go this route you need to make sure that you have a highly alcohol tolerant yeast in order to prevent the alcohol content from stoping the small amount of fermentation that is going to produce your all so elusive co2
  12. Hoptimistic

    Brewshed Build

    wow...... JUST WOW Great job.
  13. Hoptimistic

    Easy Partial Mash Brewing (with pics)

    that looks about right to me :) aint gonna hurt anything.
  14. Hoptimistic

    Keep One, Drop One - Word Game

    weapons cache
  15. Hoptimistic

    Apple Cider into Wine problem

    yeah usually you want to look for a base cider with out the bad words on the label "sodium-blah blah blah" or "potassium blah blah" but you can be safe if you look for "NO PRESERVATIVES" on the label. Even pasteurized cider works well. just as long as it says: "NO PRESERVATIVES". This way you...
  16. Hoptimistic

    Apple Cider into Wine problem

    RED: this is kind of a misnomer, yeast are able to function with or WITHOUT oxygen. However they do work a lot quicker it seems when they have a well aerated wort to work in especially the more finicky yeast strains. This leads me to lean closer to the preservatives in the cider, as mentioned by...
  17. Hoptimistic

    Shelf life of an open bag of hops

    sounds like you LHBS lacks some customer service!!! to answer your question and I'm assuming your talking about whole leaf hops, in the freezer the break down of the AAs in the hops should be pretty minimal. This is how most homebrew shops store theire hops before repackaging them. what you...
  18. Hoptimistic

    LOOK at what I found!!!!!

    that should function as a cider press too!
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