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Hey everyone. I'm going to build a pasteurizer this week. I understand that yeast effectively dies at 140° F. My question is: Does the liquid have to hold at 140° F for a certain time or is it instant? Cheers

Hello all! I have a quick question about potassium metabisulfite. We are bottling our wine and we are looking for shelf stable. We added potassium sorbate and potassium metabisulfite then we plan on back sweetening it. Question is, How long before the wine becomes drinkable? I've heard...

Good morning everyone! This morning I finished racking over my cider after 3 weeks fermenting and some clearing. I added my potassium sorbate and I'm going to add postassium meta, on the sorbate I usually wait 72 hrs to do anything with it, is the same time frame for the Post. Meta?

Hey guys, I've done force carbonating for quite awhile small and large batches, but never really focused on the co2. I used the set it and forget it method, I would set the co2 to 16psi @38deg and just let the kegs do their things for 2 weeks. Well now I am stepping up in the world and I got...

We that was not fun. First time filling bottles from my keg. Purchased my lovely blichmann beer gun thought it was going to be easy. stick and in a fill it they said........ We have a bbq tonight so I was under pressure (no pun intended) to fill just 24 bottles. It was a foam nightmare. I...

Stupid question, Really new to all this. But if I keg and force carbonate, then fill bottles will it stay carbonated? Thanks everyone!

What's the time frame for potassium sorbate? Do I mix it in let it set for a day then keg? Or can I do it all at once. Thanks!

Good Morning everyone, hope your weekend is going great! So this morning its day 5 of my cider and I checked the gravity and Im now at 1.00, it smells like alcohol and I kind of taste like alcohol (more of a watery taste now) since day 3. I plan on back sweetening the batch once 2 weeks...

So today I taste tested (sooooo good) but I started at 1.050 or approximatly 5% potentional, when I tested today it has dropped down to 1.020 is this normal? I happy with the flavor so far and happy with the fizz of it, even though I plan on force carbonating. Let me know THANKS!

Hows it going everyone! Long time stalker decided to finally make an account and say HELLO!. Last night started my first batch of hard cider. 5 Gallons of Pasteurized apple cider 1 red star champagne yeast nutrient 4 tbs of sugar (get yeast started) For my final product I hope to...

Hows it going everyone! Long time stalker decided to finally make an account and say HELLO!. Last night started my first batch of hard cider. 5 Gallons of Pasteurized apple cider 1 red star champagne yeast nutrient 4 tbs of sugar (get yeast started) For my final product I hope to have a...