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I stopped at a store called "Big Lots" yesterday, they had a bunch of "Rieme" sparkling Lemonade in 1L clear swing-tops for $3 each (they even take the same bale and cap as the ez-cap bottles at my LHBS) These ought to make great homemade wine bottles, I generally don't use clear bottles for my...

Michelob Ultra Light Cider The name Michelob Ultra brings to mind hop flavored water drinks consumed by people who pretend to drink beer. I normally avoid this swill like a, like a, well, words escape me on this, but ya know what I mean... Anywho, I tried a "MU Light Cider" the other day, I...

I found a free video editing program and thought I'd try it out, these are some videos of us removing a steam locomotive "tire" and turning it on our 96" Niles-Bement-Pond wheel lathe. 12 of them all-together, each re-profiled and then put back on. For you Railfans out there...

I'd never seen these before; http://www.pakitproducts.com/bulkplastic6packbottlecarrierforbeer.aspx 12.4 cents each (+S&H), the trouble is this company only sells by the 1000 case. Might be good for a Brew Club or a group to buy. EDIT; Not available in an 8 bottle carrier, my mistake.

Taking the "tires" off our 90 ton Shay steam engine, once re-profiled in our wheel lathe, they will be replaced and the engine reassembled, hopefully in time for running season 2012! Cass Scenic Railroad State Park, Cass WVa We're also re-flueing our 1905 80 ton Shay 5, making new line...

I've been an extract brewer for about two years now, my beer is good but I always thought it could be better. I've always had a hit-and-miss off flavor that I couldn't figure out, but I've stuck with it. The other day I was reading about a recipe for Rolling Rock Pale Lager, it said to boil...

Penrose Hot Sausage Recipe. Vs 3.0 This recipe is about as close as I've come so far. Penrose (later bought by ConAgra Foods) mixed the spices into the sausage before cooking and pickling. So, in order to achieve the desired level of spicy goodness the brine needs to be VERY spicy! This...

Does the amount of specialty grains in a recipe have much effect on the level of fermentation? There's a reason I'm asking... I like making small one gal batches in 1 gal glass cider jugs, just to try different stuff. The most recent of which I thought I'd see what different kinds and...

I thought I'd try something a little different and share the results. This is my first try so the recipe needs some tweaking. Otis' Hard Mt Dew for 2 gal fermenter (1.75 gal) -------- 2 cans lemonade concentrate (no preservatives) 1 can limeade concentrate 1/2 lb cane sugar 1/2 cup (abt...

I was over at walMart today, they have Sterilite plastic file storage containers (17 1/4 x 14 1/4 x 10 5/8) (#1693 blue) on a back-to-school roll back for $3.oo each. It looked about the same size as a standard milk crate, only a little wider, so I bought one. 30 12oz beer bottles fit in it...

This might be the wrong place for this, I wasn't sure where else to put it. This place; Some factory in China, makes them but only in 1000 to 10000 batches, I did some googleing and couldn't find anything like them for sale (each), except for some high priced fancy ones for wine bottles. It...

I made this up yesterday; Raspberry apple cider, its been 24 hours sense I pitched the Red Star Champagne yeast and still not a sign of activity. I lost a batch of Red Lager a couple of months ago due to bad yeast, (my fault, improper storage) so it's making me kind of nervous...:confused: I...

I'm getting ready to make a batch of Sweet Raspberry Apple Cider (4 gal), the recipe calls for 1/2 lb of lactose at bottling, however lactose is kind of hard to find around here. I do happen to have a bag of Splenda, so my questions are; How much Splenda would equal 1/2 lb of lactose? What...

When I mixed my batch of Johnny Jump Up Hard Cider, the recipe called for 6tps of Tannin. My local brew store only had Wine Tannin so I used that. Is it all the same thing? or are there different kinds of tannin? And while I'm on the subject, what does it do? I worked at a large leather...

I'm new to Ciders and am working on my first batches now, so please forgive me if I ask some dumb questions. :confused: I picked up some Muntons Carb Tabs today to carb a 1gal batch of Johnny Jump Up hard cider I was experimenting with. I didn't notice till I left the store that these...

I thought I'd try a cider, I'd like to try some 1gal batches for practice. I have 4 one gal glass wine jugs, I will pick up stoppers and airlocks next time I'm in town. I also have 6 good used Grolsch beer bottles and a bunch of reg green beer bottles. What I'm looking for is a semi sweet...

I was looking around on the 'net and found this; Home Brew Hard Cider from Scratch I like the idea of trying a one gallon batch like this for my first try, I have the brewing equipment, a one gallon glass jug, a cider press/ grinder, and lots of apple trees close to my house. But I have a...

With warm weather here, I wondering about aeration techniques to avoid mold. We've been pouring the wort back and forth between two buckets, (how much is too much?) and have been brewing in my garage with the doors open. Also, I just watched a video online where the guys just poured the cooled...

I have brewed and bottled three batches of beer using a mix of pry tops and twist off bottles. The first two batches worked great using the caps we had bought from Northern and MidWest brewing supply, this latest batch is Red Lager and was bottled five days ago. I thought I had found a good...

I thought the moderators and readers might like a change from the usual problems and calls for help. Our first batch turned out GREAT! I did a lot of reading here and asked a few questions, so Thanks to all of you for your tips and advice!! Yep, We're hooked on homebrew!!! When I read the...