Recent content by bking0217

Thank you for the reply. That's exactly what I needed to hear.

I got my cider batch mixed (apple juice mixed with dextrose) and dumped it into my fermenter. A couple minutes later, I noticed the floor was getting wetter. Upon inspection, I found a crack in the bucket. My next thought was to use my carboy but discovered my carboy bung didn't make the move to...

Thanks for the reply. I checked the bottles this morning and they were hard with visible bubbles on the sides so I put them in the fridge. I'll pour a glass in a few hours. I'll definitely take that advice about the thermometer. Thanks again!

I'll start at the beginning. I heated up 1.5 gallons of water just hot enough to dissolve 4 pounds of sugar. I let that cool down while I sanitized my equipment. Then I mixed the sugar water with 3.5 gallons of water from the refrigerator. It wasn't cold but definitely wasn't hot. Kind of...

Thanks for the reply. I just wait until the shipment comes in and see if there's a recipe with the extract. If so, I'll make a batch with their recipe and go from there. Wether in cooking, brewing, or whatever, it's just not in my nature to not screw with the original recipe.

I recently bought a 12-pack of Zatarain's root beer extract on Amazon, thanks to a link from a fellow member. The question I had was, has anyone used this stuff as a base to make some really spectacular root beer? I mean like adding other ingredients to make it taste more "craft-like".

For those of you who might be interested, Best Buy has the unrated version of Beerfest on bluray and Dvd for 4.99 and free shipping right now. Ordered my copy yesterday.

Sure enough, rubber grommet sitting in the bag waiting for me. Thanks, Revvy!

I'm not sure. I'll go look in the bag-o-parts right now. Thanks for the quick reply.

I don't want to bore anyone with a long read so I'll get right to the point. Is the air lock supposed to fit tightly into the hole in the fermentor lid? Mine fits really loose and am curious if it's going to be a problem.

Hi everyone. My name's Brian. I recently picked up (actually a Christmas present) a brewing starter kit from Midwest Supplies. It had everything but a brew kettle, thermometer, recipe kit, and sanitizer. I need to get to my LHBS asap to pick up the rest of what I need but I thought I'd drop in...