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F*ck the Police - N.W.A.

Lady in Red - Chris De Burgh

Thanks for the replies. I'll just give it a shot. Like Revvy said, no loss if it turns out bad - it would be a learning experience. And honestly, the knowledge is worth more than a half batch of beer. :D

Ok, so about 6-8 months ago I did a recipe for a Mirror Pond porter clone and all seemed to go ok. I bottled this batch and let it age. I cracked one open about a month after bottling and it had very little carbonation. I let it sit longer. 2 months - same thing, 3 months same... It tastes...

Open all the way.... You get not 1... but 2 to eat... :rockin:

Ghost of Tom Joad - Rage Against The Machine

Ok, so I went through a couple threads to find out how much Splenda to use to sweeten some cider I just finished up. I did (2) 1 gallon batches. In reading, my guess would be 3 tbsp Splenda, 3 tbsp corn sugar (to carb) per gallon or 6 tbsp of the baking type of Splenda to accomplish both...

I usually soak my bottles in a bleach solution then blast them with hot water using a bottle washer and finally run them through the sanitize setting on my dishwasher (without soap of course) right before bottling. Is this a little overkill? When using fliptops, I take off the wire fliptop and...

$4.59 in North CA (San Jose). Of course you can hit up the Costco at $4.39 :D

yea...they sell the 32s of RS all over the place where I am... Check these out... http://www.bevmo.com/productinfo.asp?sku=00000084755&N=168+41+4294962250&Ne=309&Nr=Store%3A99&area=beer I saw them in Bevmo this weekend and was thinking about picking a few of these up. Get the 64oz flip...

might be a dumb question, but did you release the pressure from your corny when you dropped the pressure?

One hell of a hopyard you got there Jay. At the moment, I could only wish to have that much land to plant. Had to plant mine in half barrels... :D

Welcome aboard! :D

Awesome...glad to know we have a bunch of us here. Jay, I'll let you know when I get em. And anyone that wants to do a brewday, just PM me :mug:

My Opinions :D #1 I have a "fermometer" on all of my carboys. My carboys wear a tshirt too. When it gets above the temp I want to ferment at, I just wet the tshirt. #2 I use a sterile siphon starter. Probably the easiest way since it has a stainless racking cane - which is nice and sturdy...