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• Posted in thread: Spicing up EdWort's Apfelwein on 11-01-2009 at 11:06 PM
  1 or 2 cinnamon sticks plus about four or five whole cloves and a touch of brown sugar per 2
  12oz bottles of brewed apfelwein works out great; warm it up, strain it out and enjoy. Be
  careful not to si...

• Posted in thread: You Wanna Read Some Serious Anti-Beer Propaganda? on 12-19-2008 at 08:41 PM
  I love how they use chemical formulas and say that since they are similar they must be the same
  thing, anyone with half a brain knows that if you change even one atom in a organic chemical
  formula you...

• Posted in thread: Russian Imperial Stout- Warning VIOLENT ferment! on 12-18-2008 at 04:01 PM
  thanks for the info, wasn't quite in the market for another primary but may pick one up just to
  have and keep all my primaries as 6.5 gals

• Posted in thread: Russian Imperial Stout- Warning VIOLENT ferment! on 12-17-2008 at 10:50 PM
  See, this is why I put my 5 gallon brews in 6.5 gallon carboys...more room ;)I love brewing
  with the 6.5 but I've had two hefe's with white labs wlp300 that have managed to top that and
  required a blo...

• Posted in thread: HELP!!! My thermometer broke!!!! on 12-17-2008 at 09:50 PM
  Thats why you can't go wrong with the digital remote probe style thermometers! Just loop the
  cord around a handle and have it dangling in the wort so the whole probe doesn't get submerged.
  The trick i...

• Posted in thread: Stupid bottle washing question on 12-16-2008 at 07:14 PM
  +1 on the three time rinse and a quick look to make sure the bottle is clear before storingI
  also run the bottles in the bottom rack of the dishwasher prior to bottling: 1 time with some
  detergent the...

• Posted in thread: Can you fill a 5gal secondary half full? on 12-08-2008 at 02:45 PM
  Thats good to know. I have been searching like mad for a store that sells vanilla beans locally
  and I think I finally found a place that I will visit tomorrow. I dont know if you have access
  to a Cost...

• Posted in thread: FG and Corn Sugar on 12-06-2008 at 03:46 PM
  Thanks for the info, sorry forgot to include that it was for a 5gal batch. I was very surprised
  that it was below 1.00 myself until I went back and saw that some ppl were having Apfelwein's
  with s.g. ...

• Posted in thread: FG and Corn Sugar on 12-05-2008 at 04:16 PM
  Last week while bottling I knocked over my hydrometer sample jar and was forced to retake a
  sample but this time it was after I had already primed my bottling bucket with 3/4 cup of corn
  sugar. Does a...

• Posted in thread: Pitching on the Cake on 12-03-2008 at 03:37 PM
  Anybody try pitching a new batch of Apfelwein on the yeast cake from their last batch? Good
  idea or bad idea?