Recent content by dusty1025

Pm sent. Thank you.

I'm east of Pittsburgh. Near Johnstown. Both of you guys are 4+ hours east. PM me with a price if you'd be interested in mailing one.

Most of the ones I've seen here have been given away for the cost of shipping, but I'd like to have one and I can't find one so I do expect to pay for it. Let me know what you'd be willing to sell it for. Cheers. Dusty

Anybody out there have a D coupler sanke keg spear left over from making a Keggle? I'm making a pump to clean my draft system and I can't find one anywhere local. It doesn't need to be full length. The pickup tube can be cut down to 4 or 6 inches long for easier shipping. Let me know what you...

Ok great thanks. How long do you think it'll take to carb up. Without shaking the kegs?

I was away for about two weeks, went to pour a beer and my co2 tank is EMPTY. I mean dead empty. Wouldn't pour more than a few drops. I have a 1/4 keg of Miller lite, 1/6 bbl of sangria, and 1/6 bbl of raspberry hard cider. All still ice cold but completely depressurized. I can find the...

Remember, there is no need to submerge the bottles. Steam works just as well. I steam pasteurized 32oz cider bottles on a rack in a converted keg. Raise the chamber temp to 165 degrees and hold for 8 minutes. I'm sure 12oz bottles would be much faster.

I cold crashed a 5gal batch of hard cider IG 1.080 fermentation stopped at 1.030, I was shooting for 1.020, but it was store bought juice and I didn't aerate it properly prior to pitching. My question is, after I cold crash and rack to keg, I want to start another batch immediately. Can the...

i pasteurize a around 1.020 in 32oz bottles after i back-sweeten with apple juice concentrate. each can of concentrate adds about 0.004 gravity points. i add 2 cans to a 5 gallon batch for a finished gravity of 1.028. that tastes just about like woodchuck.

thats great. . . means you're well hydrated

Man its a real shame you cant buy cases of pony bottles anymore. When i tended bar at the American Legion while in college I'd throw away 8 to 10 cases of Schmidt's pony bottles every night. Of course, after having had Schmidt's in them they probably wouldn't be fit to use for anything else.

zero, its not worth the risk. use regular beer bottles or champagne bottles.

I'm picking up a bench capper tonight. Then we'll see it the twist offs can handle pasteurization pressures.

I like the mesh bag idea. What ratio of strawberries per gallon should i use and how long should i soak? Lon, Thanks for the recipe I followed the recipe ingredients to the letter (Except the yeast)but i varied the starting technique. I dissolved the sugar and Safale SO-4 slurry from a...

I have 5 gallons finishing right now and i want to split some off to make strawberry lemonade. What is the best technique to infuse some strawberry flavor without losing the lemon? How many pounds per gallon?