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I had made a few 5 gallon batches of cider. One 5 gallon, I left alone second I put in a brand new oak barrel for a month. Both were cleared very well using the clearing clay. However, the batch I put in the barrel I have just taken out and put it back in my carboy for storage until I get my...

Excellent. Thank you very much for the help.

Disregard that last one. I believe I have found one with exactly what is in the pictures above. Once again, I appreciate the help. -Cheers.

Excellent. Excellent. This is perfect. I deeply appreciate it. So 2 barb fittings the Corny Fittings and 2 Coupler fittings. You don't happen to know if there are kits of this sold, or would one have to buy everything individually? I am not entirely sure on all the sizes. I don't know what the...

I cannot tell which one to do. I have heard of people changing the fittings from their kegerator tower to fit corny kegs and others say they have adapted their corny kegs to have a coupler fit on it. Which one would be simpler? I don't plan on buy anymore kegs (Then again, You can never...

I had bought a Corny Keg and a kegerator however, my Kegerator came with a coupler and the tower has a screw on for a coupler only. My Corny Keg has just the in and out lines with the pull up attachment lines and no screw threads (Like the coupler attachment) Anyone know how to make this...

Excellent. Thank you all for your input. Will let you know how it turns out.

I have 2 5 gallon carboys going (Of the exact same recipe) I want to put one of them in an oak barrel, however it won't fill it all the way. Which is something I need to keep the wood soaked and keep oxygen out. Would it be a bad idea to put a slight amount of one into the other to fill...

I just bought a 5 gallon corny keg and I need to find a Kegerator or some type of cooling to get by brews cool enough to force carbonate. (25" Tall x 9" diameter - 27" tall with the disconnects.) However I don't have 400 bucks to fork over for one at the moment. Anyone know a good relatively...

One more question. If I were to have by concoction of choice ready. Already been in secondary for a while. But I wanted to add something. IE pasteurized juice to cider. While it goes into the barrel. Basically to fill the amount of space I have left. Would be be ok to pop a few crushed campden...

Excellent. Excellent. You sir are a gentleman.

Excellent information about the Carbing afterwords. I had figured as much as far as the sanitizing goes. I had planned on use the Campden tablets with some boiling water the day before.

I had gotten mine from overseas. About 90 USD for a 5 gallon and 40 USD for a 1 gallon.

Here is hoping we find some!

I've never worked with oak barrel aging before and can't really find much information about it on the web. I have bought a few for different brews I am making. Beer / Ciders/ Wines ect. Firstly, when I get my barrels, should I cure them, and keep them cured till the time I rack my brews...