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oIIIIIo, This looks like exactly what I am building now. I have 4 Perlion Taps with the same tray just below the freezer. I am stuck on what size lines to use however. I'm pretty sure I already have the manifold, but I got busy on somethomg else and this project has bern sitting idol for years...

oIIIIIo, This looks like exactly what I am building now. I have 4 Perlion Taps with the same tray just below the freezer. I am stuck on what size lines to use however. I'm pretty sure I already have the manifold, but I got busy on somethomg else and this project has bern sitting idol for years...

Several months ago I brewed a 6 gallon batch of mead with a friend of mine and we split the batch. Each of us get 3 gallons. It wasn't a true mead in that we brewed a sort of tea first with rose hips and hyacinth and added honey to that. I think there is a name for this, but I will just call it...

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Are you guys speaking from experience or stating conventional wisdom?

I used a hopped malt extract for both batches and added some of my own ingredients. They each had unlabeled yeast under the plastic cap. I would have preferred to use a yeast that I could choose and identify, but I was in a hurry and it was late at night. I am told the yeast that is usually...

I live in Georgia and we have had a pretty hot summer here. So it wasn't until last week that it cooled off enough for me to feel comfortable enough to start a batch...instead... I started two...a Double Chocolate Maple Stout to be kegged for a friends wedding and a Honey Hefe-weizen to be...

Here is a link to some of the info I am using: http://www.honey.com/images/downloads/home_brew.pdf

Pericles, Thanks for your comments and questions. I am by no means an expert on this subject and I only know what I have read (but I have read a great deal)...so far. I think describing the unheated honey as fermenting differently might be misleading. My opinion is that it will ferment the same...

I have already added the honey to the primary and it took off nicely. I added it last Saturday around 2pm and checked it about 3 hours later and it was bubbling away again. I used the recommendations from the National Honey Association as they made the most sense to me. First I boiled a large...

I started a wheat beer a few days ago (Sep 1) and planned on turning it into a honey wheat by adding 1 to 2 lbs of honey to the wort at high kraeusen. Unfortunantly, I may be a bit late for that. It is now the morning of Sep 4 and it is just over 3 days since I first put the wort in the...

Thanks for all the advice. I especially like the 12 opinions for every 10 brewers advice. I have found that to be right on the money. After reading this and doing even more research I am leaning toward not using a secondary at all. It seems as if many experienced brewers who have used one...

Nevermind, I found it. Google is my friend.

How can I listen to that? I would be very interested.

I received a 6 gallon Mr beer several years ago (15 maybe?) and never used it. My friend who is just getting started brewing is starting with an all grain, three stage, 10 gallon batch. A very impressive looking system ona rolling stand with 3 stainless steel pots linked via valves and tubing...