Recent content by Jethin

Found a cool old carboy on the street with a stopper stuck in the bottom. Maybe the last guy thought it was trash? Read this thread and pulled the stopper out in under 2 minutes using a cloth napkin. Thanks y'all!

Thanks for the quick reply. I was thinking about doing an emergency baster intervention before heading to work but I think I'll hold off for now. I suppose my main concern is that the drops of condensation falling from the bung might contaminate my cider, though I'm not at all sure how this...

I'm on day three of my first hard cider. I have lots of bubbling but no foam to speak of. However, I'm afraid I filled my carboy too high with juice. When I first bottled there was about an inch of headroom between the juice and the stopper. That's now down to about 1/2 an inch. Also, the...