Recent content by jkent1978

Thanks for the reply...this is helpful to know! Having had the opportunity to have a few different commercial cysers lately it begs the next question... when intending to hit say 13% or 14% ABV on a consistent basis are the commercial meaderies fermenting to ~1.000 and backsweetening or are...

I recently made a 2 gallon batch of cyser with a OG of 1.128 and pitched 1 packet of D-47 (rehydrated w/ GoFerm) and used SNA up to 50% sugar. Ingredients as follows: -4lbs wildflower -27 C. or 1.668 Gallons Cider -.5lb Brown Sugar -1/4 C. raisins From using hightest's calculator and...

Not to hijack the thread but I had similar question and was wondering if you'd see fermentation kick back up with the sugars from the fruit? Oxygenation in meads is somewhat of a mystery to me what with all the additions in the secondary, degassing, etc...is it as big of a concern as it is in...

I have well water that's hard...I know I don't want to soften the water but what are my options otherwise. Buying bottles is not an option as my anticipated volumes will be too high to be toting around that much water. What water profiles are best for Mead? I've previously just used bottled...

I normally make starters...stumbled upon a free evening and didn't have time to this go 'round unfortunately (with a relatively low target OG I thought I'd be ok). I was basing my "inactivity" off of hydrometer reading...my question was more around this particular strain of yeast and whether it...

Has anyone had a similar experience? The pouch was 4 months old when pitched...I know that after 2 months you should expect a longer lag time but this is draggin out! Pitched at 72 degrees in 5 gallons of wort aerated with pure O2 for 3 minutes....should I run the the LHBS and grab some...

I worked for one of the larger compressed air manufacturers for a number of years and regardless of what you're using this for (if involves brew) I personally wouldn't want to be drinking it. Any recip compressor at a minumum is throwing of 7-10ppm of oil carryover downstream not to mention a...

Well...this makes me sound like a "newb" but I don't think I'm able to post pics...

I may take you up on that offer northernlad...I've actually thought about watching a few of the online auction sites up here in NE Ohio for a replacement unit. I've heard that they can go pretty cheap. I figure I would have at least a few hundred wrapped up in a window...

So I've got a potential line on a 10x6x8 stainless walk-in cooler (Gloekler Refrigeration) for $100 (awesome right???). The catch is that the condenser probably doesn't work and if it did it I'm guessing it would be horribly inefficient. My thought was to get this and use it as a...

I'm just down the road from you in Suffield by the way!

That's what I figured...thanks!

I came across a temp controller at my father in law's and am wondering if I could use this for my ferm fridge. It's meant to be used with a portable heater (like on a job site)...here's the link: http://www.cart32hosting.com/cgi-bin/cart32.exe/REDDYPARTS-store?catid=14&prodid=281&Theme=Demo...