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Roku is a very difficult platform to load custom things into. If you decide to use another device Firesticks are frequently on sale for $25 or even $15, or you could use a Raspberry Pi zero for $5.

I'm not very creative so mine is just a different way to spell Mike and the year I was born. Use that name for pretty much everything online.

They should be fine. Most of these kegs are over 30 years old, even if buying from a good source they just replace seals and pressure test.

On some you can remove the "cold-colder" adjustment knob and turn the screw that the knob operates to a higher temp than freezing.

Paint and plaster can be poisonous. Where do you live that you can't find buckets? New ones from Home Depot are $5. They are not food grade and not recommended but would be better than used paint buckets. You could always order new ones, I don't think they are that much.

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The Tea Party Porter was my favorite one to. I hope I don't get audited for posting that.

Safrole found in the Sassafrass root can be carcinogenic. But that is IF you are highly sensitive to it and drink a cubic asston of it all the time for a long time.

I got a good laugh at that one. Thanks!

It's not expensive at all. Just take a walk in the woods, the stuff grows from Florida to Maine. The leaves are easy to spot and even easier to smell.

I got most of my stuff for free. Several glass and several plastic carboys for free when my work was cleaning out storage space. Mash tun from a cooler someone was throwing out because the outer shell had a crack. Brew kettle for free because my mom bought a turkey fryer on clearance then...

There are plenty of good breweries and beer stores with good selections in NC. The problem is none of them are in Jacksonville. You are in a military town so most of those guys just drink Miller Lite, I used to be one of them. I live just outside Raleigh and there are 11 breweries and...

Around here I find Sassafras root in the woods.

I made one recently that turned out pretty good. Just pressed 3 buckets of pears that a friend had in his yard. No idea what kind they are but they are as hard as baseballs and have virtually no taste. I ended up with about 3 gallons of pear wine that actually turned out pretty good...

I just racked my pumpkin cider yesterday. I used 12lbs of pumpkin guts from the kids jack-o-lanterns at Halloween. Put it all in a grain bag and boiled in 6 qts of water for an hour. Ended up with 2 gallons of cider. It's pretty clear now, a nice orange color, smells great, tastes good. I...