Recent content by RadtasticRix

I am bottling a Flanders Red and calling it "Stupid Sexy Flanders"

I am assessing options for converting a rectangular cooler and noticed that people always make a copper or PCPV manifold, or use braided hose. Why does nobody use plastic hose (like that used for syphoning or serving lines) and just make small slits or holes in it?? it seems to me that it would...

This thing is awesome! would I buy special paper to print it on? what kind of stuff did you use to glue it to bottles?

I'm not sure if this helps, but I asked someone about adding fruit and they told me that you should pasteurize fruit instead of boiling because boiling is somehow bad for the flavour. They said to keep the fruit at 160F for 15 or 20 min to kill the nastys..

Wow! that was quick, thanks everyone! About the DME, my town just has a small brew shop with syrup kits.. no hops, no grains. A roadtrip is obviously in order but is there any way to improve these kits? my beer is drinkable but I would not say its that good. The kits seem to settle on 5 cups of...

I have been watching an endless number of podcasts and videos trying to learn. Most seem to add cold water to the hot wort to bring the water level up to 5 gallons.. does this water need to be boiled first? I have made 4 batches now and have been using water straight from the tap.. seems to...