Recent content by Rigger103

Yes Hunting laws in PA are the only place where church and state have an incestuous relationship. It’s OK for the government to dis allow manger scenes on public property, or to remove the 10 commandments from courthouses. But you have to go to Church on Sunday instead of shooting deer...

I liked it a lot.......wished Id bought more when I was in Michigan. Have not seen it around here in PA.....PA has the most antiquated liquor stores in all of America. You have to buy beer at a beer distributor, wine and liquor at a STATE STORE forget buying at the grocery store. This state...

Ok at the risk of looking more stupid then normal.....I was in Michigan this week and bought several ciders at a great brew shop / alcohol vendor. I bought a pear cider (Magners) that said Irish on it. Other then the fact that it was imported from Europe. What makes a cider Irish? Is there a...

My handgun of choice is the Colt 1911, Its not a sexy gun like a Glock or a HK but it is a proven platform, easy to take apart and put back together. It is still one of the most duplicated and most modified handguns there is. And I like a nearly 1/2 inch hole it punches. Also you can buy a 22...

If you are going to get a hand gun don't start out with a Glock or Glock like pistol I suggest a 22 rim fire pistol such as a Ruger 22 or a Browning 22 or even a revolver. 22S are cheap to shoot and are easy to learn with. I used to own and operate a gunsmith shop and Ill never forget a young...

Welcome to my son USMC6590' He and I have been making wine together even though he is on Active duty in North Carolina and Im at home in PA.

Dremel makes a bit that works well on woods and plastics and rubber its a tungsten bit that costs about 15$ at most home improvement stores It won't load up but it will take off your hide in a hurry if you slip. Make a fixture to hold it by drilling out 2 pieces of wood in a vice to make 2...

an old man who told me how to make apple jack or how he made it back in the day. He told me to put my finished cider in a bucket and put it in a chest freezer and after a day or so use a screen or a sieve to dip out the frozen water. If distilling is illegal why is it leagal for all my local...

Ok this is what I did.....5 gals of sugar sweetened Swiss Premium Lemon tea cooler, One can of frozen lemon aid. 4 lbs of cane sugar, yeast and yeast nutrient. Wine yeast. It started fermenting slow but today its cooking along. SG was 1,080 to start.

I'm headed to the store but I'm buying Swiss Premium Ice Tea Lemon aid Cooler to use as my base and I'm jumping right in to a 5 gallon batch. Sounds like one gallon is a waste of time.

316 stainless steel is food grade (not all stainless steels are the same) try McMaster Carr.

In my grocery store they have bottles of apple juice but no cans of concentrate. The lable reads 100% juice with vitamin c added for freshness. Is vitamin c a preservative and will it kill yeast? I want to make some of Ed Worts Affelwien will that work

id like to piggyback on your question: how long does the really active fermentation last once it starts. I started my first batch of cider (or anything alcohol ) this past Friday. The Specific Gravity at start was 1.016. by end of day Friday it was bubbling to beat the band and it lasted for...

ive looked at my grocery store for the dextrose and can't find it do you have to go to a brew shop for it?

I posted this in the wrong forum. I was last in the recipe forum and I wanted to post in the general forum if you could delete this post I already re posted it in the cider forum.