Recent content by SeamusMac

Thanks guys, felt so stupid when I realized what I had done. Glad I can just bust this thing apart and remedy my mistake without breaking out the wallet.

Accidentally hooked my spunding valve up to my floating dip tube port, found it this evening dribbling cider onto the floor. I know I can disassemble and clean the valve, but will the pressure gauge have been contaminated?

If your hose fits snuggly into the bung I'd do away with the airlock all together and stick the other end in a beer bottle full of sanitizer. Most people call this setup a "blow-off".

I've got a couple for sale. Shipping from Canada isn't usually too bad. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/intertap-ss-8022-faucets-misc.690982/

Two SS-8022 Intertap faucets Growler Filler Stout Spout Shorter shank, fixed barb Longer shank, interchangeable barb (missing neoprene washer, about $1) 90* barb Some wear, haven't used them myself, need a bit of cleaning. $100 CAD picked-up in Windsor/Wolfville, NS, Canada or shipping...

Curious what you think about using campden tablets instead of a short boil? I intend to give this recipe a shot over the holidays and would prefer to let the beer cool naturally over 24 hrs, during which time the campden tablets would be able to do their work before I pitched.

Just wondering where you got your cider from? I'm from Halifax myself and I've usually found the OG to be to my liking without adding extra sugar. Having said that, what I buy is often late season cider that has a large proportion of golden russet. Using Lalvin-1118 on a cider with an OG of...

They'll be growing a few kilometers inland of New Glasgow so you probably came pretty close to the parcel on your way to CB, great place as well! Luckily we don't have gophers in our province but woodchucks are present in the area so I'll have to put a dent into the population this fall... As...

It has happened to me plenty of times without any problems. If you want to err on the safe side just don't leave it to age for months on end if it has a relatively low ABV. Even if it oes turn to vinegar you can still pawn it off on friends as xmas presents!

My experience has been that the honey will ferment almost entirely and is hard to detect in small amounts. It has left the final product proportionately drier than without the honey and upped ABV but it's been difficult to retain any of the honey character. My favorite method for adding honey to...

Thanks for the replies guys, it's been a great help. Greg, I'm pretty sure we'll have a few weeks of dry weather in August that'll make for the perfect time to rip up the ground prior to winter. In regards to mounding the soil, I'll definitely be mixing in my soil amendments and mounding up...

Hey all, I have a parcel of land that I' like to start growing some cider apples on as it's no longer being use for hay. If I were buying land for this purpose , I certainly wouldn't have picked this spot but it's what I've been given so I'll just have to work at it. I'm unsure of the soil pH...

Probably a good opportunity to try washing yeast but it's such a small batch that you'd do just as well to pitch some new yeast. Definitely give the yeast washing a shot, it's a useful skill, just don't hesitate to throw it out if you think it may have picked up some bugs during the process...

I've never tried a straight Feijoa cider but I had some Feijoa liquer at Purangi Winery in the Coromandel and MAN OH MAN was it ever good. Anyways, Old Mout makes their Feijoa and Apple cider by blending Feijoa wine with cider so they can get the "ideal" final product without so much guess...

When I press apples at home they come from the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia. It's one of Canada's major apple growing regions but temperatures in the high 20s don't last long. Luckily, the majority of the apples I press are Golden Russet and Northern Spy to a lesser extent, so they spend an...