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thought this post needed some nice old Harleys!! my two girls

Stang, try this, get a 3 ft. small (1/4 - 3/8") piece of steel rod. chuck it in a drill, and wind that stuff around it. you prob. wont get it all, but i bet you'd get mor than you think!

$3.00 a gal. here in Mexico N.Y. and i thought THAT was too high!! last year i got it for $2.75 a gal.!

wait, isnt this a hooch thread?:p

Tankard, dont let my low posting fool you, i've been lurking on this site for almost a year. as for the basics, i think in the past 30 years of homebrewing, i've kind of picked up the basics. by NO means do i consider myself a master brewer, but i damn sure make a real nice apple wine ( oh...

okay, so you have not made rocket fuel. not even without trying? com'on guys, you've never made a brew that was hoochy, with a burn that would scorch satens throat? then you my friend, are the perfect brewer. really though, i'm not trying to "assume" anything about anybody else, i was just...

what is the deal with the " hooch" threads you guys (moderators) are always squalling about? ive seen it time and again- "no hooch threads" , "closed thread"- ad nausium. do not get me wrong, i am a 30 year brewer, and i strive to make the best product possible. i just dont understand why you...

what about country wines? blackberry, apple, etc. do these need to be degassed? i've never done it and i'm wondering if i should be doing this. but i dont want to hurt my wines either

i've only made the 5 gal. batch. made the cranberry and the blackberry. BOTH were very full bodied, and very good! i think (for me anyways) the 3 gal. would be too heavy. .02

thanks for the welcome Big Kahuna. stumbeled:drunk: on this forum from the Northern Homebrew site, i got to tell you guys, i never knew there were so many brewers out there. i've been brewing for years now, Allways with apple cider. just started doing country wines, but like Mr. Wort said, what...

never used the bottled flaver but i always but dried elderberrys in mine, makes the cider a nice purple color. more body also.