Recent content by Wooster

I started drilling 3/32" holes in it, but I think I made need to decrease the spacing so as to have more holes. Any input on this? Chapstick provided for size reference.

I'm in the process of building a small mash tun out of a 2 gallon cooler for partial mash brews. It's pretty much one copper tube running across the middle of the cylindrical cooler, and I was wondering if I could get any input on the manifold. Since it is relatively small, I was thinking about...

I didn't think to look very close, but I don't remember anything particularly significant. There may be a spot or two though.

Is it possible to scorch honey in the same way you can scorch LME by adding it during the boil? I recently made a blonde ale with my father and he added the honey right into the boiling pot before I could stop him. I noticed that the sample we took for a gravity reading seemed to have a distinct...

I was under the impression that while stuff will not grow in honey, it is not sanitary and might contain organisms that could take hold once the honey is diluted (in a wort, for example).

I made a very simple but tasty cider using store-bought juice and concentrate. Assuming you have everything required to make beer, you won't need anything extra apart from a couple of extra airlocks. ******** Ingredients: 12L apple cider (no preservatives) 32 fl. oz. apple juice...

I know I'm bumping an old thread, but reading it brought back some terrible memories. The only "beer" I've ever dumped out was a Mike's Hard Spiced Apple that someone brought to Thanksgiving. It was so bad it gave me a headache and a grainy, sickly sweet taste in my mouth that would not go away...