Recent content by Youretheguy

Awesome. Thanks for the suggestion. Do you stop the fermentation early so that it doesn't come out too dry?

Recently I have been craving a cider and black but none of the pubs here in the states serve them, let alone know what one is. I got to thinking about what it might be like to mix some cider and black currant extract before fermentation at the 1 shot to 1 pint ratio. Has anyone tried this? I...

Correct 1.75 liter per handle and 5 gal total volume. Sorry I was kinda buzzed when I wrote that.

Recipe: 6 1/2 cups of sugar 50 fresh squeezed limes ( don't buy lime juice in a bottle) 300 *estimated fresh picked mint leaves (just start growing some it grows like crazy) 1 1/2 handles of Bacardi superior (the clear one) Water to volume Squeeze the limes into a big tupperware container...

Second update. I just tried the mojito and it is just about perfect. I guess it takes some finagling with the pressure and time elapsing but I'm confident enough to try a cider now. Also a note for anyone trying this, though it is proven to make the ladies drop trou, think twice about making 5...

Update on my idea. I made the drink last night with 39 degree liquid and 30 psi of co2. I shook the keg about 200 times then I purged some of the pressure. I tried a glass but most of it was pure foam. When it settled the drink was good but only slightly carbonated. Could there still be too much...

I want carbonate some cider for the first time this weekend but I didn't want to mess up a 6 month aged beverage due to newb negligence. So I decided I wanted to carbonate some water first and make seltzer. I got to thinking about how lame seltzer was and I decided I want to try making one of my...

This is great to know thanks for posting your schedule. Do you buy these chemicals online? I think my sprayer is only 1 gallon so I'll have to quarter your instructions.

It very well may be the case that the tree requires a season off to recuperate. Although the trees have had apples consecutively before just never in the quantity of last years yield.

Sounds like way too much ginger for my tastes.

Yeah I was unclear in referencing the recipe that allhopabandon posted which is an all grain. As for the LME I always do a good job mixing it before it touches the bottom. I feel like an Ignoramus right now because you just brought me back to my forgotten high school physics, thermal dynamics...

I just found in the news that New York orchards lost 40 to 70 percent of their fruit this year due to a false spring and late frost. I have never heard of the whole one year fruit one year not thing but now that I think about it that seems to be the way these trees produce. I have 4 saplings...