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OK, so for starters i'm doing a 2 gallon batch in a Mr. Beer fermenter. Was attempting to make a batch of Apfelwein but when i stopped by the LHBS they didn't have the right yeast, so now i suppose i'm just making Hard Cider with wine yeast. When i went out to check on my fermenter, in case...

I've almost given up on finding it, i don't think it was in the cider section, but let me begin from the beginning. There was a Recipe on here done by one of the frequenters, but i haven't been on in so long that i can't remember who made it or what it was called. It kept winning awards and i...

i didn't get to see the episode but i recently saw this and thought it was hilarious enough to share:

Got a Slushee making cup, this thing is awesome!!!! So far i've made a mountain dew slushee and some orange creamsicle thingamajig. It's a lot of fun, but i only make like 1 a day. Anyway, i'm capable of making just about anything into a slushee except things with "artifical sweeteners"...

Girlfriend went out of state and brought back a diabhal for me :) put me in a really good mood. 8.2% alcohol by volume. Haven't tried it yet. Going to crack it open tomorrow

I've been having trouble cleaning the corners of a baking pan thingy. Can i just throw it in a sink of oxyclean and let it soak, or would the oxyclean be bad for the metal?

I filled the airlock with vodka just to be on the safe side not that i have any idea whether this causes suck back. Anyway the krausen went all the way through the airlock and dripped a bit, i thought i had left plenty of head-space so i was a bit surprised.. luckily i keep the carboy in a chest...

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/e712/?cpg=151H&image I know how people here like to have a lot of bottle openers and it seemed like something a lot of people would be into. I mean you can never have enough bottle openers right? And sometimes your keys are just to far away.

I know there's a lot of programmers/engineer's in the community so i thought this might be a good place to ask. I'm starting a playlist for while i'm coding and i was wondering what people usually listen to while programming. I hear a lot of places let programmers wear headphones so i thought...

Making Cream Ale, my first 5 gallon batch ever, and i'm a little worried. I seem to have messed up and not followed the directions from the LHBS. I was supposed to put the gelatin in after the yeast or something, not entirely sure the page of directions kind of took a beating from the water...

I had a blood test a few days ago for some reason or another.. and much like a mechanic they had to look at things i didn't even come in for. So they noticed my liver was high or something whatever that means. It boils down to me not being able to drink for a couple days leading up to the...

Finally moved up from the Mr. Beer kit but i'm a little worried about keeping the temperature constant on the carboy. Cooler See the cooler i was using with the mr. beer although convenient for 2 gallons. isn't going to cut it with the big boy set up. So i've been looking for a way to keep...

I keep hearing people say they use a bucket but i've been plugging one side of the sink and filling it up with oxyclean and water to get the labels off bottles/clean whatever. Is there any reason i shouldn't do this? Could it be bad for the sink or something?

Will anything bad happen if you pitch to much yeast? I want to make Apfelwein so i'm paranoid about using a 5 gram packet of wine yeast.. Can anything bad happen if you use to much? Or just don't worry about it? Seems like Yeast is limited by the availability of O2 anyway.

i'm reading John Palmer right now and it's my first time through but i'm a little confused about something. He says "bad things" can happen after 3 weeks fermentation. But that some beer's like doppelbock need over 6 months to a year of conditioning to reach their "peak". So i'm kind of...

Well i was talking to my dad about getting a carboy and what he thought about it, you know with other options like better bottles and plastic buckets. It's kind of a hard decision to make. I saw a pretty good deal on craigslist for 15 bucks for two 6.5 gallon ones. But the guy hasn't gotten...

Well i got a Mr. Beer awhile back and i kind of fuss over it.. a lot.. Anyway after 2 batches my dad wanted to give it a shot and i helped. He wasn't to sure about it at first with how warm it's been but i assured him with the swamp cooler trick it'd be fine and i'd help check it for him...

I was doing some light reading on guinness trying to figure out why it supposedly tastes better in ireland when i found this article. Someone mentions that darker ales should be served warmer. I usually drink lager so this is all kind of new to me.. But is it true? do darker ales taste better...

I used a Mr. Beer kit thing.. in case that has anything to do with this. Although my questions are pretty basic in nature so i didn't see a point in posting them under the Mr. Beer thread. Filter When i'm bottling the beers can i use something to filter out the yeast that's sitting on the...