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    Old, mildewy bottles

    Hi folks, Does anybody know of a good bottle brush which doesn't lose its shape? I have a lot of old returnable coke bottles which were given to me by my father-in-law. He had saved them when he attempted brewing in the late 1970s. Unfortunately, he never washed the coke out, so most of...
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    Brewed a Batch

    Greetings all, I went ahead and brewed a 3.78L batch of cider. Here's the recipe I used: 3.78L flash-pasteurized cider from North GA 11 oz. dextrose 2.5g pectinase 2.5g yeast nutrient 5g Lalvin yeast (I don't remember the strain) It's been fermenting for about a month now...
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    What Yeast Do You Use?

    Greetings all, What variety of cider yeast do you all use? I'm going to be brewing a batch fairly soon. I'm lookng at either White Labs WLP720 or Lalvin 71B-1122, possibly the EC-1118. I think I'd like a sweeter one this time instead of drier.
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    Mead or Hydromel?

    Greetings all, Just racked my first mead today. I decided to use a raspberry varietal honey, since my wife loves raspberry so much. This type of honey is very delicious; since I've tried it, it is probably one of my favorites as well. But I digress... When I made the mead, I aerated it...
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    Dudes!

    Greetings to all! I'm currently based near Atlanta, GA, but I'm from the East SF Bay in CA. I'm hoping you want to hear my fun boring story of how I got into brewing beer at home. Not quite sure when it actually happened; I bought three 5-gallon carboys and some one-gallon jugs at a yard...
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