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I have a cider that is ready to be bottled, the only problem is I don't have any bottles. Would it be ok to put the cider in a throughly cleaned and empty plastic juice container? Is there a harm in doing this? Thanks for letting me know about any options available.

Hey guys I was just wondering if you know of any good deals on carboys and whatnot. I don't have lots of money(who does) to purchase a couple of carboys so I was wondering if any of you know of a away of getting around buying a couple of 20 dollar containers cheaper.

Alright, I'm having a little gathering in about a month and a half, but I don't have enough of my alcoholic beverage for the evenings event. I would like to brew it, so does anyone have any suggestions as to what I should brew? It doesn't really matter what is brewed they will be impressed...

Its time for me to put my cider in a secondary, but I don't have another carboy. I'm waiting on it, but if things go the way they always seem to go with me, its not going to be here for another week. Is there any harm in it staying in primary for an extra week? Or is it possible to transfer the...

What do you guys prefer? Glass carboy, Better bottle, or the (food grade)plastic buckets? What are your reasons for your preference?

I found this recipe on the web and I was wondering what you guys think of it. Looks really simple, but I don't have very much faith in it. Do you guys think I should try it? 1 gallon unfiltered apple juice 1/2 tsp bread yeast (eg. Fleishman's or Res Star) 4-6 cups brown and/or white sugar...

I found a really simple recipe for cider online so I decided to try it out. For the airlock he said you could use a balloon with a small hole in it, which fell off on the first or second day. Now it is working fine and I can see a bunch of small bubbles being produced from the yeast. Do I need...

Thats right, I've never made any type of alcoholic beverage. I figured I might as well start with a mead ^_^ I'm really trying to be cheap because 1 I don't have money and 2 I'm not sure if I'm going to like brewing(I sure hope I do). So I'll probably use a plastic 5 gal. water jug..I know...

Hi guys, I'm glad I found this place. I've been wanting to brew for a while now but haven't found anything useful until I came to this forum. Any suggestions on first brews? I read the beginners brew topic and was wondering what alcoholic beverage is the easiest to make. I have also heard that...