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I got a good deal on a cnc router so I'm coming up with ways to combine it with my other hobbies. 6-pack carriers are trendy now, so I made a mockup of two different styles. I can easily engrave a name or logo on the side, which looks pretty awesome. I don't like the shape of the upright...

I need to replace the ball-lock posts on my corny keg. I've determined that they are 19/32-18. A pair is on sale here but the Q/A section says they'll only work on kegs that originally had pin-locks. I don't know what mine originally had, I just know that they were ball locks when I got them...

I have several batches of mead I was tasting today and I'm a little disappointed. I started a 3-gal batch with 9lb of honey and ~2.25 gal of water about two years ago. I let it ferment dry then split it apart into four 1-gal containers and filled them to the top with various things (blackberry...

I love mozzarella, however one gallon of milk makes a rather large amount of cheese for one person to eat without risking severe intestinal distress. I've read a few articles online that each suggest something different. Whey, brine, vacuum-pack, oil, freezing, etc... What tricks do you use...

There are a lot of people here who are great at illustrator/photoshop/whatever and there are a lot of people here who are not. This thread seemed to be heading this direction, so I decided to make a new thread where people can post drawings or previous designs that they might want tweaked or...

So I have 10 gallons of cider, fermented dry, stabilized, and ready for back-sweetening before I put it in my keg and start carbonating. I screwed up real bad. In my haste I calculated something wrong, didn't notice the error, and dumped 4lbs of cane sugar into 5 gallons of cider. $#!% Ok, I...

I don't have any parts yet, but they are ordered, and I want to get input as I build this thing. I ordered one of these: http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?sku=9645&catid=958 Its a 5-gal square conical tank with an 8" lid and a 1-1/4" FPT outlet. Its polyethylene, which is about...

I have a cider that was pressed last fall. I fermented it immediately afterward and I've been letting it age in glass carboys since. There was no sediment in the carboys after months of sitting in my closet. I took 5 gallons and added a spice concentrate (I soaked cinnamon, nutmeg, etc in...

I love birch beer, and it is a huge part of the culture and history of the Pennsylvania Dutch. However, I can't find a recipe for it anywhere. There are extracts that one can just mix with water, but I'd really like to make it from raw ingredients. Does anyone know of a good birch beer recipe?

I'm pretty sure I have an acetobacter infection. It isn't bad yet, and the cider still tastes just like cider should, but I do get a little bit of white slime on the surface. I've been keeping it cold (~50ºF) and it seems to help a lot, but this isn't feasible for bottling/distributing. Since...

A while ago I got really enthusiastic and bought a bunch of kegging stuff. Now I realize I won't ever use some of it. I have a 5lb steel CO2 tank I'd like to sell. I don't know how to read hydro test stamps, but I'm pretty sure its out of date. This shouldn't be a problem, depending on where...

I think my cider may be infected. I don't have a pic (sorry), but the surface had a slightly-opaque looking skin and a few bubbles with a kind of white color. It didn't look really bad like some pics i've seen, but it was definitely unexpected. I siphoned the cider out, trying to leave the...

I have my mead aging in 1-gallon glass jugs, and I find that a large amount of the sediment is sticking to the inside of the glass. If I gently swirl it I can get most of it to the bottom, but a lot still sticks to the sides. I hate to agitate it too much... is there an easy fix for this?

Ha, it rhymes. I've made several batches of plain hard cider in the past with great success, but I've recent bumped up production to 15 gallon batches. I'd like to take 5 gallons of my current batch and make a fall/winter spiced cider. So far every thread i've seen is just people telling us...

I was gifted a box of keg stuff (sanke taps, towers, a few sigots, etc), and in the box there were three of these. What the heck is it? Its obviously a tap, but its threaded inside the collar, and the two tubes sticking down are odd.

I have a sanke keg opening I want to convert to 1/2 or 3/4" npt. I found this kit, but I'm wondering if anyone knows a cheaper source for these parts, or any other way to accomplish this. I really don't want to cut my keg open, so the tri-clamp seems ideal.

I see a lot of people asking about label or logo designs and often homebrewers just don't have the funds to pay a pro. I know my way around photoshop and illustrator, and business is slow. So I'm going to give one poster a free label or logo design! All you need to do is post in this thread...

I have a gallon of mead I threw an orange in during primary about a day after the yeast really started going. I read a post at that time where someone said to just chop the orange up and throw the whole thing in, so I did. Six months later the mead tastes like the nasty white part of the...

I have a 3-gal batch of mead in primary fermentation at the moment. I started it roughly a month ago and let it ferment a little cooler than usual (lower 60s F) because I'm fermenting in a 3-gal carboy and I was trying to avoid a mess. My OG was 1.061. I checked the SG today and it read...

There are two bars fairly close to me. The first one I called to ask to save bottles told me I have to talk to the manager, but the manager is never in. The second bar I talked to told me they don't even make beer bottles with pop off caps any more. Obviously they didn't want to be bothered with...