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Haier 5.0cf chest freezer with a Johnson Controls A419 thermostat. Perfect for lagering or keeping ale at a cool temperature. Price: $140.00 obo Measurements: 29 1/4"w x 22"d x 33 1/2"h Email if interested. Thanks, Greg

While dosing my pool chemicals this evening, I was adding a little pH up and was looking at the ingredients on the bottle and it listed the only ingredient as "100% potassium carbonate". I think everyone see's where I'm going with this. Opinions? By the way, I then checked my latest batch...

First, I'm going for a medium sweet mead base using the following: 15lbs orange blossom honey add water to 6 gal 10 grams lalvin 71b w/starter SNA The extra galllon is for topping up later. After primary, I am debating spliting the batch into one gallon jugs and adding various...

This might be my first senior moment (age 49) but, if I'm scaling a 5 gal recipe that has about a gallon of honey and 4 gallons of water, do I divide by 4 or 5? Thanks, Greg

I brewed a Belgian Tripel from Midwest HBS back in April. It has been in secondary for about 7 months. I'm ready to bottle but am concerned that there won't be any active yeast to carbonate it in the bottle. What are my options? Thanks, Greg

I tried a bottle of this a few days ago. Great fruity taste at the beginning followed by an interesting alcohol flavor to end. Almost like drinking a cocktail. 11.5% abv. Here is a short description from Wiki: DeuS (Brut Des Flandres) is a premium Belgian beer manufactured in Buggenhout...

Since I have 5 1 gal carboys bulk aging is it resigned to being still mead? I was thinking of making one or two gallons sparkling but I'm guessing that the yeast will be dead by then. Do I have alternatives? Thanks, Greg

Right up front i'm asking...please be kind. My question is: When bulk aging instead of bottling is there a point where you remove the airlock and seal the carboy? Thanks, Greg

Can anyone tell me why these bottles are so cheap at Midwest? I did the math and they are less than $20 a case (12) including shipping. Anywhere else they are maybe $20 - $30, then add the shipping. Even at my LHBS they are $29 a case. Thanks, Greg

Just returned from a few days visiting family in Hawaii. Picked up and brought back some egg fruit and Chico. The egg fruit I tried, I remember liking but can't for the life of me remember what it tasted like. The chico I tried with the skin on and tasted somewhat like brown sugar. My question...

I'm planning to mix up a 5 gallon batch of must. Then I wanted to divide the must into separate 2 and 3 gallons containers and use a different yeast in each container to ferment. Do I need to adjust the amount of yeast I use in each, from say a 5 gram foil pack. Do I need to rehydrate and put...

Has anyone made mead with Killer Bee honey before? If so, what in particular did you make?

I've been brewing beer for about a year now and I would like to try a mead. I've had mead a couple of times but it was years ago. I can't even remember if it was still or sparkling. What I would like to do is acquire 5 one gallon carboys and make 4 different one gallon batches so I might be...

I wanted to bottle in champagne bottles and got about a hundred for free off of craigslist. Cleaned them up and not knowing what size the mouth was, I tried capping one. No go with the regular size caps. So I go out and get the larger caps and a new bell housing for the red baron capper. I flip...

Pitched my first batch of ESB on saturday at 6:00pm. Temp in basement 68 degrees. Started seeing a bubble every 3-4 seconds 24 hours later. 24 hours after that, no more bubbles (or so it appears). Just left it alone for a few days and today I took a gravity of 1.015. Of course being a noob I...

Income tax is back! Time to buy my starter kit. I've decided to buy a 7.5 gallon kettle from Midwest. Do I have them drill the hole(s) for a spigot (and maybe a temp gauge)? Do the benefits out weigh the cost? And is it something I'm going to wish I had further down the road? Greg

Hello All, I haven't capped a single bottle yet because I've decided to do this right from the beginning. When I start brewing it will be from my basement which I have yet to finish. I'm looking for some advise on equipment (gas or electric stove, dishwasher, etc.) and design for the kitchen...