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Does anyone have a good source for prickly pear to use in cider? Not finding much available through internet search. Seems alot harder to find than vintner's harvest fruits or other sources. Is the only option to find the fresh fruit seasonally and process for cidermaking? Cheers!

I'm looking for some help troubleshooting a foamy pour issue I'm having with my keezer. I'm getting large air pockets in my beer line and seeing bubbles rise in the beer line coming from the ball lock out disconnect. I know one of the causes for this is if the line is too warm and I don't...

Has anyone made homebrew with backyard bamboo shoots? This time of year I have hundreds of bamboo shoots coming up in my backyard. My dogs pull them out and love to chew on them. This led me to wonder what they taste like and give them a try myself. They have an earthy flavor, with a...

I've been trying to bottle from my keg but am not satisfied with the carbonation levels I'm retaining from these bottles. Would there be any downside to adding some priming sugar to each bottle to let the yeasties do their work and carbonate these bottles? I'm working with a 9% abv Russian...

I've never done labels for my homebrew and usually keg, however I've been planning a rum barrel aged russian imperial stout and jumped on the grogtag deal for 24 reusable labels for $9. The sale ends today. I used one of their templates and modified it to fit my brew.

Has anyone tried bottling in Base Camp In-tents India Pale Lager bottles? If you haven't seen these bottles, they are 22 oz aluminum pry-top and look like the picture below. I don't see any reason why you couldn't and like the portability of non breakable bottles for camping, fishing...

One of the things I dislike most about brewing is waiting for my wort to cool in an ice bath before pitching yeast. I know an immersion chiller would be a good investment and would minimize the time it takes to cool the wort. I recently came across the recommendation of racking your wort to a...

I've been doing yeast starters with the 1000 ml yeast starter kit from NB and using the intermittent shake/swirl method rather than a stir plate. I was listening the the BN podcast on yeast and John and Jamil recommend getting a 5000 ml erlenmeyer flask because that's as big as you'll ever need...

I put in a recent order with one of the big online homebrew shops. My order left the shop 7/30 and arrived 8/5. It's been in the 90s where I live and likely across much of the area the order was shipped through. Needless to say the ice pack it shipped with was melted and the yeast was warm when...

Brought home a tank of marionberry cider from the local ciderhouse to put on tap in the keezer. I hooked up the lines, poured a glass, and noticed that some cider got backed up into my air line? What would cause this? I am wondering if the keg was really full and the pressure was high...

I filled a 5 gal corny keg at the local cider house for my wife to have on draft in the keezer. It was $85 to fill. It was kind of awkward as they use an ipad with square to accept credit card payment and it defaults to 15% tip. I was not about to to pay an extra $12.75 for the nice girl at...

I've got a blonde ale that's been sitting in the secondary fermenter for nearly 2 months now. It's my buddy's beer and I haven't had the motivation to bottle it as I'm kegging my beers now. We haven't had a chance to get together to bottle it yet, so there it sits. Other than risk of an...

I recently finished a new keezer build and ran star san through the liquid lines to sanitize. I don't have kegs to hook up to two of the lines so now they are left with star san still in them. Will this cause any issues or can it be left in the lines until purged with beer from new kegs? Thanks.

First keg on tap in newly built keezer and I am trying to troubleshoot foamy pours that I believe are resulting from air in my liquid lines. The first pour is always foamy. Below, I've included a couple pics of my liquid line. I am running 5 ft of 3/16" bev line at 38-40 degrees around 10...

Ordered 4 used kegs from beverage elements a few months back. Just getting around to testing them to see if they hold pressure after cleaning/sanitizing and changing o-rings. Sprayed Star-san over the lid and posts to test for leaks. I noticed these bubbles forming on top of the out post. Does...

I have second year Cascades growing vigorously. However some of the lower leaves are starting to shrivel and brown on the edges as you can see in the picture. Is this a nutrient deficiency? Is there anything I should do to remedy this? The plants seem otherwise healthy. Thanks.

Is 13/32" the right size of stepless clamp for 1/4" gas line? I've included a link to the product I'm thinking of ordering. http://www.austinhomebrew.com/product_info.php?products_id=12503