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^ I think that's Orfy's line. Anyway, I got my first better bottle. It's pretty much infinitely better than a glass carboy. I don't know how the glass carboy companies have any business at all. Also, I got a Giant TCR Advanced 2 road bike. It's the same line of bikes that that T-Mobile team...

The cheaper kits ($40-60 for 5 gallons) are real easy to make, and can be modified to be real good. For example, one problem with them is that since they are from concentrate, they are fermented without the grape skins. This causes them to lack the right amount of tannins. If you're making a red...

I second the screwdriver suggestion. Just jam that baby up between the cap and opening, then pry it off.

In my long haired days, about a year ago: In my more recent, slightly shorter haired days, about a month ago on my birthday: I swear I'm 21 ;)

EDIT: sorry double post.

Wow I think I just coughed up some vomit there.

You were 100% right about the hefe yeast :cross: The night I mixed it up, I popped it back open to take an OG because i forgot the first time. After, I drank the sample like I usually do and I swore I could taste a slight bubbliness/carbonation to it. I took that as an omen that I should just go...

Second pic to the far right. If I didn't know better, I'd say that looks like bud. ;-)

From what I've heard, this is usually a problem for shiners who distill their own liquor. The high alc content leaches the lead out of the brass to levels high enough to be dangerous. I'm not sure what effect heat or low alc contents will have on brass, but I'd remove the lead to be safe. Lead...

So, basically everything that could go wrong did go wrong. Long story short, I made Apfelwein... sorta. Here's the recipe: 5 Gal tree top 2 lbs table sugar Hefe yeast 5 tsp yeast nutrient I actually have pretty high hopes for it. I'm thinking the hefe yeast should leave some nice fruity notes...

My guess would be lower quality plastic would be problematic if you're making something like a red wine that could be bulk aged for 6 months to a year. Maybe over that long a time enough oxygen might seep through to cause problems. Alpfelwein is, what? 4 weeks? You should probably be fine, but I...

Well, I spent two afternoons reading about 40 pages of this thread, instead of studying for my finals. Since I'm going to fail my finals because of this, I figure I have to make some so it won't be a total waste. ;-) I only have EC-1118 on hand, so I'm going to go ahead and use that. I might...

Awesome thanks for the quick replies guys. I just ordered the kit and I'm pretty excited for it. It sounds like the perfect quick brew while I wait for my long term projects to age (wine and cider).

So I was thinking about trying the ubiquitous Hefeweizen as my first attempt at brewing beer (i've done wine in the past), and I have a few noobish questions. 1) Does the extract kit require a grain bag? 2) Does it require a secondary ferment? I want to save my carboy for a cider batch i'll...