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RO systems are terribly inefficient (netting around 1-3 gallons of RO water for every 5-10 gallons wasted) and require quite a bit of water pressure to work properly, much more than you'd get from an inexpensive pump and way more than you'd get from a gravity-fed or even city water supply...

I used WLP715, which imparts very little to no flavor on it's own, and can get the ABV up to ~12% depending on how much sugar it has to work with. Other wine, champagne, or London ale yeasts would probably work just as well. If you want to maximize the initial alcohol content just add more...

I decided to make an AppleJack, and wanted it smooth and tasty. This is a drink to warm you up and get you hammered FAST! It goes down incredibly smooth, and tastes great! My friend and I got blitzed on this stuff last night while concentrating it and woke up feeling refreshed and great with no...

That was the most useful reply you could have ever posted. Thank you very much! That shows the exact data I needed and couldn't find, and for every common plastic on the market. I'm surprised some people are having issues aging in single layer PET due to oxygenation. I wonder if covering PET...

The last thing to mention about carbonation is that a soda stream can barely carb water properly because it carbs it too fast, at too low of a pressure, and there's no agitation, so it only absorbs a small amount of gas and the rest is forced to erupt out when the pressure is relieved, which is...

A welding shop will almost certainly have CO2 refills available, but make sure you get an aluminum for your swap out; you don't want the possible rusting of a steel tank and the aluminum is lighter as well, but a lot of old salts like steel and swear by it, usually welders. Also, you can...

Replace your soda stream with a carbonator cap now that you have a CO2 tank and you'll save a ton in CO2 costs (those soda streams are a rip off). Also, MANY places sell CO2, not just the local homebrew shops. You can get refills from companies that maintenance soda machines, fire extinguishers...

The extra step of pouring syrup is simple if you use a syrup hand pump. You can get them at restaurant supply stores and usually it'd be a pump or 2 per glass. That should make it easier for the lazy people when your not there :D. As for the recipe, you don't really need to pasteurize the lemon...

I've searched around and seen the differences between PET, multi-layer PET, HDPE, LDPE, and glass, but found almost nothing about the oxygen permeability of PP (polypropylene). I'm planning on aging a couple gallons of my current brew for around 8 months or so and am looking at what type of...

I'm dealing with a similar issue, but have thought of a different approach. I was planning on buying some mineral stones and just leaving them in the water collection jug. I'm using a berkey water filter setup and the water tastes soft and plain, when I prefer water more like Fiji water, which...

Citric acid is also a natural and very powerful preservative, even diluted down to 1:512; so that teaspoon worth the OP likes using will make it keep for a long time, especially if the syrup is stored properly. I've never had an issue with syrups crystalizing but I always use cream of tartar...

I carb cold water in 2L bottles with a carbonator cap and a 20# tank, so only a couple minutes of shaking and I'm good to go. If your using a chilled keg just leave it on the gas and you should be fine. The most important thing to remember when speedily carbing water is the colder it is the...

Mixing the syrup and carbonated water right in the glass is fine, it will mix instantly with cold carbonated water, and requires no shaking or stirring. They use syrups at Starbucks and no one ever says, "hey, that's just syrup and water". The syrup pumps are carried by most restaurant supply...