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I live on an island it's a hundred bucks each way for the ferry to get off. So driving to Washington State is a no can do. UPS has a tendency to hit anything crossing the boarder with a $200 Brokerage fee :mad: . USPS usually doesn't have any fees, and if they do it is like $5 rather than...

I'm west coast, Victoria BC

Can anyone recommend any online retailers in Canada that sell corny kegs and parts? I would prefer to buy in Canada rather than risk shipping duties importing from the USA. Thanks

I am worried that I might be infecting my beer by touching my equipment while brewing. How do you recommend keeping your hands clean and sanitized? I usually was my hands with soapy water then dunk them into a bucket of sanitized (iodofor) before I start. I resanitize my hands if I scratch my...

I bought two cans of Coopers Bitter I have made these kits in the past, with decent success. One of the instructions is to dissolve an additional 1KG of sugars into the wart. Since the coopers cans are 1.7KG of LME, this works out to roughly 1KG of DME or Dextrose. SOOO I was just...

I have just racked over to a keg, and I am wondering if there is a "Best" way to age, as well as a "Fastest" way to age. Carbonated or still? Chilled, Room Temp, or warm? Air locked or sealed tight? Shake or leave still? etc. Right now I have the keg sealed and burped with a little...

Primary has been bubbling away for 11 days now! had a taste a few days ago and it was still pretty sweet. I didn't get a good SG reading so I don't know what it is at. One thing I have notices is that at certain times there is no head or foam on the surface, and at other times there is about...

Rather than use a thief to check SG during fermentation, and risk contamination :( . Is it possible to simply place the fermenter on an accurate scale and infer from the change in weight the change in SG? Assume we are going to make a 25L batch of beer. If we started with pure water the...

It begins... I went to Costco yesterday and picked up 24 liters of Sun-Rype apple juice. Pasturized, only ingredients apple juice, vitamin C. The SG of the juice at room temp was 1.050 Since the ale yeast I have will chew that up and make it very dry I bought a big bottle of honey as...

I have used Ale yeasts each time I have tried cider, it always ends up super dry. I don't have the knowledge or experience yet to try a high OG and let the yeast kill themselves with alcohol at 7-8% and still have some sugar left. Cold Crashing and racking might be a better idea then killing...

I want to make a semi-Sweet cider for X-mas presents. This means bottles. Every Cider I have tried turns out very dry as is the topic of many threads in this forum. I want to try and use my keg system to force carbonate in a corny and then transfer to bottles, and hopefully preserve the...