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  1. DarthBeer

    Guinness cold brew recipes?

    Has anyone seen a recipe for the Guinness nitro cold brew? Or how to add the cold brew part to an existing Guinness batch?
  2. DarthBeer

    Left overs suggestions

    I want to make something with the leftover ingredients in my fridge. Any suggestions on what might be good to make from these? 2 large packages of strawberries Nottinghanm yeast and US 05 yeast 4 lbs cane sugar 1lb unfiltered honey I'm thinking mead or cider off hand, but not sure if...
  3. DarthBeer

    Frozen yeast :(

    I'm pretty sure I know the answer but thought I ask to make sure. I accidentally put a package of liquid yeast in a freezer for a few hours. Is this recoverable or just toss the pack and go get another one?
  4. DarthBeer

    Does this look right?

    I started a couple gallons of the JOAM recipe two months ago. I'm wondering if this looks right. One of the bottles has a kind of moldy look. I've also seen mention that the fruit is supposed to sink at some point. Sent from my LT28at using Home Brew mobile app
  5. DarthBeer

    Corny keg in place of a carbonator.

    Could anyone give advise on the effectiveness and safety of using a corney keg in a post mix system instead of a carbonator. I have a 5 valve post mix system with soda pumps, but no carbonator or available water line. I would like to use a corny keg with carbonated water hooked to the water...
  6. DarthBeer

    Negative ABV from a wine kit?

    I just finished a Spagnols wine kit and ready to bottle. The starting and final OG I'm showing match the expected gravity shown in the kit directions. Although when I calculate the ABV I'm getting an answer of -4 ABV. I would think I did something wrong if the gravities didn't match what was...
  7. DarthBeer

    Some kind of foam on the carboy?

    Can anyone tell her if it's normal to have a foam looking material appear on top of the wine after clearing? This it's my first wine kit. Spagnols strawberry reisling kit. Everything looked clear and fine yesterday. I was going to be ready to bottle friday. Tonight I noticed this foam like...
  8. DarthBeer

    Backsweetening calculations?

    Does anyone know of a formula or calculator for calculating the amount of backsweetening needed to bring a cider to a given gravity? I have a cider that has a 1.000 gravity and I want to raise it to 1.020 using apple juice concentrate. I have done it with previous batches with trial and...
  9. DarthBeer

    Corny keg with 3 disconnect posts

    Has anyone seen corny kegs with 3 posts on them? I saw them at a LHBS recently. The posts were labeled liquid, gas, and level probe. They were all silver kegs and not the used soda keg type. I'm wondering what level probe would be and how its used. I didn't think to take a pic at the time. The...
  10. DarthBeer

    Beer filtering question

    I'm looking into getting a beer filter system setup using a house water filter. I've read thru some threads on this and haven't noticed this mentioned. From the pics I've seen, it looks like the connector between the filter housing and the hose is brass. I don't recall the details, but have...
  11. DarthBeer

    Any plans for a DIY Philtap?

    I just came across the Philtap looking thru posts on mini kegs. Looks like its no longer produced. I was wondering if there were any plans floating around for them. It looks like a pretty simple setup. The off the cuff idea is to get the minikeg to TAD adapter that midwest sells. Attach hose...
  12. DarthBeer

    DIY Conical Fermenter?

    I'm wondering if there is such thing as a better bottle or carboy with a threaded neck on it? The idea being that after pitching, to attach a ball valve to the fermenter. Then attach a small bottle to the other end of the valve. Turn it upside down and sit it on a frame. When the primary is...
  13. DarthBeer

    Beer for dogs?

    Non-alcoholic beer for dogs. :rolleyes: It's not technically beer, but it seems to be popular from what the report says. :mug:
  14. DarthBeer

    Miller Lite Home Draft Dissected

    Here's some pics of the Miller Lite Home Draft taken apart. I have the 60qt Igloo Cube cooler. It will easily hold two of these with plenty of room to spare. The idea I'm kicking around for the 4th of July is to mount two of these taps on the outside of the cooler and the bottles on the...
  15. DarthBeer

    local sources for a brix cup?

    Anyone know of a place in the dallas/ft worth area that would sell a brix cup? I've found them online, but would rather pick one up local if it would turn out to be cheaper or the same.
  16. DarthBeer

    Coke/Pepsi bag in box sources?

    Does anyone know a place online or off that sells Coke or Pepsi products in the bag-in-box format? Samsclub website sells Dr Pepper and generic BIB's reasonably priced. The only Coke and Pepsi I could find online is from the Nationalcandy website. Although with shipping, they would cost around...
  17. DarthBeer

    Pneumatic Keezer

    I've recently gotten a chest freezer so I'm looking at different design ideas. One idea I had, I wanted to see what people though of it as far as praticality and a novel concept. What I'm thinking is to have the faucets inside the keezer instead of mounted to the lid or a collar. The taps...
  18. DarthBeer

    Cleaning a used carbonator

    Does anyone have tips on how to clean a carbonator? It has no means of opening it and cleaning the inside of it. The best I can figure would be to fill a keg with pbw and connect that to the water input. Then repeat with a keg of starsan.
  19. DarthBeer

    Brewhouse Premium American Lager

    I've got this one aging right now for St Pats day. My friends only like the "yellow beers" like Miller and Budweiser so I thought I'd see how this compares. Question being that this is labeled as a lager. Although it comes with the Coopers dry yeast packet and says to ferment around...
  20. DarthBeer

    Partial mash - subsitituion of grain for DME

    I wanted to see if I could get some input on a recipe for Fosters Lager from Clonebrews. It says to subsititute 1.25 lbs DME for the same amount of 2 row pilsner malt. The chart in the back of the book lists DME 1.044 gravity and pilsner malt as 1.037. Questions being is that difference...
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