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Hi All, I made a couple batches of mead and cyser in Nov 2012 and recently when sampling the two noticed that the cyser is awfully boring! It tastes watered-down, has almost no flavor, smells slightly of fresh, barely cooked applesauce, and has almost no detectable alcohol. The mead on the...

Hi Everyone, I'm working on a RIMS build based off of Kal's 30A electric setup but I'd like to have 3 elements instead of 1, each capable of running 120 or 240V with the switch of a hand. Ideally I'd like to use 3-way switches in an [ON - OFF - ON] setup to manually switch any given element...

Hi Everyone, The wife and I took our first shot at making mead this past Fall and now we're trying to figure out whether it's time to bottle or not. We made two 2gal batches to start in November 2012; one being turned into cyser and the other remaining a dry mead. After a couple months we...

Hi All, I'm working on a major overhaul of my brewing platform - I'm switching to an all-electric 5gal RIMS system that is loosely based upon theelectricbrewery.com's rig. Originally I had planned on a three element design with two 1500W/120V elements: one heating my strike/sparge water and...

Hi All, I have a 2-yr-old hallertauer plant in a ~20gal planter that didn't do much for the second year in a row this past season. I was going to transfer it to the garden because I'm convinced the soil in the planter just isn't rich enough to support the plant. I decided to drag the planter...

Hi All, I'm interested in using Alexander's Muscat Grape Concentrate in a DFH Midas Touch clone. I'm struggling with determining the sugar content of the concentrate however. I haven't bought a can yet but the image online of the 4lb, 48fl.oz. can states 68º Brix. If I add this entire can to...

Hi All, I just brewed an IPA and unsurprisingly the Cal Ale yeast made it necessary to put a blow-off tube on the carboy. Despite none of the krausen actually making it out of the carboy and into the flask of sanitizer, I noticed a greasy substance that has formed on the outside of the...

Hey Everyone, So I finally made the move from a two-bucket mash system to a square cooler. I have a 45qt Rubbermaid Victory cooler (Model: FG2A9102MODBL from Home Depot). I picked up a 1/2" brass male x male ball valve and a 1/2" CPVC CTS male adapter to attach a short length of 1/2" CPVC to...

Hi Everyone, I've been fighting with an Oktoberfest for the past 6 weeks now and I'm finally putting out the call for a little advice. Due to operator error (i.e. - probably half cocked when I was working on the recipe) I planned to pitch only a 1.5L starter when it should have been more like...

Hey Everyone, So I brewed my first lager a couple months ago (SA Boston Lager clone) and it seems like an overall success (especially considering this was also my first AG!). I took off a sample after 5 weeks in the fermentor and it tasted great. Malt was crisp with a slight sweetness and...

Hey Everyone, I've been brewing for just about a year now and decided to start making my move to all-grain. I started the transition by incorporating mini-mashes in my last three recipes but with every one I've had a problem hitting my sacc. temp. I'm using a MoreBeer mini-mash bucket...

Hey everybody, I just got into brewing after the holidays. Started with an IPA that's bottle-conditioning now (tasted decent on bottling day though). I decided rather last-minute to brew this past sunday and picked up a Wyeast smack pack at the local brew shop. Being new to this (last recipe...