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Been doing some more research and seems like all the upgrades I mentioned are worth it. The kit with 10# tank, 525ss perlick faucets, dual regulator, drip tray and faucet wrench is $606 4 re-conditioned kegs with extra O-rings is $331 Tax and Shipping is $98 So a new total of $1,038 is...

Hello all, First post in a long time. The Mrs. and I have purchased a house and so naturally my first thought was time for a kegerator. I’m looking to build a stand-up kegerator with 4 taps. I’m reasonably handy with tools but have a hard time visualising parts, builds etc. so...

I primary all of my ales in ambient temp of 62F. I think I tertiared for 2-3 weeks, once the Oak is pulled it's ready to bottle IMO it can mellow in tertiary or bottles it's up to you. Sounds good on the chips vs. cube debate.

1. I added the boiled syrup at about 30 minutes if I recall correctly. I don't think it matters a ton it's obiously been sanitized from all the boiling so whenever it's done I'd say add it in. 2. I ended up oaking for 12 days from my notes. I had originally assumed 2 weeks but at 12 days it was...

You're going to be much better off finding a local homebrew club to sample your beer and chat with or entering your beer in contests. Both of those will be populated with people who like good beer, know why they like good beer, and are willing to offer specific, constructive feedback on how...

Lots of paranoia and confusion about Intellectual Property Law running in this thread. A few points: Trademarks are always registered with respect to certain wares (goods or services) so when In-Bev registers 312 or any other number they will list "beer, beer glasses, tap handles" and about a...

Thanks for the link they were one I hadn't heard of so didn't check. Sure enough they have Columbus and decent shipping rates ($14 like you said) to boot. Are you saying 2 packets per 6 gallon demi or 15 gallon demi? I was thinking 2packets of yeast per 5.5 gallon batch would be about right...

I went to order my hops today and found out that hopsdirect is out of columbus which was quite annoying. morebrew has them but to get 2lbs of Columbus is going to be $60 shipped. at hopsdirect I can get Magnum instead for $11/lb which would be about half price when all is said and done. Would...

A few updates as this process continues to evolve: I think I'm going to go with 3 of the large glass demi-johns, for a bunch of reasons: they are reasonably priced at 14.5 gallons I could use them again on 11 gallon batches controlling temperature will be much easier than 1-45 gallon...

Thanks for all the suggestions thus far I really want to do 1 or maybe 2 primaries although I'm trying to decide if the temperature will rise too high if all done at once. I'm looking for anyone who has done this before, I've been reading a few threads about primaries this large but no...

Hello All, I'm about to embark on a very ambitious project. One of my friends has requested that I make the party favours for his wedding. Up Here in Alberta we're not allowed to serve homebrewed beer or wine for weddings so we settled on a bottle of homebrew for each guest to take home with...

I used EV-1118 Champagne Yeast. The Wine is at 13.1% ABV so the yeast is not at its limit. I let it ferment to 1.000 and sit for another month and then it was racked 2 extra times and I suspect I left most of the yeast behind when racking. My only concern with re-pitching is I need to make sure...

After several months this is looking very clear and ready to bottle. I pulled a sample and added some priming sugar to it and then put it in a plastic bottle and capped it to see if their was enough yeast left in suspension to carb it. After a month the bottle is still flat so I figure I have to...

Hops in bulk is the way to go. check out hopsdirect.com and you can get hops for around $1oz shipped to Canada so Alaska should be about the same. I've never seen a LHBS come close to matching those prices, stored in the freezer they will last for years.

Wow $360 is a very nice upgrade budget and you should be able to go all-grain with a fairly decent set-up for that amount. Using my own all-grain set-up as an example: $90-40 qt Turkey Fryer and Burner $60- cooler mash tun including all parts and cooler $30- 6 carboys of craiglist, that's...

I'm surprised this hasn't been corrected yet but homebrewing is ILLEGAL in Alabama, and their are several high profile cases talked about in length on this forum about homebrewers getting into serious trouble. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/alabama-homebrewer-arrested-194144/ The Homebrew...

From my 1 batch with 3711 and reading everyone else's experiences I agree with this. I just finished brewing a simple Saison with it, pitched it at 70 and left it alone for 5 days, in that time it went from 1.044 to 1.004. It doesn't seem to have near the staaling problems or super high...

Yes how did it turn out? Also when did you add the juice I'm guessing in secondary?

Secondary is higly reccomended. I'm not real knowledgable about wine but from what I've read you want to transfer it after fermentation is complete and then about every 60-90 days of bulk aging. You could go straight from primary to bottles but I don't think you'd like the results flavor wise...

Just ABV really. From what I can grasp "Cider" "Apfelwien" and "Apple Wine" are all loose terms that more or less refer to fermented apple juice/cider. "Apfelwien" is I believe a German term and I can't see much difference between recipes for it and recipes for "Apple Cider". This recipe is in...