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Been doing a search to no avail. Thought I'd ask here. Just got a Breville centrifugal juicer for my b-day. I want to juice a couple of bushels of apples that I got and ferment into a nice dry cider. I'm not sure if I should be concerned about the apple seeds and cyanide at all. I know...

I'm looking for a better airlock solution that's easier to clean but still allows for fermenter overflow. Three piece airlocks are easy to clean, but poor with overflow. Double bubble airlocks are great with overflow, but can be difficult to clean easily on the inside. I either heard about...

I had this beer at a multitap outside of Chicago. It's pretty impressive. The reviews are spot on - it tastes exactly like root beer, very sweet, no alcohol taste or burn. Look and smell are just like root beer as well. http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/24798/86622 I'm trying to...

My wife made 5 gallons of a wheat and decided to go all out and add 12 lbs of frozen raspberries in the secondary. Upon tasting, we've found that the final product has a very strong astringent taste. My first thought was infection, but then I started to wonder if the abnormally large amount...

Not sure if this is the right place to post or not, but seemed the closest. Found this deal listed on Amazon and with some Googling, got what appears to be a pretty good deal on an Igloo cooler. Amazon listing for $51.99 (click through Amazon to external site) Use coupon code LIKE10 for...

I often will get a white residue building up inside of my clear siphon tubing. Curiously, it doesn't seem to build up inside of my auto siphon at all, just the tube. Initially, I thought it was beer stone, but after reading up on beer stone, I'm not fully convinced. This stuff seems more...

So I just got my RIMS tube build finished last weekend and tested it with water. It worked great and I'm looking forward to it's maiden voyage this weekend. What I'm wondering about is how everyone handles the wort return to the mash tun without excess splashing. There are supposed...

My wife bought me the SS stone and aquarium pump aeration kit from NB for my birthday. I've now used it twice and it works great, but I've got a few questions that I was hoping the HBT members might have some thoughts on: For context, I'm attempting to aerate for 30 minutes. 1) Do you...

Thanks to my lovely wife buying me a March pump for my birthday, I'm looking to build a RIMS tube. I'm targeting a SS 304 setup similar to the "RIMS for Dummies" design. I've been pricing out parts in various sizes and a 1" setup is (obviously) the cheapest that will house the element. My...

I just bottled my Flanders Red that had been sitting on the bugs for 15 months. Now I have the Roselare yeast cake that I want to rack a new wort on to. 1) According to Wild Brews, each time you repitch Roselare the result is more sour than the last. Does anyone have experience and comments...

We should all just get this and wait 48 hours. http://gizmodo.com/5537099/turn-your-juice-into-booze-in-48-hours-flat I can't imagine what it tastes like with all that yeast still in suspension. Must be awful.

I've used fruit in the secondary on several occasions with mixed results. The yeast always does what yeast does (read: ferments all of the fructose out of the fruit) and a little bit of the fruit flavor ends up in the beer. I've most recently used blueberries (frozen) and cherries (puree) to...