Recent content by BearNP

I second Mainbrew, They can set you up with all that you need & they have great customer service.

Freezing the cherries will break the cell walls and better allow the Cherrie flavor to get into your beer.

I use stevia (Target has a generic version(Market pantry)), and for us, it takes 2 cartons (9.8 oz each) of the stevia to sweeten a 5 gallon keg of root beer for our kids. I force carbonate, so not an issue of fermenting. Hope this helps.

I use a 1 gallon plastic bag after I open it, as well. I keep it in a cabinet in the garage with my other brewing supplies. Have not had it get hard there.

I'm in

This is a total guess, maybe a pint or just enough to get it mixed into a simple sugar solution & cool, then add to fermentor.

If you just want to add the sugar because it was missed before, you could boil it in some water, cool, then add it to fermentor. As previously mentioned, will alter hop profile, however if it was supposed to be there in the first place, should be okay, right? I know on Brew strong they talk...

Will be brewing this on Friday. Look forward to everyone else's results. Brewing 10 gallons. Using 2L starter (or whatever MrMalty.com rec's) for first 5 gallons, and then 2 (think MrMalty.com said 2.7 vials) vials for 2nd 5 gallons. Will be interesting to see how the 2 different one's turn out.

+ 10 Rye PA + 5 Rogue I2PA clone + 5 Portland Style Hefe 23432

Will be building one this weekend, in anticipation of brewing a Firestone Walker Union Jack clone next Friday (care of Can You Brew It). Will definitely help with decreasing the hop sludge!

Thanks for asking this ? cimirie, as I have my CPVC manifold sitting in my cooler, ready to have holes/slits cut into it and is on hold until I determine which route to go :-)

They look great. Thank you for doing this.

Beerfan08, yes, this year should be better and i've read that year 3 is the at the "peak".

Beersmith (on my PC) and BeerAlchemy (on my mac & iPhone).

Nurse practitioner- with a bone marrow transplant/Leukemia service. Work to live, live to brew!