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Greenville,SC. There are small chloramines and I use campden tablets. I have had good results with my brewing. I also review water quality reports as part of my job, so can confirm Greenville, SC is excellent. My parents live in Anderson county and their water is much different. Give the...

I live and brew in Greenville. The water here is excellent. I only add some calcium chloride to the mash water. Agree with late hopping and you can achieve excellent results

I will give you my shipping address tomorrow. ;)

I want to know also. Would perlick foam control faucets work well for root beer? I think you might still need a long line but maybe not

In under the wire

I used rare earth magnets and countersunk them into the wooden brackets. Very similar to the picture above

Officially entered.

I'll give it a go

How about just filling a minikeg with rum and coke, or scotch and soda and dispense with CO2?

Many have found that the apple flavor actually does develop later around 8months or so. That has been my experience. It of course, won't get sweeter. I think my favorite so far was the standard batch, then stabilized and back sweetened with apple juice concentrate. I kegged it so it was still...

Ok, so maybe it didn't get infected. I was hoping the apple juice concentrate would have given more apple like flavor. In stead just get sour. Also it has been sitting at room temp for a month, with no real signs of carbonation. I left it on the yeast a while before bottling. Could the...

I have made multiple batches of apfelwein, all with good success. This last batch was 5 gallons of juice with 5 cans of apple juice concentrate instead of the sugar. fermented for 4 months and bottled with priming sugar. After a month, it is sour! and not carbed. I never saw signs of...

Bobby Rocks!

I would look on the bottom. If you see a recycle number 1 or 2, should be good to go.

I might not call it a beer cocktail but I have frequently put a quarter to half oz of bourbon, or other spirit in a beer. It's like instant bourbon barrel aging!