Recent content by BlackE1

Should get 2 new ones from AIH on Friday i will update on quality.

I was able to get 10 lb in a 15 lb tank at Rices Liquor in Burlington, WI. He said that he didn't want to use all their Nitrogen to fully fill it. I had them in a fridge for at least 4 hours before they were filled.

I am having a hard time finding a place to fill my 15 lb CO2 tank. The local welder supply only exchanges tanks and no not exchange 15 lb tanks. The local liquor store have be unable to fill more then a few pound at a time, blaming my tank being to large to fill with his equipment and still...

I took advantage of the Midwest Supplies sale over the weekend if you order $100 or more you get a free Big Mouth Bubbler (plastic). I was making an order anyways so why not try one out for free. When it arrived it was immediately clear there was a molding issue. At the top it was thick and...

Where are you sourcing a food grade bucket with lid for under $5?

http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/zip/1691574575.html The guys name is Jim he is very nice. Gave me nicely packaged and labelled Centennial, Golding, Williamette, Cascade. Same size or bigger then the ones i got from midwest supplies. Jim if your a member here Thanks again!!

It was 0.5 oz of cascade and 1 oz of willamette at about 65 to 68 degrees F.

To start off the reason this happened is work got in the way of my brewing. I brewed Russian Rivers Blind Pig IPA. It had 2 oz dry hops and 1 oz American oak. The oak and hops were added after transferring to secondary 8 weeks into the brew. Then it sat till today and that was 4 weeks on...

to my surprise mine is fermenting... Bubbling ever second!

so i added the 5 gallons of cider to a yeast cake on sat morning November 14th. Checked the gravity today and it dropped 0.004. I added nutrient and energizer as well. I think the cake had been sitting too long that it was not active enough. It had sat for over a month. I am guessing...

I did go back to the store and checked the label. It does contain potassium sorbate. I used 2 lb brown sugar, 1/2 to 3/4 gallon home pressed cider, 1 gallon apple juice, 3 gallon cider (the three gallons have potassium sorbate added). 11g notty re hydrated. I have a yeast cake i can pitch...

This will be a rant so continue reading if you would like. On Saturday i had the day free. I wanted to make a holiday cider. I thought what better way to get fresh apple cider with no preservatives then to make my own apple cider from fresh apples. This was my first mistake, i read online...

has others found that even if you can get it to ferment it will not taste good in the end?

the starter is now showing signs of fermentation everything should work out.

usually when make a starter it will foam even on my stir plate as well as lighting in color. I think i am just trying to rush the process. I usually make it 2 to 3 days ahead of time but i forgot in this case.