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hey all, I've got like ~300 in my backyard on my trees, and would love to make em into cider, how should I press them? LHBS has wine presses, but apparently, you need to puree the apple in a blender before I could use the wine grape press thoughts?

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situation is that I did a brew that called for a half pound of C40 and I already had 180g out of 225 needed for a half lb. So i used that plus 20g each of 20 and 60 and am hoping to recreate the recipe soon, but have all this c20 and c60 left over its a pain to get c40 where I am, no lhbs has it

The guy at the local snooty organic brew store didn't have enough crystal 40 for the recipe I was brewing and told me to pick up some of the crystal 20 and 60, which they had plenty of and use half and half for the weight that I needed of crystal 40. this seems like it could be true, but I...

final recipe: 180g crystal 40 20g crystal 60 20g crystal 20 40g crystal 120 somewhere between 5 and 6 lbs DME Hops: 60 min 1oz centennial .5oz cascade 25 min .25oz cascade .25oz centennial 13 min 1.5oz amarillo .5oz cascade Turned out real nice, very holiday appropriate, tastes a lot like SN...

why is that? would it de carbonate over time? I thought the sanke seals were pretty bomber?

now is that so my beer would be cold? or would the beer spoil? and how long could a keg keep (both in taste and carbonation) if it was at a constant 60-70 degrees f?

If I didn't want to futz with a CO2 system and regulator and such, but recently picked up a old sanke keg, could I ferment in carboy as usual, then transfer to sanke and prime with sugar, as if I was bottle carbing, would my beer carbonate in the usual ~2 weeks? also, from there, what would I...

one last try... anyone?

anyone? bueller?

anyone else want to weigh in on the crystal weight or the hops thanks

Yea, five gallon batch cut the crystal to 1/4? or 1/2? also, any recomendation on the hops?

Hi all, looking for some input on my extract homebrew I'm trying to brew what was originally a Sierra nevada clone, but I think this time I'm going to go a little hoppier, and it was never THAT close to SN, just a satisfying, drinkable pale ale, nice and crisp, sorta citrusy. long story short, I...