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I did a Rauchbier All-Grain about 4-5 months back, did all the right steps for producing a good lager, i have a chest freezer with a regulator for controlling the temp. I did the D-rest and then lager for about 4 months. I pulled it out last night to let it warmup before i bottle and the beer...

welcome to the world of homebrewing

Try williams brewing they are pricey but i know they Belgian bottles, cork, and wire baskets

I am a Mechanical Insulator by trade and i think the fastest, easiest, and the most efficient would be armaflex.. Its Mold resistant and flexible and it made with Microban antimicrobial product protection provides added defense against mold on the insulation. Its mostly used for keeping...

you said 1.100 cbbaron can't read

it ws all juice no water 4lbs of honey i took a hydro reading and i got 1.100 actually a little more i rounding down

I am new to the mead or in this case pyment field so it would be great to get some feedback 4 gallons of white grape-peach juice 4 lbs of clover honey yeast nutrients yeast energizer 1 packet of red star champagne sg 1.100 has anyone had any experience with this sort of mead?

I made a christmas cider and my wife wants it still but a little sweeter. If i add the camden before i bottle and add some frozen juice to sweeten would this work or do need to go out and get some sorbate also?

I LOVE beer...But I wish someone would have told me this HomeBrewing takes over. Now I look at everything and like how could i put that in a beer, would this be good in wine. My wife i about to start a fire in my beer closet. Is anyone else loving this homebrewing as much as me?

has anyone used kreamyx to carb a cider...would the malt give an off taste

I kind of figured that but better safe then sorry...this is my first time making a cyser i don't even know what it will taste like i used champagne yeast so i know it will come out dry... i've made edwort's apfelwein before is it similar to that.

I'm doing a cyser experiment... I 3 1 gallon batches going all with 2lbs of honey and different juice. what my question is with one gallon batches would you rack it to a secondary my fear is that i will lose to much and if i do rack it can i just top it off with juice

+10=6540 thats a lot of apple juice no wonder the price is going up... we shot ourselves in the foot

Your off your rocker 800 bones thats alot of 2 row

Try to find some local Insualtion shop and deal through them Home Deport and other shops like that wouldn't help even if they had that stuff they would rip you off. If you are having trouble finding a shop call up Local 47 Heat and Frost Insualtors and they should point you in the right direction.