Recent content by CallMeZoot

+5 = 14054

I have an infant who has just learned to crawl. Time to shop, sanitize, and mix ingredients = ultimate luxury. Won't come around again for a while. Haven't actually boiled a brew in over a year. Sigh.

Really? That's easy enough. Same amount as dextrose? Any difference in fermentability / byproducts / flavor? Thanks

I may have a few minutes tomorrow (Monday) to get an apfelwein started. I'm out of dextrose. My homebrew shop is closed on Mondays. What other types of stores might have dextrose (not online, since I need it same-day)? Will anything at a grocery store be an adequate substitute...

Original poster here -- Yup, it's just drainage water, no sewage. It's a bucket-sized hole in the floor with a pump in it and a cover kind of like a garbage-can lid, with a big hole cut into it. If there were sewage in there I would have smelled it by now. I guess I'll just do the...

My kegerator is in the basement with the tap right over my sump pump. I'm thinking of installing a drip tray with a drain. Can I run tubing from the drain into my sump pump? I'm pretty ignorant about the sump pump and don't know if having some beer overflow into it will be a problem...

+ 5 fermenting since last week: 12,225.5

Thanks for the response -- I sprayed the cup down with star san before using it so I think it's ok. Now my main worry is the headspace. Hopefully the airlock will do the trick.

Hi everyone, Back again after a long hiatus (just reintroduced myself in the introductions section) I just put together another batch of EdWort's Apfelwein and had a few questions: 1.) I left the Star San foam in the carboy (which I usually do since the forum assured me it's ok last...

Hi everyone, I've been away for a while so I'm reintroducing myself. SWMBO had a baby (do we still say SWMBO around here or was that a fad?). In fact we found out she was pregnant just a week or two after last year's Maryland Big Brew day at 98EXL's house. Anyway, I'll be inching my...

Hey all, Sorry I sort of dropped off the planet after the spring MD Big Brew Day -- found out my wife's having a baby so my priorities have been shuffled around a bit! Anyway, I'm looking to brew again next week and have a question: I accidentally bought ingredients for a 10-gallon batch...

Bummed that I missed it. So when's the next one? chris.