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Oh and how long is your line?

What diameter tubing are you using? 12psi is gassing out for me.

I had so many problems with that nutrient mix from Northern Brewer. It's not you.. its the mix. I had stopped using it all together and was using my husband's nutrient blend for his beer with EC-118 yeast. It tastes citrus-y but it smells like sulphur. It takes 2 weeks to complete at right...

I did not have success with .05 yeast. It stalls beyond saving and at well above .1 gravity. Ec-118 yeast and tap water plus minerals tastes good (kinda citrus-y) but smells like sulphur. Best so far and one I will continue forward with is BrewWater (yeast and mineral packet) from BrewChatter...

I've been making hard seltzer or "water" for about a year now. It takes a bit of trial and error to find the Yeast and Nutrient combos that work for you. The key notes from me are Seltzer is so much easier to make than beer 😋 .05 yeast stalls (every time) and leaves you with a sweet instead of...

EC yeast never ever worked for me and i got the same sweet rotten type of smell from it with little to not enough yeast activity. Hydrometer movement was zero to zilch. Try 05 yeast - for me it has been fool proof and always a success.

The lime flavoring i had tasted too much like sugar alcohol candy or something. That one was hard to finish. By far i like it straight up or with just a bit of raspberry. Ive been keeping a bottle of flavored water from flavor packets like pink lemonade or gatorade sticks inside the keg fridge...

Have you noticed if the flavoring you have super strength or not? What brand do you use? Im interested in a better tasting raspberry and blackberry ☺

I am on my 2nd batch of hard seltzer now and ec1118 yeast failed both times. 05 yeast is working magic. This round we do not have it on climate control and it is still doing well. We used tap water and dechlorinated it. It turns out nice and dry, not sugary and very similar to whitexlaw. Less...

SOOO.... I didn't realize it at the time but I put all 10lbs of corn sugar into 5.5 gals of water. Can I put 1/2 into a keg, diluted with dechlorinated tap water and store the rest in the fermenter until another keg frees up? We did add the 05 yeast and now without temp control it is working its...

I only get room for 1 keg .. 😆

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I've considered carbonating water but it would be more work and not save me any money in liquor.

Update! 2nd try was a success! 5.5 gals tap water, 4lbs corn sugar, 05 yeast, set up in a controlled temp setting with a heated seed pad taped to the outside of the fermenter and a cooler of water with airconditioner coil on a thermostat to circulate. Added a dramm of raspberry flavoring then...

We dont have either of those so I added about a half gallon of tap water and agitated. We will probably start over with tap water if this is unsuccessful. Thanks so much!