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That was my initial thought as well, but it seems unlikely that it would just so happen to be two of the same kind that worked. Plus, I've used these for carbonation before and haven't had any problems

I'm a little baffled, here's the situation: I was messing around and decided to ferment a half-gallon each of apple cider, POM pomegranate juice, and cherry juice. I boiled each one briefly (I would later find out you're not supposed to boil apple cider. Oops), cooled them, pitched 2g of...

Cool, good to know I'm on the right path here. Any recommendations as far as base malts and hops to start with? I'm looking for things with different "characters", where you can taste the difference pretty easily.

I've always admired people who are so familiar with their medium that they can create masterpieces in their minds before even touching anything - like how Beethoven could compose entire symphonies in his head or how Nikola Tesla could design and run tests on his inventions using only his...