Recent content by garfixas

Is it me or are all these numbers wrong? http://howtobrew.com/section1/chapter9-4.html He said to take the OG and subtract the FG to get the ABV but none of those ABVs are right for those numbers.

EDIT 2:How do you guys keep kegs in a fridge also? That seems like it would take up way too much room. Do you guys have a second fridge you use? The more I look at this keg thing the more I think it would just be easier to bottle.

Well if you go to this link...http://homebrewery.com/beer/beer-thb-draft-system.shtml... then you will see that it is not only very expensive but also has a CO2 canister. I always thought you had to use a pump to get pressure to get beer out. If there is a better cheaper kit out there please...

How does one go about putting the cider or beer into a keg? I saw they have a keg system on that homebrewery.com but I don't know how to get the cider into it or clean it or anything else for that matter.

Hi. My name is Tom and I know nothing about brewing. Now that the introduction is out of the way...I could use your guys' help. I am very interested in learning to make hard cider (the stronger the better with having to distill it) but I have no idea where to learn. I know nothing about...