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I bought the danby from costco for 119$. I followed Obidon's method and minimally cut the door panel but then removed the shelf supports in the fridge. I used a 4.5" disc grinder for the whole thing and it worked great. Aluminum tape to seal up the foam. The benefit of burning out the shelf...

Because cider is a wine. It is supposed to taste like a dry white wine.

Campden is a sulfite which is bad, icky, headaches, etc. but if you buy non-pasteurized juice you need to kill the bugs already living in it. So by buying pasteurized juice you avoid having to add the sulfites. This is good. The only bad thing is that some pasteurization processes can hurt...

Following the directions from that site, with regards to xylitol, it is 3tbs per gallon. I used one cup for my 5 gallon batch. The xylitol that I got was branded "ideal" and it passed the licked finger test tasting very much like sugar. Not artificiallike.

Yep, the makingcider.com site uses xylitol which is just another non-fermentable sugar. I'll be bottling next week with the xylitol mix that they prescribe.

I just visited the brewery last week for a tour and filled up my three growlers with the IPA, pilsner, and of course Manny's. Excellent tour with plenty of beer provided and topped off with a free glass from the brewery. Easy access and parking at the brewery too. We grabbed dinner at Stellar...

And when you answer it for one guy, you answer it for many others like me that have the same question. Thanks for answering.

I've had giardia, it wasn't all that bad. I waited a month before going in and a very simple test confirmed the parasite. Even simpler was the 5 pills that rid me of the bug. I had lost about 15 lbs and had the squirts that whole time. My vote is the parasite and the test for it is...

Exactly, pour the whole kettle into the primary. That's all beer and the fact that it is cloudy has little to do with anything.

A turkey frier makes 59000 btu and the venturis are manually set so they can be accidentally tuned to makes lots and lots of CO.

I work for a city that supplies water and would not be able to answer your question about chlorine or chloramine treatment. We use chlorine to oxidize bugs. chloramines are a byproduct of the reaction and of course includes the base chlorine atom. We use gas chlorine and maintain a residual free...

Campstove, BBQ, neighbor's stove, anything. I would be going to a neighbor's or buddy's house pronto. What's wrong with the stove? Are all burners dead? The circuit breaker popped? Out of gas?

3 and 1/8# of grain total. Initial mash is prescribed to be in 3 quarts of water. On one hand I want to stick to the recipe exactly but on the other hand I want the beer to be the best that it can be.

I'm a beginner, having only brewed an Obsidian stout once using a similar partial mash method but sticking to the recipe exactly, it turned out great! I now have a mac & jacks recipe that claims to be a true partial mash. Anyway, it specifies the mash water quantity at 3 quarts and then...