Recent content by Houdini0001

Update: It has been 11 days and I had no activity in my jugs at all. so I racked to new clean jugs added two new clean "S" locks and stoppers. I went and bought some tubing at the locak hardware store, 20ft, TUBING! is not all the same.. this stuff was $7 and very thin and flexable, would kink...

The green ones up top I think will, the Martinelli's ones are screw on caps.

I don't know about you but something tells me I will never have everything I need LOL

I almost forgot to mention my spices. that brown/black looking stuff they finally fell to the bottom and nothing was floating after day 3. Like I said I have no hydrometer so I don't have gravity readings or anything this is a just plain winging it my first time. So much to learn so much to do...

UPDATE: Its been 7.5 days. I posted another thread because I had a question. It had stopped bubbling. impatient and wanting to learn the tastes, I sampled one of them. It was actually very alcohol tasting, smooth yet bitter - very bitter, but almost like a beer, suprising no bready yeast flavor...

I used the Red Star Pasture Champagne, I was going to second it, and leave it in the jug and just toss it in the fridge.

OK so after I wrote this I went downstairs and took off the airlock again (#4). Pulled some out with a turkey baster. about 1/3 cup 2-3 shots worth. It was not Apple cider anymore. More like a really nice smooth tart beer. (Definitely a beer though) a bit bitter, with definite spice...

I am sure this question has been answered a million times before. But I am new and humbly ask to be mothered lol. It never seems to be a question that is answered in fullness in any of the threads, I'm going to assume from reading a lot of them that it is because there is just not telling with...

Grocery Outlet is a good place also. I get these bottles for under a $1 sometimes even $0.79 I like the twist cap, but they also will do cork really well. They are extremely heavy glass I like the thickness to them. They also come in green, Dark Green, and clear. I boil them and remove the...

if you couldn't tell from the title I'm pretty friggin excited.. Youtube got me hooked on Brewing.. So I ordered some supplies online from "western something" FINALLY received my order. purchased 10 packs of yeast 2-(1)gal jugs 4 "S" airlocks 4 3pc airlocks I had 2 plastic PET...