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George Washington was a distiller he produced over 10k gallons in one year I believe, saw it on the history channel. John Adams was a hard cider man brewed his own cider, and if I recall produced applejack as well. that is from an old cider book I read.

i was thinking the same thing, also how much did you pay?

I use this, works wonders. It is expensive though..

stainless likes to hold heat, while copper likes to give it up

fda approved tubing you can look into other materials as well, slide the wires in to the tubing. tubing can also be used to keep the entire device stationary within the fermenting device. with wires you avoid the placement or batteries inside your bucket, in a severe failure you could have...

saw it today and im trying to find out where to buy it locally for when its back in production

Lumina Winery on Gordon Rd They have plenty of supplies and a good selection of yeast. I am basing this from a noob prospective though.

Thanks guys for the responses, I'm gunna rack it tomorrow when I can go pick up another carboy.

So right now I have a 5g carboy that has 4.5g of apple juice and 5lbs of honey fermenting, I started it on the 14th with a og of 1.084, it now has a sg of 1.034. I just noticed that the carboy is leaking, from a good sized crack that runs almost completely across the diameter of the carboy...

+5 started jan 2nd, first time making anything 10,737