Recent content by JRAvpro

I will NEVER buy another BB, and advise everyone to not do so either! Some time ago I contacted them because I found a number of small fractures at the base of one of my units. It actually began leaking slowly as I was transferring a porter into it. (What a mess to clean up! PLUS the...

I was a little disappointed in the OG of my last batch of Speckled Heifer. And after I racked it into a Corny I discovered my CO2 bottle was empty. Too busy to exchange it I decided to see what might happen if I just add 5 Oz. of corn sugar, seal up the keg, give it a shake and let it sit for a...

Quick story: Last fall I "discovered" one of my BB's had a compound fracture along the bottom while racking a porter into it for secondary! What a mess! (Didn't begin to leak until about 1/2 full.) So I hit the BB website which (at the time) featured a picture of a man holding a BB in one...

I was at my LHBS today and bought a gadget called a "Vin-O-Meter". It's a little glass pipette with a bulb on one end to pour your wine in. The instructions say to let 6 drops fall out the bottom, and read the ABV of your wine on the scale provided. Costs about $6. Works according to the...

For years I have bought two gallons of cider, whenever I can find a small, "non-industrial" press: I buy one to drink now, and one to let harden naturally on the back stoop to enjoy later. The alternating warmth and cooling of the autumn sun and lengthening nights typically yield a delicious...