Recent content by losttech

I think they both work fine but I like better bottles because there are so light and easy to move around. I bought the ones with spigots but they were a bit expensive so if I was to do over again I would just get the normal better bottles. If you are going to do a primary and secondary...

Just started brewing in December 2010 and wanted to say what a great place this site has been. My health has failed these last couple years so I am retired now I guess, and I had to look for something to keep me busy that was not to physically demanding. I was always interested in brewing...

Well bottled my first ever homebrew today it was Bradon O's graff recipe. So hopefully in 2-3 weeks when the bottles carb up I will have something drinkable :) I also have a batch of Apfelwein going that I started on 12-4-10. Trying to get a pipeline going so I will always have something to...

Bottled my first batch today and everything went well except the darn bottling wand does not seem to fit the bottling bucket. Here is the wand I have http://www.midwestsupplies.com/plastic-spring-tip-bottle-filler.html and the bucket spigot is this one...

I watched a video where it had someone open bottles at different times of carbonation. The ones he open early just foamed out real qucik and werent carbonated. I would say just let it age a few more weeks and check it then. The video is somewhere on these forums but I dont remember the...

This is the one I am going to try when all my brewing stuff gets here. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f81/edworts-apfelwein-33986/