Recent content by msx

Hello all, I'm getting ready to bottle in the next few days. Found something interesting I want to try using Kahlua as part of the priming sugar. The info I found calls for 1/4 cup LME and 1/2 cup Kahlua per gallon. I'd rather prime using corn sugar. How much corn sugar do I use in place of...

There wasn't any sediment in the auto siphon. I think it was a matter of trying to use the bottling wand with it. I tried to start it with the bottling wand on it and couldn't get the siphon to start. When I took the bottling wand off, it siphoned just fine. I found that bottling goes a lot...

Good point with the oxygen in the bottle being turned into CO2. Makes me feel better. I had planned to pasteurize them to prevent bottle bombs after my tester soda bottle hardened up but then realized that my pot is not large enough for that. I have my fridge turned way down with the bottles in...

Hello all, First post to these forums. I'm a new brewer, have bottled one batch of beer that came out well and just had a nightmare of a time bottling a batch of the 5 day sweet country cider. It was a perfect storm of mistake after mistake. The difference was, the first time around, I had...