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    Brewer's Friend Giveaway! Big Thanks to HBT!

    Thanks for the give away!
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    Bray's One Month Mead

    Basically.... just add sugar tell its x potential alcohol + you're deseried sweetness.... Edit, use potential alcohol calculater and hydro meter to figure that out.... Example: yeast one + 5 gal organ cider 1 + 12 lb organic raw hunney 1 = grate! @ 2 weeks prime and drink of gods at 2 weeks...
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    Anyone used the Vortex Stir Plate 2.0

    There was an excellent write up on her with a side by side comparison of a shake starter vs a starter on a stir plate. It also showed them letting the stater settle to poor off the dme solution, to add fresh dme solution after the yeast finished eating too make a HUGE ccloud of yeast. All using...
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    Anyone used the Vortex Stir Plate 2.0

    What part did you have problems with, Cbzdel? Are you asking what's the largest container you can put on the stir plate or how much yeast you can grow?
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    Anyone used the Vortex Stir Plate 2.0

    Well I haven't used it, but it should work grate! 2000 rpms with the included 1" stir bar is over kill... at least with that big of stir bar, you could stir the contents out! lol Any way mag stir plates last a very long time in general. They are very simple and reliable. How ever extremely...
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    Wiki Error

    Unionrdr, please stop. Your shameless advertising of uneaded software is unwelcome in my thread. No one needs it, and it sounds like nothing more then malware that pretends to be anti-viral/malware/spam/system recovery software. So please stop pushing it... There are plenty of trusted and...
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    Wiki Error

    ... you don't need that crap... don't be fooled guys
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    Wiki Error

    Well... It seems to be a problem for lots of people.... I'd fix it if I could... Would be really nice to have a well organized wiki. :D
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    Wiki Error

    I have it constantly... :(
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    Wiki Error

    Is any one else un-able to view the wiki? I keep getting a "Set $wgShowExceptionDetails = true; at the bottom of LocalSettings.php to show detailed debugging information." message instead of wiki pages...Thanks and sorry if I put this in the wrong section...
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    Juice flavoured Cider

    Well, I know about adding amounts based on PH. Still I disagree with adding camden if heat pasteurizing... But to each their own. I assume you like to use wine yeast? And age a long time? Id like to hear more about your processes and experiences. I just activated some sweets mead yeast and am...
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    Refractometer?

    Hey for that $25 refractameter, it does NOT have auto temp correction, right? Do you find that a feature you miss and might be worth paying for? Or? Seems like the only real extra features/justification for $30+...
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    Juice flavoured Cider

    Hey, thanks for that explination on exactly why/how it's able to stop the awesome lil yeastie friends from starting back up again... I kind of just accepted as almost magically keeping them dormant. I really should read more about the actual science, it's really ingesting. Think you could link...
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    Dick neighbor

    Umm... I hate HOAs but if you want to live in that type of community good on you. But seriously, who cares if you can see an rv from the street behind a fence? That's pretty ridiculous. And don't you have a right to privacy witch covers anything behind 6 foot or taller fence (obviously you...
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    Refractometer?

    Depending on your scale, if you got a nice refractameter, you may be able to just look at the brix value and line it up... and I'm sure but there are probably lots of corrected charts out there if you don't... The different apps calculators and web calcs throwing difforent values is kind of...
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