Recent content by srogackijr

I have 5 gallons of beer, if I keg then use a beer gun to bottle some of it do I have to keep all those bottles in the fridge? Will the warm up ruin the beer or carbonation?

When I rack, should I leave behind all the stuff on the bottom or bring it over clean?

Great...thanks for all the feed back...I'm going to try to slow things down with this batch. I'll rack and take gravity readings till I'm at 1.000 or under then add some juice back in to sweeten, bottle, and pasteurize using the process in the forums once it's carb'd. Thanks!

Yeah looks like you are correct based on what I've been reading. I just kicked off a second batch: - 3 Cans of Giant brand 100% Apple Juice Frozen Concentrate (No Preservs or adds) - Finish off with water and leave head space in Carboy. - OG: 1.062 - Target FG: 1.020 - Target ABV% = 5.43% +.50...

New to Ciders so I'm playing around with a 1 gallon batch. Picked up 1 gallon of Pasteurized Apple Cider at Giant. SG Reading of 1.058 - Dissolved 1 Cup of Corn Sugar and 1 Cup of Light Brown sugar in 2 Cups of the Cider. - Added the Mixture with the remaining Cider to a 1 Gallon carboy...

Thanks for the responses...my biggest worry was being that it was the rubber gasket that the bad stuff could get in. I sanitized a razor blade and a small work area to be safe, unscrewed the cap and put the air lock and rubber gasket in Star San. I cut off the rough edges on the hole and...

I started my second batch of cider last night and found that it has started fermentation however no bubbles, I've identified the cause and believe I can fix. Under the rubber seal there's a piece of the plastic lid sticking up that I should be able to trim down. My question is, should I try or...