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Any body have any thoughts on using 50 ft of 3/8 vs 5/16 ? I've read it takes less pressure to use 3/8 and that 3/8 holds more beer...... 5/16 is cheaper but does 3/8 work better?

Pros and cons of each? Look to build jockey box and I don't want to have to prechill the kegs. Coldplate better?

What does the baking soda do?

I got a 20G Bayou with a 5500w element so yeah 15 isnt a prob. Can you buy fresh watermelon juice?

I did 2 batches of a similar recipe with different yeast strains. 3068 and 3056 I think. I had this same thing happen I think with the 3056 yeast....does it look like a cup of coffee with too much cream??? Once my gravity hit, I cold crashed it to drop the yeast out. Once it dropped, it...

Thanks for the advice everyone...im thinking now I might up this whole to a 15g batch. That way I have extra for summer.....I scaled it up using beersmith and rounded up the hops and knocked down the LME.... I know allgrain would be cheaper but this is a useup brew.. 12 lbs Wheat LME 12 lbs...

Reno_eNVy - Great hops advice. I was planning on the exact opposite.....I have saaz and cascade on hand, hence the choices. Shooter - not sure the percent. Its all LME from Northern brewer. Looking at safeale-05. I did a similar batch last summer (watermelon) using safeale05 and a...

Im about to do and extract batch of wheat beer. plan is to use 6lbs wheat LME, 6lbs of pilsner LME, 3 lbs of corn sugar (goin for a higher abv) Saaz pellet and cascade whole for hops. Any suggestions for a hop schedule? Any suggestions on steeping grains to use if any? Benefits of...

Ive made quite a few Watermelon batches of different variations of LME / DME / hops ranging from 5% - 14% ABV and used 4 oz of the extract per a 5 gallon batch and not a SINGLE person who has tried has said one negative thing. Ive taking batch out to music festivals and camp outs and such...

I know of this one http://sites.google.com/site/snobsbrewclub/ because I buy alot of stuff at Hopmans in Waterford and the owner is part of this group.... Not sure of any others.

Welcome! What area are you in? Im in Pontiac

Any experience with using Apple Juice concentrate as carbonation sugar?