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The best and most common way is to stick a couple renewable dehumidifiers in the keezer. Most people use Eva-dry E-500. There are little pellets inside that absorb moisture and turn from orange colored to blue. When they are blue-ish, you just plug it in to an outlet for 24 hours and the...

Hank, I suggest using potassium sorbate and k-meta to prevent further fermentation and back sweeten with frozen concentrate apple juice. Then if you are kegging you can force carbonate. If you are bottling and want a sparkling cider, don't use potassium sorbate or k-meta, back sweeten with an...

Don't use any CO2 for your cold brew coffee. Just keg it up, hook up the N2 (I do about 32PSI), and serve via a nitro tap after a few days. I get the cascading bubbles and the nice thick and creamy mouthfeel that you'd expect/hope for.

If that doesn't do the trick, or if the stevia flavor isn't to your liking, look at monk fruit extract as an alternative. Some brands of sugar-free sodas, such as Zevia, use monk fruit extract. I ordered a bag of the white variety and a bag of the brown variety from amazon to do some testing with.

To clear it, you can either wait a few months, cold crash it, or use gelatin. I prefer the waiting method because it gives time for the flavor to get better too.

Don't boil the juice and don't pasteurize. Like you said, just let it ferment all the way. Even after you let it ferment all the way there will still be enough yeast to bottle carb. Also, it won't take 5 months to fully ferment. You can bottle earlier it will probably just be less clear.

This is still available. The temperature controller alone is worth $86.

The kettle is an 8 gallon SS kettle with lid, valve, and thermometer. $125 for the kettle, cash only. You will have to be able to come pick this up or we can meet nearby. I'm located in the SW Suburbs of Chicago. Pictures of items: http://imgur.com/a/3fQVt

I'm interested and can meet in Schaumburg whenever is convenient if these are still available.

I brewed up an older version of this recipe three weeks ago. It will be interesting to brew this version side-by-side.

Well I'm glad I stashed the recipe away. I'm going to put the oranges through my masticating juicer to avoid having to deal with the pulp. Can't wait to try this out.

Hey Slim, I saved your Blood Orange Aide Hefe recipe from a while back, but I noticed the thread is no longer around. Any specific reason? I'm going to brew it up this weekend because I'm missing my summer beers.