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i have a football doubleheader this weekend, UCF v. FIU today, and the Dolphins game tomorrow, so I had to smoke a pork butt for at least one of them. This beauty just came out of the smoker after 15hrs. No foil, just low and slow all the way. Bone came out and the damn thing almost fell...

I'm no expert, but yes. This is done because once fermentation is finished you may end up with a very dry cider. I used a chardonnay yeast and my cider is verrrry dry. I dont want it to stay that way, so I'm going to be adding apple juice concentrate little by little and taste testing until I...

I forgot to rack to a new carboy before adding my K sorbate. I was thinking I should add a little more to the new carboy when I rack tonight, but I dont want to overdo it. How much is overkill and is it a good idea to add more sorbate to my new carboy to rack on top of tonight? I read...

glad you got it to work, i probably should have looked at the picture before my posts... now i see what you mean

try this

i could tell you, but its much better to watch it. youtube it, theres several videos. and its VERY easy once you do it a time or two. takes a couple seconds tops once you get the hang of it

Well im thinking about not kegging it and just bottling it. I'm worried that without sorbate, fermentation could start up again if i need space in the beer fridge or kegerator. Im hoping to be ok because im going to try to keep it cold at all times until consumption.

what if i add the sorbate, wait a day or two, then backsweeten with concentrate and put the carboy right in my kegerator, would this help prevent that? Im under the impression that my kegerator would be too cold for fermentation to kick back up (and hopefully MLF to start). thx

So ive got 5 Gal of store bought cider, to which ive added 1lb of brown sugar, that has pretty much finished up fermenting with a chardonnay yeast. I took a taste and its quite dry, as planned, so im going to backsweeten. I have some potassium sorbate which I planned to add after the weekend...

nice work! subscribed.

subscribed. I'm interested to see this one come together. theres plenty of keezer build threads, but not many people putting a nice dress on a kegerator (which im considering doing myself)

how long after fermentation finishes does it take for this stuff to condition or be drinkable? I think I'm going to try a cider for the first time next week and I'm curious.

im glad to hear they are good quality, i just ordered one figuring for only $30, why not, i certainly need another one. im glad i didnt waste my money

just figured id pass this along because the price looks good to me. http://www.amazon.com/Paklab-Glass-Carboy-Liter-1-9-Pound/dp/B002VFXW5W?tag=dealnewscomm=ATVPDKIKX0DER Amazon offers this 23-Liter Paklab Glass Carboy for $30. Order via Subscribe & Save and it falls to $25.50. With free...

note to self: 1. dont tell neighbors i brew beer. 2. keep kegerator inside, smoker outside.

haha, you'd have a good shot at finding me if you're in Coral Springs. im in Parkland

GOSM = great outdoors smoky mountain, its a vertical propane smoker that walmart carries. after reading these charcoal stories im pretty glad i chose propane oh and as for keeping the lid shut, ya its tempting to open the cabinet door, but i held off. I didnt want the temps all over the place...

Just got a GOSM and fired it up for the first time (after seasoning it) last night. Made some bacon wrapped chicken breasts that came out fantastic. Smoked for 225 for about 3hours and turned it up briefly to crisp up the bacon at the end before pulling them out. Im hooked... A pork butt is...

as stated above, the AHS Alaskan Amber Ale kit is excellent! I'm ordering another one this week

heres a pic of what i rigged up. its a trash can lined with foam board insulation cut into strips with Great Stuff shot in between the strips, the top snaps on and i made a ghetto fabulous tap tower out of PVC i had laying around the garage. i just threw this thing together in a few mins, not...