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Took both back to the HW store .. the guy claimed he has sold hundreds, so I told him he had 2 more to sell, then I got 8 old-fashioned Victor traps fo a whopping $5.60 I am 4 for 4 so far, and NO scratching in the walls...baited the 5th this morning in a base cabinet...no customers yet...

Love my stirstarter. Also enjoyed the very quick response to a question abt 2L flasks .. very satisfied

Check - NO Glue traps !

Sodium Metabisulfate, not Potassium Metabisulfate. I assume there is a difference.. The fermentation was due to the wild yeast ... cider was pressed Saturday morning, and I picked it up Monday afternoon... Looks like the cider yeast is kicking in ... I will take gravity in 2 weeks to be...

It is a 4oz bottle of Sodium Metabisulfite...I used abt 1 tsp for 5 gal

The starter seeme pretty 'strong' and I hope they win ! Yes - I picked up the cider a day late from the LHBS, and the shaky shaky on the way home didn't help..more O2 for the critters.. The 2 carboys seem to have settled down, so I an going to split the starter tinight between the 2 and...

I have 2 5G carboys of cider, and I put 1 tsp of Campden in each last night..both were fermenting.. Is that enough ? One is fermenting more than before... I have the WLP cider yeast ready to go in a starter ... Advice ?

Had been awhile since tasting a SNPA, so I bought some this weekend then I found this thread ... This is my next brew, for sure...Thanks!

I saved the receipt .. yesterday plugged 2 of them into outlets coming from opposite legs of the service panel..I have not heard any scratching in the walls ..tonight is down to 23, so we shall see.. The cat will be disappointed if these things actually work...

I use a large muck bucket from the feed store and a 75Watt aquarium heater...better bottle fermenter goes in water bath...this allows me to ferment ales in the basement, and maintain a steady temp (usually abt 67 - 70)..utterly simple and the yeast are happy which means good beer :cross:

They will be fine...try to keep at food fridge temps.. I keep mine in the kegerator at 38

Involved in IT since Windows 3.11 ... Homebrewing gets me away from that world into a much more down to earth process...

I have had it with the mice crawling in the walls ... happens every year when temps drop.. Asked the guy at the hardware for their best mouse trap...he sold me on an electronic device called a Pestacator..... it sends out a electro-magnetic pulse over the house wiring which "annoys rodents"...

I have only used maybe 10 different yeasts, but 550 seems the most vigorous of all...pitched a regular starter into a 1054 Abbey Ale clone..24 hours later, my airlock is on the basement floor 6 ft from my frementer while I saw a volcano lava display out the neck of the better bottle...switched...

I like the better bottles bec I can see what is up .. they are not hard to clean with an overnight soak in OxiClean, and they don't sever veins

I am doing a belgian clone with some WLP550, and w/in 24 hours of pitching, I found the stopper and airlock 6 feet away from the fermenter (which was being held at 68 deg)...crazy yeast! now am using blowoff tube, but this launch was really unexpected...

I had to goto Wikipedia for the word Pruno ... LMAO