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fyi... i'm mostly curious about the size of this press. i know the fruit has to be crushed first etc... thanks!

Anyone have any opinions on this press? It's Italian made and sold at williams...http://www.williamsbrewing.com/180-OZ-STAINLESSALUMINUM-FRUIT-PRESS-P1326.aspx having never used a fruit press before i have no idea if this is adequate for my needs. i'd like to do 5 gallon batches of...

brewed 2.5 gallons last night! forgot about the 90 min boil & missed my target gravity. OG= 1.055 who cares....hydro sample tasted amazing. also.... used wlp550 because that's all LHBS had. see you in two months!

my apt is hot as hell in the summer so i've been using the white labs saison & belgian yeast strains.... they can deal with the high temps.

u drop my carboy and u crack it now i'm gonna slap u like a wyeast packet primary till u can't stand it rub some berries on your face and call u a lambic

House of Grain

chocolate malt

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awesome. beat sugar

If I list something on craigslist for $20, I sell it for $20. Ebay is for bidding.:)

there should be a rapper who only does songs about homebrewing & beer. what would you name him? chill haze? special b? x-tract?

very cool! do you use regular paper for your labels?

just tasted my hopped kombucha... pretty great! i steeped a small handful of columbus pellets with the teabags for 15 minutes (all in a hop bag for easy removal) and then followed the usual process. in no way (that i can tell) did using hops inhibit the mother's growth... this batch produced...

i know! same thing happened to me here in brooklyn.... the hardware stores didn't know what the hell i was talking about and kept showing me sharpies. my girlfriend eventually found them for me at an old-school stationary shop. if you can stomach a trip to staples/office depot, i think they...

i write the name & date in white china marker right on the bottle. i label my carboys in the same way... works great.

yeah the book is super interesting but it is heavy on the science... so don't get it if you're not interested in learning about yeast biology.

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i'm still trying to figure out the carb thing with kombucha. i used glass bottles and batch primed my gallon just like i would beer (3 tbp honey) and got very little fizz. i think most people put a little fruit juice or tiny piece of candied ginger in each bottle to get the fizz going...

i don't know of anything as detailed as Palmer's site but Kombucha isn't that complicated! here's what i followed for my first batch... http://sadiemagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=211&Itemid=165

sounds like a deal to me. the only other thing i would get is Charlie Papazian's book.