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908. My brew buddy broke it a d my thermometer is one fell swoop!

Auto temp is a pain! My turkey fryer was a gift, so I can't complain. Easy fix with a few strips of duct tape to keep to valve open tho. Only bad thing is the pot that comes with the fryer is almost to small. You can not walk away unless you want to risk a boil over.

I did a lemon along an orange batch. I think I used two lemons. I bottled it in June but left enough out for others to try. It is very good! My lemon batch actually cleared faster than the orange. What's odd is that I made a batch with same spices, etc..... But- no fruit. It's still a little...

Jay and Eric are right on I think. On the hot water heater should be an install date somewhere. If your on city water, the life on it should be between 10 and 12 years. If it was not drained yearly, could be rust in the bottom.

Joam is a good way to go. It's relatively cheap, easy to get ingredients, and is pretty tasty, even after three months. FB is right on about clove. I made a cider recently and added 3 cloves to 3 gallons of cider..... They are pretty overpowering.

Are there any local fresh water springs? I live in the country a bit and there are a few ppl who have springs on their property that are "open" to the public. They sit out Dixie cups etc and only ask for a dollar donation. So for me, a dollar for local spring water for my beer is cheap.

I had them in the freezer for several days before adding.

I had them in primary for a few weeks, transferred to secondary for a weeks, the bottled.

Hmmm. Weird thing is that I did two , three gallon batches. One batch was orchard cider with cinnamon and clove and it taste the same as bottleing day.. The one that went bad was store AJ with cin,clove, and Granny Smith apples....

So- had a three gallon batch of cider I bottled last week. Fermented out all the way after a few months and tasted great. My dad took a few bottles home and tried one last night. It tasted like vinegar. So- I opened one too. Vinegar!!!! I sanitized bottles just like I do with my beers. Used...

Soooooo many good beers listed! As many have said, Dales Pale Ale! Its a must!

Bottle my first JAOM today. Taste good already but am going to wait till Christmas to open one.

Yup- longer the better. Once it's bottled, I can't wait more than two months before I give in. I usually sit a few bombers aside to age, then tear into 120z bottles a few weeks later!!!

Yeah. I added the GS apples to the store bought juice, but the other three gallons is local farm cider. I just add a bit of clove and cinnamon and let yeast so the rest! Biggest problem is that when ppl try it, if it dosnt taste like wood chuck or angry orchard, they dismiss mine!

I'm assuming I can get malic acid at my lhbs?

Go to lhbs and they should have muslin bags for like 50 cents or something nutz.

Well, I bottled two, three gallon batches today. Same recipe, but one had chopped up Granny Smith, the other did not. The chopped GS gave it that tartness I was looking for!

Nooooooooooo!

Good idea.

I used a sleeping bag to wrap it in before I went to 5 gal