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What is a low setup cost? I seem to recall reading someone who wanted to set up small one gallon kegs with paintball CO2 canisters but it didn’t seem to really save that much money over a “full size” setup. If you want to bottle to share or take your cider on the go, there are many ways to do...

My estimate was the heat gain through an uninsulated collar vs an insulated collar, not the total energy usage of the entire kreezer. That gets complicated, because they run the evaporator and condenser lines through the walls. Unfortunately when I made my calculation it was only the heat gain...

Well I did some math for ballpark numbers. I don't want to drown people in details but when you are calculating heat transfer through a material there are three thermal resistances you need to calculate. First is the air to material, the material itself, then the material to air on the other...

Heat transfer through a material is linearly proportional to the temp difference across the material. So a kreezer at 38 °F in a house at 72 °F has a delta of 34 °F. The highest recommended freezer temp for long term storage is 0 °F. A freezer at 0 °F in a house at 72 °F has a delta of 72 °F...

Aldi has a Mexican beer, Cerveza Monterrey, sold in clear bottles. Bottles are closer to the traditional beer bottle shape. Shown below is one of those bottles on the left next to a Corona bottle on the right. One thing you’re likely aware of is that Corona bottles the shoulder is a lot higher...

I have a 14 cubic foot kreezer in my house that I used two PVC trim boards back to back (1.5” thick) as the collar, not insulated. If I recall correctly that has roughly the same R-value as wood. Over 102 days, it averaged 0.244 kWh/day, or just under $1 per month at $0.12/kWh.

I second the recommendation to try a batch without added sugar. My first two batches (started the second before the first was finished) had juice and sugar because like many I stumbled on Edwort’s Apfelwein. Then I tried a batch without sugar and liked it better. The store juice I get ferments...

Two weeks, crazy fast! I don’t think I’ve ever tried a batch of mine before a month. Basically once it clears up which is a month to a month and a half. Some sits much longer before I get to it. My current oldest I’m trying malolactic, I believe I pitched the malolactic bacteria in January, and...

Battery powered push mowers are insanely quiet. My Ryobi, well it’s quieter than a lot of stand/box fans running on high. My electric trimmer/chainsaw are not so quiet. While there isn’t an engine the string and chain, respectively, still make a lot of noise. Me too. I don’t have a lot of...

Where do you find FAJC cheaper than juice? I’ve compared at several stores and I’ve not yet found FAJC cheaper than juice. Including juice made from concentrate. I find this funny, they make FAJC, ship it to some company that mixes with water back to juice and bottles it, ship to store, and it’s...

What is the serving size? The cider I make from store bought apple juice is about 29 g sugar per 8 oz, ferments out to about 6.5% ABV.

This is what I have. 40 volt mower, straight shaft attachment capable trimmer, pole saw attachment, leaf blower, and the 14” chainsaw. All work very well. I have no intentions of buying gas powered lawn care equipment, unless we end up moving somewhere that needs a riding mower before someone...

I don’t listen to audiobooks, but I have a bit of tinnitus from riding motorcycles without hearing protection, so I’m now sensitive to wearing hearing protection. I wore it with a gas mower, but with my Ryobi electric push mower I don’t. There’s simply no need, it’s so darn quiet! I continue to...

Sorry, inline and 120 V just won't work. Assuming an incoming water temp of 60 °F, hot water temp of 140 °F, and running the most we can pull off a 15 A, 120 VAC circuit (1800 W), our water mass flow rate is 9.7 g/s or 580 g/min (water heating calculations are so much easier with SI units). At...

Very similar here. I've used 6+ year old baking yeast stored in a freezer and it worked fine. That was a little 4 oz jar that lasted me through my bachelor days. We started using a bread machine in 2019 so I got a 2-lb brick for $11 off Amazon. I store most in a ziplock bag in the chest freezer...

Looks like you're already down another path, but saw this item here and thought you might be interested. Fair warning I haven't got it yet but I plan to for bottling up small amounts to give to family and friends. It's a counter pressure bottle that fits into the faucet of a forward sealing...

So nothing like apples or pears?

Perfect. Then yeah you can certainly change the existing ones. Shut off gas, vent, and shake the keg. Can repeat as needed. Only problem is you won’t know what the carb level is in PSI until you let it sit a while. I haven’t done this myself but in theory it works great.

Are you referring to kegged or bottled cider?

I agree with most of this, though I plan on plotting some stuff in Excel. I think that will illustrate where the 131.25 came from very nicely. However, it doesn't have to be water you are measuring with a hydrometer. A hydrometer can give your the SG of any liquid, assuming the SG is within...