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…or 5 1/2, in my case. 🤷‍♂️

You can get screw-on ball lock adapters for Nukataps as well. If you modify your pump like @VikeMan did, you can connect to your first bev line very easily. Then connect the second line’s ball lock coupler to the adapter on the Nukatap, linking the two together. Repeat as needed for the...

I lucked out—when I first heard about using Starsan in a spray bottle (at the very beginning of my HB journey) I happened to read a tip for buying a good bottle. I’ve only used this bottle, and it’s lasted years. Chemical Guys Acc_130 Professional Chemical Resistant Heavy Duty Bottle and...

Swapped out my gas lines from 9.5 to 8mm (removes a few possible failure points in that I no longer need in-line reducers). Cleaned my hardware and replaced the lines on my keg transfer/sampler line (I’ve done pressure fermentation in a larger keg and always transfer to a smaller serving keg)...

Tried this recipe for the first time about five weeks ago. After fermenting and carbonating, it’s ready to serve now. Wow, very good! Thanks, @jdauria! I think my FG ended up at 1.011 when I added the last 1/2 gallon of juice. Will definitely be brewing this again. The smaller batch size...

Why do the chemical and physical properties matter if the gustatory and olfactory properties are indistinguishable? If it tastes and smells like beer style X, does it matter how it got there? Seems like that’s what we’re doing if we’re using traditionally English ingredients to make a...

If we’re reserving the label of “Oktoberfest” only for those beers that precisely match the product served in Munich in September of each year, shouldn’t this whole thread be pushed over to the “German Commercial Producers/Distributors” board? If we keep it on HBT, for and by home brewers...

Is the brewer trying to clone the process, or the result? If the latter, I would argue that the path isn’t all too important so long as the brewer ends up at the desired destination.

Kegged 2.5 gal of New World Cider on Monday, and started a 4.5 gal batch of Salted Caramel Cider just yesterday.

Thanks, I’ll give this a try on my next cider—do side-by-side comparisons of hydrometer->SG and refractometer->Brix->SG.

Mixing the cider isn’t necessarily bad—just don’t do it on purpose and don’t splash/slosh any oxygen into it via accidental aeration. I use a small pipet (3mL?) for refractometer samples. I’ve got a 100mL syringe with a short tube to take my hydrometer samples (I usually need about 80-100mL to...

Congrats for joining the science/religion of cider-making! I’ll second what @DBhomebrew stated about SG readings—when and how they are used, and how they are taken. I make 1 gal batches of cider (apple juice is too expensive for 5 gal experiments, for me) and don’t want to keep stealing ~80mL...

Got it off Etsy about a month or two ago and I’ve pretty much ditched my autosiphons. https://www.etsy.com/listing/988094733/

Far better than I—I’ve never studied biochemistry beyond the tangential amount in common high school syllabi. My brewing knowledge involves a lot of reading and watching, augmented by plenty of errors in the trial & error phase. 🤣

Not the same individual, but now I want to try that cider! My info is only second-hand anecdotal—stories of caution from people who tried to kill off their yeast by cold crashing before bottling, only to create bottle bombs when the solution returned to normal fermentation temperatures. This...

Very, very slowly

As @Maylar said, if you just add the sugars you’ll get natural carbonation, but a keg can withstand the pressure. The problem for you will be that you’ll lose the sweetness you wanted to keep when you backsweetened. You can either stabilize, wait, then sweeten with a fermentable, or just use a...

Here you go.

I use female cam lock fittings hooked up to silicone tubing to complete the loop from ice water-filled cooler to the immersion chiller and back. One of the hoses has the plastic screw adapter for the aquarium pump, the other is left bare and just dumps the hot water into the cooler. I opted...

I use a closed-loop, ice-chilled immersion coil, more for the chilling power than any savings. I fill a picnic cooler with two large bags of ice and then fill with house water. A submersed aquarium pump pushes the ice water to the coil and then a return tube dumps the hot water back into the...