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thanks for the info, I was told usually you can just pitch the next wort on top of the yeast to stretch it out a bit, but im brewing a high abv cider and i think it gets funky if you do that doesnt it? Was hoping to save some trips to the LHBS.

Im wondering if its possible to make say 4 starters from 1 packet of notty's. so more or less what im wanting to do is take a little LME/water in a flask pitch the yeast let it kick off, then mix/shake the flask to suspend the yeast, then separate into 4 different bottles for future brews...

Is there a reason people tend to use mini fridges for ferm chambers over full sized ones? easier to break down? cheaper? size?

I am a new brewer and totally am itching to play the mad scientist lol. I bought a NB kit that came with buckets. Rather than waiting the 3 weeks til my brewing vet buddy is ready to brew i go out buy a bunch of apple cider read up and try a recipe started on here. Then i decide you know i...

I've heard that you can use pepsi bottles, but i happen to have a TON of these guys laying around. They seem to have a good tight seal on them and thicker plastic. They are the apple pear flavor and i'd be putting a cider in them so im not too afraid of off flavors. And i doubt it.. but...

NP i was just hoping to use something thats been sitting in a box for years, and because of that i really dont know how well/poorly it keeps the cans cold.

I've got one sitting in my basement, and it comes with an AC adapter.

http://www.perpetualkid.com/beer-o-matic-retro-vending-machine-with-chrome.aspx I'm fairly new to home brew stuff but i would like a fermentation chamber. Would i be able to use this with a temp controller to rig up a fermentation chamber? I realize I'd have to build the chamber and...

I'm a new brewer, making a hard cider and i just bought a better bottle to transfer into a secondary. When i transferred i was paranoid about getting an infection so i threw 1/3 a cup of brown sugar in in there and took a reading of 1.020 SG, with racking will there be enough yeast/sugar to...

So i am a first time brewer and i was planning on following the caramel apple cider recipe of upstate mikes, but i've been struck with the sudden urge to play around with a drink ive loved since i was a kid. Taking about one half spiced/mulled apple cider and mixing it with black tea. They...

but i should be ok with bombs? In retrospect with them being PET i could probably check on them once it warms up to see how much pressure is really there. AFter i cold crash them i should be able to throw them in the basement shouldnt i?

So i am looking for a way to stop yeast production i am using the https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f32/caramel-apple-hard-cider-292770/ recipe and will be racking around 1.010 FG and then adding the caramel syrup. for more sugar and 2 cans of applejuice concentrate. It seems to carb up...

long story short i have access to a lot of growlers for a low price. I was wondering are there any large containers i can carb up in then transfer to the growlers? (other than a keg) From what ive read the growler bottles just cant take the pressure from carbing up and turn into bottle...

hmm, the lady at the LHBS gave me a rubber stopper for the bucket lid that i thought was too big, i wonder if its too big and not letting the airlock do its thing. I might play around with it tonight and see if i can get it bubbling and worst case scenario i have another lid from northern...

yea the recipe i grabbed said it was approximately a 2 week ferment, then bottle to keep the sweetness.

ok, when i get home i'll open it up and take a peek. I was planning on getting a hydrometer for my first beer brew but i might have to get one earlier than i thought. I followed one of the recipes with the dextrose from the cider forums that seemed to be pretty popular.

no, the juice was just apples water and vitamin C, its currently in a bucket fermenter it wont hurt it by removing the co2 in the headspace to check for krausen?

My first brew of any sort, I read up quite a bit and figured a cider would be easiest prep work wise. after sanitation I got 5 gal of pasturized apple juice and added 2 lbs dextrose pitched nottinghams. didnt seem like anythign went wrong but 30 hours later still nothing in the airlock. at...