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First thing I'd change out is the poppet. Make sure you use keg lube on the rubber seals/o-rings. It keeps the rubber from drying out and shrinking as well as abrasion down.

That's between you and me. Someone else, on the other hand, will probably want to hang me for not bottling sooner. That's THEIR issue...not mine. LOL! I currently have 5 batches of ciders (oldest one was made in Jan 2018) and mead in primaries/secondaries and 3 beers in primaries. I set 1...

I used to buy water in the beginning (1994) but since then I only use PUR filtered tap water. The village sends everyone a water report every year. As long as there are no violations/safety issues, I'm good.

After I started kegging the owner of the place I get my tanks would tell me to come back the next day because the tank needed to be chilled in the freezer before filling because it could hold more gas cold than warm. About 2 years ago he got his own tanks and now we just trade out. I like this...

I spin mine too. Most of the time I feel like I'm a Bushman...whirlwhirlwhirlwhirlwhirlwhirl...other times I'm a helicopter pilot. :eek:

From what I've learned, cold beer absorbs more CO2 quicker than warm beer. When I rack to a corny I'll purge it and pump some gas in to it (to ensure a good seal). I'll chill it for 24 hours and gas it up while it's cold.

I have a couple dozen 3 gal icing pails from the bakery at WalMart. $1. with lid. I haven't used them to make smaller batches (not my style). I buy my grain in bulk and use them to store grain in. I also use them to weight out grains for recipes I want to make. I keep 4-6 bucket "kits" on...

At the end of Summer I racked a Perry (pear mead) out of it's primary...I made it over 4 years ago. During fermentation, I used all the chemicals recommended and about a year (or so) ago I added bentonite because it was really cloudy. The bentonite really cleared it up. Now it's in a...

I'm in Atkinson, Illinois, about 140-150 miles from Chicago. I've driven through Cornwall on my way to Montreal and Quebec.

FWIW: My source is the information on the manufacturer's packet. So tell them they are wrong.

I disagree. A low attenuating yeast will NOT convert all the sugar in mead. True...all sugars are fermentable, except for non-fermentable sugars. But that's not the point here. Read any yeast chart and it will state a range of attenuation. My comment simply stated that the mid range for...

You made a 1 gal batch of beer? There is no real way of telling if your batch is done unless you take a gravity reading. You could wait 2 weeks and it may not be done. Not that it will take that long, but again, you never know. What's the recipe? You can tell a lot from it.

Adding pear juice added more sugar to the cider. It has to re-ferment all over again. Pears do not have that much flavor. That's why they use a lot of it for Fruit Cocktail syrup. How much alcohol you get depends on the yeast.

Wait. If it has a head on it, it's not done. The only way to tell if it's done is by taking a gravity reading. Then another one in 3 days. If they are the same then you can rack it for clearing. But it's not ready to bottle yet.

Funny, but it sounds like we're going down the same street, just traveling in opposite directions to get to the center of the block. He said his OG was 1.090. He didn't mention which yeast he used. I use ale yeast for ciders and mead because Idon't want them to dry out completely. MOST...

LOL! I just did a search. This is what I found: Sagres Beer is one of the most popular beers in Portugal and is produced and shipped to countries all around the world, and particularly wherever there is a large Portuguese community. The beer has won many international awards, including the...

Greetings from south of your border. Whereabouts are you? If you're uncertain about a procedure it's best to list them by number to help take out any guess work. Do it in a WORD doc so you can cut and paste if you need to re-order any steps.

Did you use fruit of cloudy store bought cider? Store bought Apple Juice can clear in a week or so. I made cider last January with bought Apple Cider, the cloudy stuff. I poured it slowly into the carboy and left behind all the dregs. It's still cloudy. I plan on cold crashing it with...

You could do that, but you have no idea how rowdy drunk Smurf's can be. George Carlin said: Blueberries are purple. LOL!

That would have been my first choice also. When in wine country...don't order a beer. ;) I've had a passport ever since 1975. I put my passport renewal form in the mail a little over a week ago. I may not get a new one until after the New Year. No problem...I don't have any plans. LOL!