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Maybe it's my cucumber variety. Only variable I can think of. Oh well, better luck next time. Thanks!

McMurdo isn't too bad this time of year, and getting warmer (and sunnier)! I'm not currently there, but I'll be back there someday in the not too distant future. I'm 95% sure that I added enough CaCl, and definitely sure that I cut off the ends. I even added tannin. Not sure why I've got soggy...

Right, so got your attention. I made a batch of garlic dill pickles and kimchi pickles (cukes and carrots) with a 3.6% brine. I couldn't find "pickling cucumbers" so I used some really firm regular store bought. I added bay leaves, wine tannin, and calcium chloride. After 2 weeks, they taste...

No, but if we want to get festive, orange and cacao would be very Xmas'y in a mead. Anybody else like those chocolate oranges?

Oooh it'll definitely need some bentonite and possibly sparkloid. It's messy.

Let me know how it comes out! If you have any good mead recipes, I'd be interested

*1 can of pumpkin (only) filling

Nothing fancy and super easy. Honey to 22 brix, pumpkin filling (just pumpkin, not pumpkin pie filling which has a ton of extra sugar-- which will throw off your brix-- and spices), then whatever holiday spices you have on hand (for 5 gallons: 2 cinnamon sticks, 2 cloves, 0.5 tsp nutmeg, 2 star...

Judge me not, but we make a pumpkin spice mead every year and it's the only good pumpkin spice thing I've ever had. Pumpkin pie filling and basically whatever mulling or holiday spice on hand. I bet it'd be good with cacao nibs or some cocoa powder

I've got a Milwaukee MW 102 pH meter. Whatever buffering solution that was in the probe 'vial' is now gone. What solution do I put in there? The 4.01 or the 7.01? Is it bad if the probe sits in there dry? (I'm obviously under the assumption that there is supposed to be some sort of liquid in...

I've found that spraying a mixture of dawn dish soap and water will coat their breathing tubes and knock down your aphid population. Useful if you're getting near harvest and don't want to spray Sevin or Mustang Max

Did you find a good deal on your torpedo kegs? I want to buy a few for my 1950's kegerator

ISO of torpedo or any other kind of stackable kegs. I've got a 1950's classic refrigerator that is a little small in stature. 5 gallon, 2.5 gallon, or 1.75/1.5 gallon. Preferably corny pin or ball lock, but can retrofit sanke. Thanks! Also, looking for a 6-8 gallon keg to turn into a SS fermenter.

Do you add soda water or just keg the kombucha? If diluted, what ratio do you use?

Apologies if this is a ridiculous idea: I'm thinking about adding a 5 gallon flavored soda water to my kegerator setup. Caveat-- I want to add probiotics. I was thinking about either mixing kombucha with some flavorings (fruit juice, ginger, etc.), and diluting with water and carbonating. Or...

Question: how many ounces of ground coffee did you use per gallon? I'm thinking about making either 5 gallons or 2.5 gallons of nitro cold brew, depending on what torpedo keg I purchase. Also, how long will it last in the keg under nitro?

Very interested. What's your location?

This seems like a decent idea if you want to reduce heat loss to head space. Aluminized bubble wrap cut to just barely fit.

*slowly

I'm showing collecting parts as well. I'm following theelectricbrewery.com model. I'd be interested to see your build and how it goes.