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Plumber's crack

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That mug looks good right there. I was gun shy about pasturizing this time, as last time it went 5 days and all were gushers so they had to make it straight to the fridge... This time I pasturized at 4 days, the plastic bottles were good and hard, I tested one room temp bottle at the time...

Awesome, thanks!

Chunks

Blue

Man... That sounds eerily similar to my first bottling expericence. The re-starting of siphon with about a gallon left is nearly impossible. However, I was using the "shot of vodka, then suck until siphon starts" method. After about 6 failed attempts in re-starting the siphon (and 6 shots of...

Caress Me Down - Sublime

Beach

I highly suggest an Auto Siphon from your LHBS. I tried 2 batches with just a tube and racking cane before I broke down and spent the 11 dollars. Just do it. Auto Siphon

Party

Cheddar

I'd backsweeten and bottle for 4 days. Then pasteurize. Then perfection.

Out

Right on. You guys are so helpful. Thank you.

Holla

So heres a question. So, I just found out about carb tablets... Would it be possible to use campden tabs to kill off all yeast, then add Carb tabs to get desired carbonation? That way you wouldn't have to worry about waiting correct amount of time and pasteurizing the bottles?

Chalmer - Ha. Yeah, that is probably true. But I've got a few friends who don't like good beer... So I'm making something the ladies and manly-challenged dudes can drink and enjoy.