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it'd be more fun for the friend if they joined on your fourth or fifth brew day. they get to have a chuckle at the stuff you're doing the 'hard way'.

give yourself a lot more time than you planned for. you will need it. it takes a few tries to get into the rhythm of a brew day.

i've done a bunch of frozen juice wines. they taste fine to me and are the only economical way to have a few gallons of cooking (poached pears) handy. that said, my wine palate is akin to a chimpanzee's understanding of socio-economics.

soda. what a waste of good carbonation.

i've made so many gallons of graff. play around with the recipe all you want, they all end up pretty tasty! i find the store-bought juice always needs a little juice concentrate to offset the tartness, but that's easy enough if you keg.

Happy Thanksgiving to you all. Link to the recipe, please? cyser is Bomb!

if fat is stored energy, why am i tired all the time? I'm calling BS!

i don't know, 2000 ibu's seems like a bit much.

i've done it, but i used labatt blue. pop the top, cram the cones/pellets in, then recap quickly. i didn't notice an appreciable loss of carbonation.

there it is. i used both pellet and whole cones. both worked evenly well.

can't seem to find the link, but a long while back someone did an experiment by adding a hop cone or two of several varieties and added them to a bottle of bud light, then recapped and tasted in a week. i replicated with some labatt and it was very interesting! you might want to try that just...

good for him. less stress and he still gets to hang out brewin beer.

i hate it when folks never update when they have new information. dozens of batches in, and still goin strong! i'll post some pics and a general process when i have good enough light for a decent shot.

shipping costs, man. what the butt. that $35 sack of pale malt turns into $70. :rolleyes:

ah, yeah. i vaguely remember reading that. imma still call it brett L.

that i've done several times. i'm looking more for the big flat flakes that you would sprinkle over a nice steak or a fresh garden tomato.

i'm way out of touch. 'back in my day...' there was only brett b, c, and L. o_O

5 gallon bucket with one of these in them? https://www.homebrewfinds.com/2021/07/announcing-kegland-hot-fill-bags.html

something like this might be neat as you could likely do pressure transfers with a little tinkering https://www.homedepot.com/b/Outdoors-Garden-Center-Sprayers-Pump-Sprayers/2-Gallon/N-5yc1vZ2fkoqg6Z1z1pgjo

I'm looking to try and DIY some flavored finishing salts. Anyone out there have any success with that kind of thing? all tips, tricks, and warnings welcome!