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Long story short, I lacked secondary space of sufficient size, so went ahead and bottled. I see a layer of sediment forming at the bottom of the bottles, and even though I know I've hit FG, in worried about the yeast affecting flavor long term through autolysis or something else. Any thoughts...

I googled them and joined their yahoo listserv Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I think the need to build your own kegerator tends to follow on with the need to make our own beer, it just makes it so much more worth it. Plus, I have a two tap kegerator just like that one which I built for under half what that costs. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Thanks! Signed up for carboy junkies listserv, hopefully be able to make it out to next months meeting. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Sounds interesting, let us know how it goes Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Just tossed them in! WVMJ: that may be the case, and if so I am glad I soaked them in rum beforehand. Cider doesn't have the flavor to handle significant levels of oak. Too much and you'd be drinking a tree with no other flavor attributes. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Afraid I didn't measure scientifically, it was about three or four handfuls. Just remembered, after soaking the chips, I let them dry/waft in a brown paper bag for a week (I was told that would avoid imparting a boozy flavor in the cider from the rum), and then left the cider on the chips for...

Just moved to Birmingham from Athens, GA. Originally from South Africa. Interested in meeting up with some other brewers in the area, maybe discovering a club? Also, if you know any fellow South Africans in the area, I'd love to find out how they have adjusted to the area! Sent from my...

Just my experience: I brewed a 6 gallon batch of cider bumped up to 10.5% with maple syrup. I toasted my own oak chips in the oven, soaked them in dark rum and added them after fermentation was done. Cider turned out beautifully. We kicked the keg in a day even though there were many other...

Definitely sounds like one of my brew days! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Champion! Man I need to find some local bee keepers, I don't even care if they charge the same or a little more than walmart, I'd just love some quality unfiltered stuff! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Where do you come by honey like that?! Beautiful! Best of luck, I'm staying tuned.

Crap, I'll bite on that offer! Just promise me you'll drop the barrel off!

Roger, I'll go ahead with doing both. Appreciate the input guys. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Hi guys, about to venture into my first mead, I'm trying a 1 gallon version of this guy. Question: I'm having trouble deciding between step feeding the honey as described in the recipe, or just adding it all at the beginning and then staggering the nutrient additions along with aeration. I've...

All depends on your own kettle, air temp etc. my boil off at this time of year in Georgia is about a gallon over an hour, so I start the boil with 6.6/6.7 to account for some hop gunk loss Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Well, unfortunately my coffee cider experiments are halted for the moment, life got in the way and my cider developed some mold! I didn't want to mess with it, so I just dumped it :(. Moving to Alabama in about two weeks, so all brewing is completely stopped until settled. I do however have...

And I think we have a winner, folks. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Robbyhicks, thanks for the recipe! Stoutlover, I assume that's the caramel one you were talking about? Not sure which maple one you are referring to? As for the coffee cider, I'll let you know when I've made one I like! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

If I'm not carbonating, I'll back sweeten and drink as soon as I can get a glass out of the kitchen. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew