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I shall look for this cider thread.

And, I just found this thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/we-no-need-no-stinking-beer-gun.24678/

Here's a crazy idea, would it be bad to carbonate in the keg and pour it from keg into a bottle and cap it? Seems like the quality wouldn't be as fresh since it's exposed to air before bottling...

Also, another question...I'm kegging, but if i wanted to give a bottle or two away, how do you do this in the bottle? Potassium Sorbate will kill the fermenting process so that you can back-sweeten. How could I save a few bottles of it and carbonate it considering there'd be nothing to create CO2?

Awesome!! I would appreciate any other tips or feedback on my OP as I've never done one, and I'm sure to make some mistakes. Seems easy enough, though...

I saw a post you made while searching through some old threads and saw you were a Sconnie too! I'm Milwaukee (more specifically, Mukwonago). I am about 30 minutes from Northern Brewer, which is awesome. Ever brew a cider?

Actually, found a really simple recipe here too: https://www.mnbrewers.com/getting-started-making-hard-cider/

Hey folks, for my second concoction I wanted to make a cider. I followed BrewTV's video and wrote down everything I needed and then stopped into the store to pick up all the ingredients. However, their video didn't provide amounts, so I'm wondering if anyone has any tips or a more defined...

She's still bubbling at about once every 25 seconds. I dropped by Northern Brewer and dropped some coin, picked up a fermtech wine thief. I wanted to try it out so I sanitized it and grabbed a hydrometer reading. It's still at 1.024 as you can see in the pic so it has some ways to go yet. It...

PS. About how long generally speaking does it take before a hefe drops it's yeast. I need to know how much I need to imbibe. [emoji3]

Thank you for that! It's still bubbling yet so fermentation isn't done. I'll be sure to keg it as soon as it's done.

Yeah, I wrapped it in a wet towel and hit it with a fan to normalize the temperature. I gotta make my mistakes and learn from them!

So, I've been trying to keep it a little higher in the temp range around 72-75 to get my hefe to get more of that banana flavor I enjoy so much. Temp was dipping into the 60s so I turned on my space heater near it to give it a little boost, forgot about it and woke up this morning to the temp...

Doh! That's a good idea. I can't believe I bought one instead of using the hydrometer tube.

I did fill with water before taking the reading.

P.S. How big are your flasks for checking hydrometer readings? I bought one from Amazon and it ended up being 11.5 oz which is proably too much. I think I might take a saw to it and cut it down...

Thanks all. First time brewing in about 10 years. This was a simple kit so my method was simple, following the instructions to the letter. Hydrometer reading was at room temp. I wonder if I left too much malt in the container leaving less sugar in the wort. Good to know about conditioning and...

1.) I have a hefe fermenting right now, which smells amazing btw, day 2. I took a hydrometer reading after putting into the carboy and got a 1.032 reading which as I read more in the forums, seems way too low. Disclaimer, I could have read it wrong but it seemed simple enough, just spin and...

Thanks to the soaking idea, 24 hours later that stuff lifted off with my bent brush using almost no elbow grease. I'm a confident happy camper knowing my carboy is clean and ready for my first brew in probably 10 years!

Well, that's why I put it in quotes. I know it cleans, but everything I've read about oxygen cleaners is that they can't legally be called sanitizer but they do a good job of actually killing stuff when it comes to home brewing.