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yeah, i bought 2 at $15 each, and he's delivering them ... so no shipping ... nice. guess i should start working on that kegerator ... just need .... all the other parts now.

corney kegs ... just came across this on ebay, 39 available, $11 shipping, $16 each or best offer CORNELIUS KEGS - 5 gallon homebrew beer keg tanks tank - eBay (item 290276787421 end time Dec-20-08 09:20:17 PST)

what do you have against chugglers? i have a few of them .... good times.

yeah, kegerator .... i'm workin on it, but i'm not finding the parts at good prices (aka craigslist, ebay)

well, since I used. Oder instead of apple juice, I'm not expecting it to clear up like juice would, I think I'm gonna do a gallon with juice tomorrow though. Since I have empty gallon jugs and extra wine yeast

i made it with cider instead of apple juice, and added 5 boiled cinnamon sticks to the carboy. this was on november 10. my plan when i rack/bottle is this ... rack off half into a bottling bucket and back sweeten the half still in the carboy with splenda. with the half in the bottling...

well, i went a whole different direction with it .... using my german family crest/german name spelling blank label apfelwein

no, i wasn't writing them in order of most to least ... just in an order where they'd fit without needing more lines

so, i'm trying to come up with a "brewery name" and label ... here's what i have so far ... basic label apfelwein label

well, guess i'll have to go get more yeast

ok, new question ... i was reading the bottle from the cider i used, and it says "contains less than 1/10 of 1% potassium sorbate ... is this bad? is there a yeast i can use to ferment with that this won't affect?

i forget what i used .... i have the pack, but i'm not at home. I read somewhere ... i though anyway .... that since the apple cider i used to begin with was pasteurized, it wouldn't hold as long, and was ready to drink as soon as fermentation was done?

I made 5 gallons of cider yesterday. it was 4.5 gallons of cider (pasteurized), 2 lbs. corn sugar, 6 cinnamon sticks boiled in 1 qt. of water, and yeast. OG was 1.061 so .... after fermentation is done, do i have to rack to a secondary? can i bottle? how long till i can drink? from what i...

instead of buying carlo rossi ... i would try you local brew store, or a local beverage place. mine sells used 1 gal wine bottles ... like the carlo rossi ones for like $1, so you don't have to spend $4 on the carlo just to get the bottle.

i've never made a lager ... so what exactly does lagering do?

well,all of the fermenting things aren't mine .... the oaked ale is, the apfelwein is, and the 2 smaller things of wine are ... the rest are the roommates. so i'm trying to come up with something for the last carboy. also.... just bought a 22 of Rogue Yellow Snow IPA ... for $3.99 ...

what do i fill it with? so here's a run down on what i currently have in progress in my house ... 5gal ... IPA 5gal ... IPA of a different sort 5gal ... Oaked American Ale 5gal ... Spiced Stout (Christmas Stout) 5gal ... Apfelwein 1gal ... Bananna Wine 2gal ... Blackberry Strawberry...

ok, so i went and got supplies for brewing this weekend, and the LHBS didn't have pale 2 row, so i got american 2 row. using beer smith to figure how this will change my recipe .... american 2 row isn't an option in beersmith, is that because its the same as pale 2 row? if not, whats the diff?

this is the best explanation of find alcohol by volume i've found ... its where i came up with my equation HowStuffWorks "How do brewers measure the alcohol in beer?" the equation i use is [(OG – FG) * 1.05] / FG = Alcohol By Mass (ABM) ABM / 0.79 = Alcohol By Volume (ABV)

so i'm curious .... is he gonna need a blow off tube now? he said "transferred to a carboy", i'd assume from a bucket? but ... just curious