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My experience with RO water from Wal-Mart is that it tasted salty compared with the RO water from other dispensers in the area. I have five businesses with RO dispensers in the area to choose from and use the four that aren't Wal-Mart.

My thanks to my LHBS, The Home Brewery in Ozark, MO. I was using their website to compare prices on equipment before I realized they were just thirty minutes away. I'm cheap, if their prices hadn't been so good, I would have ordered elsewhere. I went in once just to ask questions and take notes...

I had to quit using a shampoo that had wheat protein because it was feeding the Candida on my skin and making me itch. Possibly something similar with airborne particles?

This needs to be said again, if you have propane or natural gas piped into you home, YOU, 100%, NEED TO HAVE CO ALARMS IN YOUR HOME. Gas stoves, furnaces, hot water heaters, clothes dryers, and vent-less gas heaters can all leak CO into your home. Stoves must have a hood that is vented to the...

I just built a 3 Keg party kegerator with picnic taps on a minimum budget. The base is a Rubbermaid ice caddy. The sides and top were made from clearance shelving I picked up at Menard's. In the base, I placed a lattice made from PVC 1 x 2's to level a large depression. On top of this I placed...

Could be, but I doubt it was sulphites. I document my process pretty well. It is my first pineapple cider, but my first cider, from a kit, had more sulphites after fermentation and caused no problems. The weird taste is unrelated to the sulphur content, my wife thinks the taste is great, but...

I went there as well. I knew about bananas and avacodos. I probably knew about pineapples, as well, but had never experienced a reaction, so discarded the information. Now I'm worried about apples, potatoes, tomatoes, and carrots. I hope that list is in order of sensitivity. I don't know if I...

So, just kegged a batch of Pineapple Cider: 5.25 Gallons Great Value Apple Juice 1 Gallon Great Value Pineapple Juice 2.5 Tbs Yeast Nutrient 1 Tbs Yeast Energizer 1 tsp Wine Tannin 1 Packet Lalvin D-47 2 Cans Frozen Pineapple Juice Concentrate (for sweetening) 2 Cans Frozen Apple Juice...

This, right here is the correct answer!

I can't tell from your picture, but in many mini fridges the only coolant lines are in the the metal piece that makes up the freezer. If yours is that style, you can drill through the side.

Do the Bergamot oils it the Earl Gray not add unfavorable flavors? Although I haven't used tea for tannins yet, I am planning to soon and had ruled out using Earl Gray in favor of a nice Irish Breakfast Tea like Bewley's.

I'm in!

Did we miss out? I never received a code. Just waiting to buy a sous vide.

The gasket is the problem. You may have tightened it too tight and gotten a kink in it. I spin the lid down until the gasket barely makes contact, then tighten less than 1/4 inch further.

Please PM me the code for the sous vide cooker.

Not being a big beer drinker or connoisseur, (I'm here for the cider) is there a benefit beyond aesthetics for a head of foam on a glass of beer?

You want to reduce keg pressure to 3-5 psi to prevent foaming as you fill. I only have a single regulator, so that's what my pressure to the Beer Gun is as well.

So far for my ciders, I've been able to get them carbed in just about 48 hours. I start by charging a freshly filled keg with 40 psi CO2, I then agitate it for 5 minutes by rolling it back and forth with my foot while the CO2 is still attached. I reduce the CO2 down to 25 psi and stick it in the...

I was disappointed, as well. It felt weak and contrived.

D-47 has become my go to yeast for store bought juice and 65-75 degree temps. I can keg and be drinking it in three weeks from the start. I did a side by side with Cider House Select Cider Yeast and D-47. The Cider House Select produced a noticeable sulfur odor the took a month to age out. I...