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AHA! THAT'S the term I needed! Now that I know what to search for, they're popping up available everywhere. I think I'll score one or two for some side-by-side comparisons. THANKS!

Yeah, I know, it's cheating. THAT SAID, in the deepest and darkest corners of my quickly-fading memory I recall hearing about beer glasses that were etched on the INSIDE to create the tiny defects necessary to create those lovely streams of bubbles that flow up from the bottom of the glass. Or...

Spooled up right now, thanks!

I agree that the volumes get big pretty quickly. In part, that was what led me to the idea of a few separate tanks that, when joined Voltron-style, would fill the volume of the chamber. Why I think this idea intrigues me: I think I'm just gravitating toward what I know, and feeling the...

Ha HA! Your ghetto-fu matches my ghetto-fu, sir! I know more than a few folks here on HBT will do ~50 gallon batches in the big KitchenAid garbage cans with thick liners in them... why not, eh? I will have to think about that a bit. Maybe double- or triple- 'em up to make sure you have a bit of...

Anyone doing relatively large batches ever fab up (or have fabbed up) a fermenter that is basically a tank or sleeve that is built to match the internal dimensions of a commercially available chest freezer? Or maybe an array of two or three that would stack side by side with little or no lost...

Definition of sadness: TJ's has discontinued the Blackberry Crush. Waaaaahhhh! Oh well, I have test batches of their cherry and blueberry going right now.

Less of a "don't do that" and more of a "just be prepared"... When you are an avid maker of hard cider, and the local grocery store has a sale on their juice at 50% off, realize that walking up to the customer service desk and requesting 48 half-gallon bottles will earn you a certain kind of...

And just another thought: compare the cost of one pound of hops or one fermenter (even a good glass one) to the cost of the raw materials for a 5 gallon brew. Personally, I'd dump them both. AT LEAST "red tag" them and set them aside while you use other materials and carboy to make a couple more...

StarSan can cause an off-flavor, but it seems the general opinion here is that it takes a LOT of it to do so. There's a reason "Don't fear the foam!" is a mantra here on HBT. We all have that left-over foam in our carboys/fermenters/bottles/kegs and it really isn't an issue. The volume of the...

Yeah, I agree, now that I've gone back and actually read the beginning of the thread! When I wandered into the thread, I somehow had come to believe Yellow Rose was nothing more than a Maris Otter/ Mosaic SMASH. Reading up, I now realize it is a pilsner/mosaic SMASH. Welp, I guess that's 30...

As soon as I can rally myself to step out into the sub-freezing temperatures, I'll be brewing this again today. I find the notes about the 90 minute boil interesting: I've never seemed to need the 90 minutes on a Maris Otter SMASH, BUT hey, it's just a little water and I'm not running against...

When I'm cruising the recipe forums, I can usually gauge how good one is by how many replies there are in the thread. Example: the Centennial Blonde recipe, or Edwort's original posting for apfelwein. Along that line, I've checked around the recipe forum and can't seem to find a peach cider that...

Thanks for the recipe! A local cidery does a flavor they call Blackberry Boom: it's very sweet and HUGE on the berry flavor, it really tastes more like a Lindeman's lambic than a cider. I'm going to start with your recipe to try cloning it, but I'm betting I'll have to really lean on the...

UPDATE: I can't imagine any of the original responders care much anymore, BUT for those who may end up searching the topic in the future: The most important point I want to pass on: I've found that even using just a 1 micron filter can really mess with flavor in certain additives. I didn't seem...

I have always used the recipe for the "caramel syrup" as noted in the main recipe. BUT, if you look at post #420 of this thread, you'll see where the author has made some additions/changes/suggestions to the recipe. For example, he mentions the use of cinnamon extract instead of real cinnamon...

I've kegged this and several other heavily backsweetened ciders without any issue. I've only counterflow bottled grunts and growlers for immediate consumption, but can't imagine there would be much of an issue, with the one ubiquitous exception of continued fermentation in the bottles. Unless...

Do you remove ALL the gaskets? Even the itty-bitty ones on the tappets and pressure relief? If so, how do you get them off without tearing them to shreds? Thanks!

I've been doing some research on this as well. ATM when connecting the gas line I spray down the gas connector on the keg, invert the gas connector, fill it with Starsan, then flip it over and connect. That said, I've never completely removed the gas connectors and soaked them since I built the...

What about the gaskets? The dip tube ones are easy to move around as needed to make sure they're clean. Is anyone else pulling the other gaskets (tappet, relief valve, and outer post gasket) during the cleaning process?